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United SynagoguePreswich, Greater Manchester |
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United SynagoguePreswich, Greater Manchester |
Congregation Data
| Name: | United Synagogue, Manchester |
| Former Name: | United Synagogue and Beth Hamedrash Hagadol (until late 1960's) |
| Address: | Meade Hill Road, Prestwich, M8 6LS |
| Previous Address: | 158 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester, M8, a former Methodist church
(from 1904 until late 1960's) |
| Current Status: | Active |
| Date Formed: | By 1904 (First entry in marriage registers 1908) |
| Ritual: | Ashkenazi Orthodox |
| Marriage Certification: | Group for Certification: Board of Deputies Appears in 1998 General Registrar Official List Worship Number: 42571 Registration District: Manchester |
| Local Authority: | The congregation is considered part of the
"North Manchester" Jewish community. Prestwich is situated in the extreme south of the metropolitan borough of Bury (within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, which no longer has any administrative powers), adjacent to the boundaries with Salford to the south and Manchester to the east. The congregation is almost on Bury's boundary with the metropolitan borough of the City of Manchester. (Congregations in the locality) From 1939 until its incorporation into Bury in 1974, Prestwich was a Municipal Borough in the county of Lancashire, and prior thereto (from 1894) it was as Urban District. |
| Membership Data: | 1915 - 208 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1916) 1919 - 208 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1920) 1999 - 120 members (Board of Deputies) |
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