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Ilford Beth Hamedrash

Ilford, Essex

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*Congregation Data*
Name:	Ilford Beth Hamedrash⁽ⁱ⁾
Address:	16 Cranbrook Rise, Ilford, Essex.⁽ⁱⁱ⁾
When Formed:	The congregation was formed by 1963.⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾
Closure:	The congregation is believed to have closed in about 1969.^(iv)
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox
Affiliation:	A constituent of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (UOHC).^(v)
Ministers and Readers:	None known^(viii)
Lay Officers:	None known^(viii)
Local Government District:	Ilford, a neighbourhood with a significant Jewish population, in northeast London, is in the London Borough of Redbridge.^(ix) Prior to 1965, Ilford was in the former Municipal Borough of Ilford (which was an urban district until 1926) in the county of Essex.
Registration District (BMD):	Redbridge from 1 April 1965^(x) - Link to Register Office website
Cemetery Information:	For Adath Yisroel Burial Society cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the UOHC.
Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above) (i) This was the name under which the congregation was listed in Jewish Year Books. ↵ (ii) This was the address of the congregation as listed in Jewish Year Books. ↵ (iii) Based upon the congregation being first listed in the Jewish Year Book 1964. ↵ (iv) Based upon the congregation's final listing being in the Jewish Year Book 1969. ↵ (v) The congregation was listed under the UOHC in Jewish Year Books. ↵ (vi) and (vii) Reserved. (viii) There were no ministers, readers or lay officers listed for the congregation in Jewish Year Books. ↵ (ix) The London Borough of Redbridge, an Outer London Borough within the Greater London administrative area, was created on 1 April 1965 upon the merger of the former municipal boroughs of Ilford and Wanstead and Woodford, plus smaller areas from the municipal borough of Dagenham and Chigwell urban district. All these municipalities had been within the county of Essex. ↵ (x) The former Registration Districts were: Romford, from 1 July 1837 until 1 July 1939; and Ilford, from 1 July 1939 until 1 April 1965. All registers would now be held by the current register office. ↵

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