Bayswater Synagogue

Bayswater, London W.2.

Created: 24 July 2003
Latest revision or update: 18 August 2009

Congregation Data

Official Name:

Bayswater Synagogue

Address:

Andover Place, Maida Vale, London W2, from 1967 to 1984 (when building became Jewish Preparatory School and, later, part of building becomes the Saatchi Synagogue);
Services temporarily held 1965-7 at 2 Ashworth Road, London W9;
Chichester Place, Harrow Road, London W2, from 1863 until 1965 (when the building acquired by the Greater London Council and demolished to make way for a motorway development).

Local Authority:

London Borough of the City of Westminster - (Congregations in the locality)

Date Formed:

In 1863, as a branch synagogue jointly of the Great Synagogue and the New Synagogue
The foundation stone laid 10 July 1862, the building consecrated on 30 July 1863.

Current Status:

Closed

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

One of the original five synagogues that formed the United Synagogue in 1870, of which it remained a constituent member until its closure. (List of United Synagogue congregations)

Membership Data:

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

1870	1880	1890	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970
359	318	377	365	306	366	338	293	406	419	191

Other Information

Synagogue Records
Other Records
Congregation History:
The Bayswater Synagogue 1863 - 1938 Origin and History donated by Ronald Wallace
Photographs, Newspaper Articles and Personal Encounters
Bibliography:
- The Bayswater Synagogue 1863 - 1938, published by the Congregation
- The Bayswater Synagogue 1863-1963, Philips, O. S and Simons, H. A.
- The Synagogues of London. Lindsay, P., 1993 (Valentine Mitchell, London) pp. 85-5
- The Lost Synagogues of London. Renton, P., 2000 (Tymsder Publishing) pp. 79-84
- other City of Westminster sources
- other London sources
Cemetery Information:
- Cemeteries of the United Synagogue

Greater London Community

Explanation of Terms Used

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