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Page Created: 2 March 2002
Latest revision or update: 1 January 2018
The Holy Law Synagogue, Bury Old Road, Prestwich, c.1965
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Congregation Data |
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Name: |
Holy Law South Broughton Congregation (since
1978) |
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Formation and Incorporated Congregations: |
In 1978, the
Congregation incorporated
South Broughton Synagogue
(formerly known as Broughton Synagogue).
From 1933 to 1978, the Congregation
was officially known as the Holy Law Hebrew Congregation
(and
was frequently referred to as Holy Law Synagogue and Holy Law Synagogue and Beth Hamedrash).
In 1933, the Congregation incorporated Sedgley Park Hebrew Congregation.
From 1901 to 1933, the Congregation was
officially known as the Holy Law & Beth Aaron Synagogue and
Beth Hamedrash.
In 1901 by Congregation incorporated the Beth Aaron Synagogue (which had been founded
by 1898(i)).
The Congregation was founded in 1864(ii) as the Chevra Torah (Society of the
Holy Law) and became known as Kehillat Torah - Holy
Law Congregation and Holy Law Synagogue,
until 1901. |
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Address: |
Old Bury Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 (the
building, the first purpose-built synagogue in Prestwich, was opened in
1935 and consecrated by Chief Rabbi Dr. J. H. Hertz on 15 September
1935.(iii)
It was extended in 1961/62) (The congregation
is considered part of the
"North Manchester" Jewish community.) |
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Previous Addresses: |
1933 to 1935 - Temporary address for services in
basement of Odean Cinema, Bury New Road 1901 to
1933 - Bank View, Red Bank, Cheetham, Manchester (a converted church)
(Accordingly, the Congregation was often referred to as the Claff Shool, after Samuel Aaron Claff, who until 1904 owned the building, and from whom the name Beth Aaron originated;
and as Red Bank Shool, after the neighborhood in the
synagogue was situated.)1878
to 1901 - In a loft above a provender shop on Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester,
and accordingly known as the "Hay Shop Shul".
1875 to 1878 - Fernie Street (back of Lord
Street), Manchester. 1864 to 1875 - In
a house in Park Place, at the bottom of Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester. |
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Current Status: |
Active |
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Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
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Affiliation: |
A provincial synagogue under the aegis of the Chief Rabbi. |
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Website: |
http://www.holylaw.org.uk |
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Ministers: |
Rabbi Menachem Dov (Ber) Dagutsky
- 1886 to 1918. Rabbi I. Zinower
- 1923 to 1928 Rabbi Joseph Vilenski
- 1938 to 1945 Rabbi Dr. Julius
Unsdorfer - 1950 to 1971
Rabbi Ivan Wachmann - 1973 to 1990
Rabbi Yossi Chazan - 1991 to present (February
2017) |
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Membership Data: |
1866 - 90 members (centenary
brochure(iv),
p.8.)
1914 - 360 congregants ("Pictorial
History"(v))
1919 - 165 seatholders (Jewish Year Book
1920)
1920 - 100 congregants ("Pictorial
History"(vi))
1926 - 100 members (centenary
brochure(vii))
1933 - 120 families (Congregation's website)
1935 - 250 families (Congregation's website)
1999 - 800 members (Borad of Deputies Return) |
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Local Authority Districts: |
The congregation is situated in Prestwich,
close to the boundary with Salford. Since 1974, Prestwich has been part of the metropolitan borough of
Bury, within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester (which no
longer has any administrative powers).
Previously, Prestwich was
in the county of Lancashire, being organized as an urban district from
1889 to 1939, and a municipal borough until from 1939 to 1974. (Cheetham and Bury New Road were in the county borough of Manchester,
later the metropolitan borough of the City of Manchester) |
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Marriage Certification: |
Group for Certification: Board of Deputies
Worship Number: 55415 |
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Registration Districts:: |
for Cheetham and Bury New Road:
1 July 1837 - Manchester
1 January 1925 - Manchester North
1 April 1939 - Mancheste r |
for Prestwich:
1 January 1925 - Manchester North
1 April 1934 - Heywood
1 April 1974 - Bury |
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Cemetery Information:
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See
below |
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Notes & Sources (↵
returns to text above)
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On-line Articles and
Other Material relating to this Congregation
on JCR-UK
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Inscription of the
foundation of the Ohel at the Failworth Jewish Cemeter |
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Failworth Jewish Cemetery Layout
(click on Plan to enlarge) |
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The
Failworth Jewish Cemetery, Cemetery Road,
Failworth M35, was acquired in 1919 by the Holy Law & Beth Aaron
Synagogue.
For additional information, see
Manchester Jewish Cemeteries
Information on Manchester Jewish Community home page
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Congregational
Records |
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At Manchester Register Office and Board of
Deputies (BOD ref: bod 17/13a/1-2 and 17/3a/1): |
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Marriage Registers
of the Hebrew Holy Law Synagogue 1892-1901 (MRO Ref: 502). For certain data, including ancillary
notes, extracted from the registers and provided to JCR-UK, see the
Holy Law Synagogue Marriage Register Data.
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Marriage Registers of Beth Aron Synagogue 1898-1901 (MRO Ref: 503).
For certain data, including ancillary notes, extracted from the
registers and provided to JCR-UK, see
Beth Aron Synagogue Marriage Register Data.
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Marriage Registers
of Holy Law Beth Aron Synagogue 1901-1932 (MRO Ref: 503/2 and 503/7). For certain data, including ancillary
notes, extracted from the registers and provided to JCR-UK, see the
Holy Law Beth Aron Synagogue Marriage Register Data.
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Marriage Registers
of South Broughton Synagogue 1920-1972 (MRO Ref: 523). For certain data, including ancillary
notes, extracted from the registers and provided to JCR-UK, see the
South Broughton Synagogue Marriage Register Data.
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At
London Metropolitan Archives:
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Greater Manchester Jewish Community home page
Jewish
Congregations in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury
Jewish Congregations
in the City of Manchester (metropolitan borough)
Street Directory of
Jewish Congregations in
Greater Manchester
Jewish Communities of England home page
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