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Prescot Street Synagogue(formerly Rosemary Lane Congregation)London E.1. |
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Prescot Street Synagogue(formerly Rosemary Lane Congregation)London E.1. |
Created 29 August 2006
Latest revision 3 December 2007
Congregation Data
| Name: | Prescot Street Synagogue (from 1870's) |
| Alternative Name: | Love & Kindness Chevra (Chevra Ahavat v'Chesed) |
| Former Names: | Rosemary Lane Congregation - Mahazike Torah |
| Address: | Prescot Street (or Great Prescott Street), Goodman's Fields, London E1 (from
1870's) Previously in Rosemary Lane (now Royal Mint Street), London E.1, near the Tower of London. Rosemary Lane was the centre of old cloths trade, there being a Rag Fair at the time in Rosemary Lane |
| Local Authority: | London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The congregation may, however, have originally been situated in the section of Rosemary Lane that was within City of London. |
| Date Formed: | 1747/8 - one of the three minor congregations established in London in the eighteenth century. The others were the Gun Yard "Polish" Synagogue and the Cutler Street "Polish" Synagogue. |
| Current Status: | Closed, presumably between 1887 and 1896, as the congregation is not listed in the first Jewish Year Book 1896-1897. |
| Ritual: | Ashkenazi Orthodox |
| 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: | 1870 - 100 members (Social History of the Jews in England by V. D. Lipman, p.74) |
Other Information
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