Peace & Tranquillity Synagogue

(Buckle Street Synagogue, formerly Mansell Street Synagogue

London E.1.

Created: 22 July 2007
Latest revision or update: 12 December 2011

Congregation Data

Official Name:	Peace & Tranquillity Synagogue (or Peace & Tranquillity Chevra)
Alternative Names:	Buckle Street Synagogue Mansell Street Synagogue (initially)
Address:	Buckle Street, Leman Street, London E1, prior thereto, Mansell Street, Aldgate, London E1, from 1880's to early 1900's. (Apparently, in error, referred to in Geoffrey Alderman's history of "The Federation of Synagogues 1887-1987" as the 'Marshall Street chevra".)
Date Founded:	1881 to 1887
Current Status:	Closed prior to 1916 (based on latest appearance in Jewish Year Books)
Ritual:	Orthodox - Ashkenazi
Affiliation:	One of the congregations that attended the meeting of 16 October 1887 to form the Federation of Synagogues, and became one of the original federated synagogues on 6 November 1887. (List of Federation congregations)
Membership Data:	1896 - 50 members (Jewish Year Book 1896-1897) 1905 - 60 members (Jewish Year Book 1906)

Other Information

Bibliography:
- Tower Hamlet sources
- other London sources
Cemetery Information:
- Cemeteries of the Federation of Synagogues

Street Directory of Synagogues in East End and City of London

East End Congregations

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