Brondesbury Park Synagogue

Willesden, London N.W.2.

Created 8 October 2006
Latest Update 6 August 2008

© Leslie Bailey 2008

A photograph of the Brondesbury Park Synagogue (January 2008)
Reproduced with the kind permission of Leslie Bailey (view comments)

Congregation Data

Official Name:

Brondesbury Park Synagogue

Former Names:

Brondesbury Synagogue (to about 2007)
Willesden and Brondesbury Synagogue (to early 2000's)
Willesden Synagogue (to 1974)
Willesden District Synagogue (to 1939)
West Willesden Hebrew Congregation (to 1934)
Harlesden Hebrew Congregation (to early 1930's)

Address:

143 Brondesbury Park (adjacent to Heathfield Park), London NW2 5JL (from about 1939)

Previous Addresses:

College Road, Kensal Rise, London N.W.10 (from 1934)
and prior to then, in Park View College; in a scout hut in the grounds of a convent in Crown Hill Road, NW10; and previously a house in Stonebridge Park

Local Authority:

London Borough of Brent - (Congregations in the locality)
(Until 1965, the municipal borough of Willesden in the former county of Middlesex)

Date Formed:

1931 (although it had previously met in private homes since 1926)

Current Status:

Active

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

A affiliated synagogue of the United Synagogue from 1931, becoming a district synagogue in 1934 and a constituent synagogue of the United Synagogue from 1939.

Mergers and Consolidation:

In 1939, the Willesden Green Federation Synagogue, which owned the land at Heathfield Park and leased the adjoining property at 143 Brondesbury Park, was incorporated into the congregation.
In 1974, when the Brondesbury Synagogue closed, many of its members transferred to the congregation, which was renamed the Willesden and Brondesbury Synagogue.
In 1988, membership increased on closure of the Ohel Shem (Federation) Synagogue.

Membership Data:

Number of male seat holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970)

1931	1940	1950	1960	1970
51	281	274	713	543

Articles on the Congregation

History of the Willesden & Brondesbury Synagogue 1934-1994 by Rabbi Dr. Bernard Susser. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive (including lists of rabbis and synagogue officers).

Other Information

Records
Congregation History
Newspaper Articles, Photographs and Personal Encounters
Bibliography:
- History of the Willesden & Brondesbury Synagogue 1934-1994. Susser, B. 1994 (published by the congregation)
- The Lost Synagogues of London. Renton, P., 2000 (Tymsder Publications, London) pp. 155-156
- other Brent sources
- other London sources
Cemetery Information:
- Cemeteries of the United Synagogue

Greater London Community

Explanation of Terms Used

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