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Bushey and District Synagogue

Bushey, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire

Created 19 May 2006
Latest Update 27 June 2008


Local newspaper article from 10 December 1979

Congregation Data

Official Name: Bushey and District Synagogue
Former Names: Bushey Synagogue
Bushey District Synagogue
Bushey Affiliated  Synagogue
Address: 177/189 Sparrows Herne, Bushey, Herts WD23 1AJ (from about 1984)
Former Address: Police Station Lane, Bushey, Herts. (from about 1970, although formal consecration by the Chief Rabbi did not take place until December 1979)
Local Authority: Bushey is in the borough of Hertsmere, a local government district of the county of Hertfordshire, formed in 1974 and granted borough status in 1977.
Prior to 1974,
Bushey was an urban district in the county of Hertfordshire.
It lies immediately to the north of the administrative boundary of Greater London, and close to Watford.
Current Status: Active
Date Founded: About 1968
Ritual: Orthodox - Ashkenazi
Affiliation: A affiliated synagogue on joining the United Synagogue in 1970, subsequently becoming a district synagogue and later a member (constituent) synagogue.
Website http://www.busheyus.org
Membership Data: 1970 -    48 male seatholders (United Synagogue 1870-1970)
1976 -  200 male members (Congregation's records)
1979 -  250 male members (Congregation's newsletter)
Currently more than 600 members.
 

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