Palmers Green and Southgate Synagogue

Palmers Green, London N.11.

Created: 7 September 2003
Latest revision or update: 25 August 2009

Congregation Data

Name:

Palmers Green and Southgate Synagogue

Previous Names:

Palmers Green and Southgate District Synagogue
Palmers Green Hebrew Congregation (until about 1935)
Palmers Green Synagogue

Address:

Brownlow Road, London N11 2BN (from 1936).
The building was destroyed in a German air-raid in 1944 and rebuilt in 1947, during which time services were held at 192 Hampden Way, London N.14.
In early 1930's the address was 67 Natal Road, New Southgate, London N11.

Local Authority:

London Borough of Enfield - (Congregations in the locality)

Current Status:

Active

Date Founded:

1926

Ritual:

Orthodox - Ashkenazi

Affiliation:

An affiliated synagogue of the United Synagogue from 1934, becoming a district synagogue in 1935 and later a member (or constituent) synagogue. (List of United Synagogue congregations)
Previously the congregation was affiliated with the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (Jewish Year Book 1930) (List of UOHC congregations)

Marriage Certification:

Group: Board of Deputies;
Appears in 1998 General Registrar Official List: Yes;
Worship Number: 56649;
Registration District: Enfield

Membership Data:

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

1934	1940	1950	1960	1970
63	146	454	648	663

Other Membership Data:
1999 - 570 (Board of Deputies)

Other Information

Synagogue & Other Records
Congregation History
Photographs, Newspaper Articles & Personal Encounters
Jewish Property and Heritage & Places of Local Interest
Bibliography:
- Palmers Green and Southgate Synagogue. Golden Jubilee 1927/1977, Grant, A., Southgate 1977
- Sixty Years On: The Story of the Palmers Green and Southgate Synagogue. Grant, A.., Heritage No.3, Jewish Research Group of the Edmonton Hundred Historical Society, 1988 pp. 46-64
- other Enfield sources
- other London sources
Cemetery Information:
- Cemeteries of the United Synagogue
- Cemeteries of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations

Communities in Greater London and its Outskirts

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