Blackpool United Hebrew Congegration

Official Name:

Blackpool United Hebrew Congregation

Address:

Leamington Road, Blackpool (consecrated 1916),
previously at Metropole Arcade Building, Springfield Road, North Shore, Blackpool
The Synagogue is due to be de-consecrated and sold in 2012.

Formation:

Formed in about 1907 by the merger of the following congregations: 

Blackpool Hebrew Congregation
which had held services at the synagogue at Springfield Road, North Shore, since 1900, and previously in private houses.
(Congregation formed in 1898.)

Blackpool New Orthodox Hebrew Congregation
(Congregation formed in 1905, as a rival congregation.)

Current Status:

Active

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

A provincial synagogue under the aegis of the Chief Rabbi.

Marriage Certification:

Group for Certification: Board of Deputies
Appears in 1998 General Registrar Official List
Worship Number: 47183
Registration District: Blackpool & Fylde

Congregation Numbers:

1900 -   14 members (Jewish Chronicle, 18 May 1900)
1939 - 104 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1940)