Hammersmith & West Kensington Synagogue

Brook Green, London W.6.

Created 23 July 2006
Latest Update 5 August 2008

© Leslie Bailey 2008

A photograph of the former Hammersmith & West Kensington Synagogue, Brook Green (January 2008)
now the Chinese Church in London
Reproduced with the kind permission of Leslie Bailey (view comments)

Congregation Data

Official Name:

Hammersmith & West Kensington Synagogue

Address:

71 Brook Green, Hammersmith, London W6 7BE (consecrated 7 September 1890, reconstructed 1896)

Local Authority:

London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham - (Congregations in the locality)

Date Formed:

1890

Current Status:

Closed 1990's

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

Was a constituent synagogue of the United Synagogue from the synagogue's formation.

Group for Marriage Certification:

Board of Deputies

Membership Data:

Number of male seat holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970)

1890	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970
57	175	295	362	375	347	456	402	265

Other Information

Synagogue Records:
Order of Service 5698-1937
Other Records and Congregation History
Photographs, Newspaper Articles and Personal Encounters
Bibliography:
- The History of the Hammersmith Synagogue. Adler, M. 1950 (Edward Goldston)
- The Synagogues of London. Lindsay, P., 1993 (Valentine Mitchell, London) p. 96
- other Hammersmith & Fulham Sources
- other London Sources
Cemetery Information:
Cemeteries of the United Synagogue

Greater London Community

Explanation of Terms Used

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