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Congregation Data

Name:

Borough Synagogue(ii)

Earlier Name:

Borough New Synagogue (1867 until about 1928)(iii)

Last Address:

Wansey Street, Walworth, London SE17 (1927 to 1960)(iv)

The congregation moved to this address in 1927, a large spacious building, formerly owned by a Baptist congregation and known as the Surrey Tabernacle.(v) This former chapel had a capacity for some 2,000 people.(vi) The move, however, was somewhat over ambitious for a congregation whose membership never exceeded much more than 300 and by the 1930s membership had started to decline.(viii)

Not only was the synagogue "rather severely damaged" by German air raids during the London Blitz,(ix) but the congregation was unable to maintain such a vast building, accordingly in the late 1940s, it moved to the adjacent Barnett Raingold Communal Hall(x) (formerly the lecture room of the Surrey Tabernacle),(xi) which was consecrated in 1951(xii) and served as the congregation's synagogue until closure in 1961.

Earlier Address:

Heygate Street (corner of Vowler Street), Walworth, London SE17 (1867 to 1927)

Following an public appeal, the plot of land at Heygate Street (then known as Albion Place), was purchased by the community in 1866, and a purpose-built synagogue and the South London Jewish School, both designed by architect Hyman Henry Collins, were speedily constructed.(xv) The total expenditure for the building, including the school (accommodating some 160 children), was slightly in excess of £6,000.(xvi) The synagogue was consecrated on 7 April 1867 in the presence of the Chief Rabbi and most of the clergy of almost every London Synagogue (including the West London reform, then in Margaret Street).(xvii) Unfortunately, a relatively short while following the opening ceremony, in 1869, a number of structural defects were found in the building, necessitating the connecting of two defective walls by iron tie-rods (of an ornamental character), and strengthening them outside by building buttresses onto them. During the progress of these works, it was impossible to hold services in the synagogue itself, and these were held in the committee room.(xviii)

When the congregation moved from these premises in 1927, the South-West London Associate Synagogue received the synagogue's fixtures and fittings for its new synagogue at 104 Bolingbroke Grove.(xix) The Heygate Street premises and Vowler Street itself were eventually demolished in the early 1970s to facilitate the construction of the Heygate Estate.(xx)

Formation and Precursor Congregations:

The formation of the Borough New Synagogue dates from the 1867 opening of the synagogue in Heygate Street. However, there had been two precursor congregations, which at times were concurrently active. Accordingly, some sources give 1799 or 1800, the date of establishment of the earlier of these congregations, as the founding date of Synagogue.

These precursor congregations were:

In about 1799, Mr. Nathan Henry (1764-1853) of 2 Market Street, near Newington Causeway, established a minyan in his house. (Market Street was later renamed Dantzic Street - after the Baltic city of Danzig, and is now Keyworth Street after a World War I winner of the Victoria Cross.) He later roofed over the yard behind his home and fitted and enclosed the space for use as a synagogue, the first to be established in London south of the river Thames, with access gained through his shop (an old-iron store) at the front, and two rows of gallery seating above for ladies (entered through a bedroom). The synagogue closed shortly following Nathan Henry's death in 1853.(xxii)

In 1823, a synagogue (known as the Borough New Minyan) was established, by a group of secessionists from the Market Street congregation, in a court situated between 91 and 92 Prospect Place (St. George’s Road), Southwark. The premises were in stables converted at the cost of £40 and rebuilt in 1831 for £230 and again in 1841. The congregation appointed a Mr. Marks to act as "singer". In 1834, there was a brief union between the Market Street congregation and the Prospect Place congregation, but shortly thereafter the two congregations again drifted apart. The treasurer of this congregation for some five decades was Aaron Cohen. Notwithstanding the various renovations, the synagogue, with capacity for only 110 men and 36 women, was described in The Jewish Chronicle in 1861 as "a place of worship which for dinginess and insalubrity we do not believe had an equal." The synagogue (held under a lease expiring on 25 March 1866) closed in 1867, with the opening of the Heygate Street synagogue.(xxiii)

Jews were known to have resided in the district from somewhat earlier in the eighteenth and local Jewish residents are said to have have held services in the King's Bench Prison (a debtors' prison) located at Borough High Street and Stones End, with the unfortunate inmates making up the minyan, at which a Captain Lewis officiated.(xxiv)

Final Status:

The synagogue closed and the congregation ceased independent activities in November 1960, and was formally amalgamated with Brixton Synagogue in 1961.(xxv)

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

A constituent synagogue of the United Synagogue from 1873 until its closure.(xxvi) It was the first additional synagogue to be admitted to the United Synagogue, following the formation of the United Synagogue by its original five initial members.

Medieval Period:

There is a record of Jews in the area (particularly Southwark) in medieval times. Jews were recorded as the owners of Southwark property, generally property of ill-repute, where they held such property as nominees for the nobility, including the monarch, or for members of the clergy.(xxvii) There was also a Domus Conversorum (House of Converts, for the proselytising of Jews) in medieval Southwark.(xxviii)

Ministers:
(To view a short profile of a minister or a reader - hold the cursor over his name.)

Rev. Simeon Singer - from 1867 until 1879.(xxxi)

Rev. Francis Lyon Cohen - from 1886 until 1904.(xxxii)

Rev. Morris Rosenbaum - from 1905 until 1935, and thereafter emeritus minister.(xxxiii)

Rev. Mendel Bloch, MA - from 1935 until 1939.(xxxiv)

Rev. Simeon Isaacs - part-time appointment from 1940 until about 1941.(xxxv)

Rev. Dr. Ernest I. Grunpeter - from at least 1941 until 1960.(xxxvi)

Cantors / Readers of the Congregation and the Precusor Prospect Place Congregation:

Rev. Joseph Phillips - reader, secretary and collector from 1823 until 1862(xxxviii)

Rev. Henry Harris - assistant reader and headmaster from at least 1863 until about 1867(xxxix)

Rev. Solomon Levy - shochet and reader from at least 1858 until 1887(xl)

Rev. Phineas Ornstein - second reader from May 1863 until 1885(xli)

Rev. Morris Levy Cohen - reader from 1888 (previously choirmaster from late 1870s) until about 1908(xlii)

Rev. Marcus Einfeld - reader from 1908 until 1909(xlv)

Rev. Simon Anekstein - reader from 1909 until 1912(xlvi)

Rev. Ephraim Frank - reader from 1912 until 1920(xlvii)

Rev. (Israel) Henry Klein - reader from 1920 until 1953(xlviii)

Hon. Officers and Secretaries from 1867:

Unless otherwise stated, data on the congregation's hon. officers has been extracted from the following sources (although an officer's given name may have been obtained from another source):

(1) 1867 to 1896 - the lists of Wardens and Treasurers (or Financial Representatives) on page 30 of The History of the Borough Synagogue by Rev. M. Rosenbaum (1917);

(2) 1896 to 1917 - the source in (1) above, confirmed by listings in Jewish Year Books (first published 1896/7). In the event of a discrepancy, this has been indicated; and

(3) 1917 to 1956 - listings in Jewish Year Books.(li)

Wardens

1867 - Moss Benjamin & Jacob M. Harris

1867-1868 - David L. Jacobs & H.P. Cohen

1868-1869 - David L. Jacobs & J.L. Simmonds

1869-1870 - Moss Benjamin & Mark Davis

1870-1871 - Mark Davis

1871-1872 - L. Benjamin & M.S. Joseph

1872-1875 - M.S. Joseph & Moss Harris

1875-1878 - Moss Benjamin & J. Salomon

1878-1880 - J. Salomon & John A. Cohen

1880-1881 - J. Salomon & H.J. Solomons

1881-1892 - John A.  Cohen & H.J. Solomons

1892-1898 - John A. Cohen & Jacob Woolf

1898-1900 - Jacob Woolf & A. May(lii)

1900-1902 - A.J. Heron & B. Lyons

1902-1903 - A. Isaacs & B. Lyons

1903-1905 - B. Lyons & H. Bernhardt Cohen

1905-1909 - B. Lyons & A. Isaacs(liii)

1909-1912 - A. Isaacs & M. Silverston(liii)

1912-1913 - H. Bernhardt Cohen & E. Teller

1913-1921 - H. Bernhardt Cohen & J. Bernberg

1921-1924 - H. Bernhardt Cohen & E.M. Travis

1924-1925 - H. Bernhardt Cohen & B. Raingold

1925-1931 - J. Leslie & B. Raingold

1931-1935 - M. Levene & B. Raingold

1935-1936 - M. Levene & J. Leslie

1936-1940 - J. Leslie & A. Fersht

1940-1945 - no data

1945-1949 - A. Fersht & L.A. Bloch

1949-1953 - A. Fersht & L. Jacobs

1953-1954 - L. Jacobs

1954-1955 - J. Brahams & L. Jacobs

1955-1956 - J. Brahams & D. Harris

from 1956 - no data

Treasurers

1867 - Aaron Cohen

1867-1869 - Saul Solomon

1869-1871 - M.S. Joseph

1871-1872 - Moss Harris

1872-1873 - E. Graumann

Financial Representatives

1873-1875 - H.B. Barnard

1875-1877 - John A. Cohen

1877-1879 - H.B. Barnard

1879-1881 - Saul Solomon

1881-1889 - S. Weingott

1889-1891 - D. Davis

1891-1896 - A. Leon

1896-1900 - B. Lyons(liv)

1900-1907 - D. Barnard(lv)

1907-1909 - M. Silverston

1909-1911 - D. Barnard

1911-1913 - J. Bernberg

1913-1923 - A.A. Logette

1923-1927 - J. Bernberg

1927-1934 - E. Abrahams

1934-1939 - no data

1939-1940 - A. Maraney

1940-1946 - no data

1946-1954 - J. Brahams

1954-1956 - S. Waterman

from 1956 - no data

 

Secretaries & Hon Secretaries

1867 - Rev. Phineas Ornstein(lviii)

1867-1879 - Rev. Simeon Singer(lix)

1879-1885 - Rev. Phineas Ornstein(lx)

1886-1904 - Rev. Francis Lyon Cohen(lxi)

1904-1906 - P.A. Phillips (temp.)(lxii)

1908-1935 - Rev. Morris Rosenbaum(lxiii)

1935-1939 - Rev. Mendel Bloch, MA(lxiv)

1939-1940 - F.N. Gallop (temp.)(lxv)

1940-1945 - no data

1945-1960 - Rev. Dr. Ernest I. Grunpeter(lxvi)

Membership Data:

General

1870 - 135 seatholders and 80 ladies(lxix)

United Synagogue (male seat-holders)(lxx)

1873

1880

1890

1900

1910

1920

1930

1940

1950

1960

162

170

152

167

177

243

313

274

200

134

Also see below for seatholder records on All-UK Database for 1885, 1899 and 1933.

Local Government Districts:

The Part of Southwark generally referred to as "The Borough", taking its name from the ancient Borough of Southwark, is situated in central London on the southern bank of the river Thames. The synagogue was actually situated in Walworth, an area just to the south of the Borough.  These localities are now in London Borough of Southwark, and was previously (from 1900 until 1965) in the somewhat smaller former Metropolitan Borough of Southwark.(lxxi)

Prior thereto, Southwark was divided into various civil parishes, within the County of Surrey until 1899.

Registration District (BMD):

Southwark from 1 April 1901(lxxii) - Link to Register Office website

Cemetery
Information:

For United Synagogue cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the United Synagogue.

 

Search the All-UK Database

The records in the database specifically associated with the Borough Synagogue include:

  • Seatholders Lists:

    • 1885 (173 records);

    • 1899 (419 records); and

    • 1933 (427 records).

  • UK Jewish Communal Leaders Database - London records include:

    • Borough listings in the Jewish Directory of 1874 and Jewish Year Book 1896/7  (records of 51 individuals);

    • other listed ministers and officers of the congregation.

Click here for a list of other London records in the Database that may also include records associated with this congregation.

 

Online Articles, Bibliography and Other Material
relating to this Congregation

on JCR-UK

  • London Borough of Southwark bibliography, including:

    • The History of the Borough Synagogue, by Rev. M. Rosenbaum, 1917 (published by the congregation) - for online version see below;

    • The Lost Synagogues of London, by P. Renton, 2000 (Tymsder Publications, London) pp 63-69.

 on Third Party Websites

 

Other Organisations & Institutions
connected to this congregation

Educational

  • South London Jewish School
    The school (a boys school and a girls school) was erected at the same  time as the construction of the synagogue at Heygate Street (corner of Vowler Street), Walworth. Although initially closely connected with the synagogue, it was agreed from the start that the school should be a separate and distinct institution from the Synagogue, and its administration was handed over to a Committee.(lxxx) When the synagogue moved to Wansey Street, the School remained at Heygate Street, but ceased functioning around World War II.(lxxxi) The first headmasters was Mr. Berliner.
    The following are details of the number of pupils enrolled in the classes for the relevant years:(lxxxii)

    1919

    1920

    1921

    1923

    56

    65

    64

    70

  • Hebrew and Religion Classes, established in 1906 until about 1908.(lxxxiii)

Other Institutions

  • Tent of Righteousness Friendly Society, founded in 1812, which in 1913 amalgamated with the South London Lodge of Achei B'rith.(lxxxvi)

  • Surrey Jewish Philanthropic Trust, founded in 1825.(lxxxvii)

  • South London Jewish Local Charity, which was founded in 1896.(lxxxviii)

  • Children's Orphan Aid Society - founded by 1899.(lxxxix)

  • South London Jewish Literary and Social Society, founded by 1903.(xc)

  • Ladies Guild, formed in 1905.(xci)

  • A Free Funeral Society, founded in 1914.(xcii)

  • Zionist Society, formed by 1931.(xciii)

 

Notes & Sources
(↵ returns to text above)

  • (i) Reserved.

  • (ii) The Congregation was also known as the Borough Hebrew Congregation, at least until the 1930s, as per an Order of Service in May 1937 to celebrate the coronation of King George VI. ↵

  • (iii) The name adopted by the congregation on the opening of the synagogue in Heygate Street, to differentiate it from the earlier Borough congregations. It appears to have dropped the word "New" by about 1928, following its move to Heygate Street. The congregation was listed as Borough New Synagogue from its listing in the first Jewish Year Book (1896/7) until the 1928 edition, whereafter it was listed simply as Borough Synagogue. ↵

  • (iv) This was the address of the congregation listed in the Jewish Year Books 1928 through 1961. ↵

  • (v) Peter Renton's The Lost Synagogues of London (2000), p.67. ↵

  • (vi) "The Borough Synagogue" on Andrew Cusack's website. ↵

  • (vii) Reserved.

  • (viii) Membership figures extracted from The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman (1977), pp 221/2 ↵

  • (ix) Sydney Jewish News of November 1944. ↵

  • (x) Peter Renton's The Lost Synagogues of London (2000), p.67. ↵

  • (xi) "The Borough Synagogue" on Andrew Cusack's website. ↵

  • (xii) Note which first appeared in the Jewish Year Book 1958. ↵

  • (xiii) and (xiv) Reserved.

  • (xv) Peter Renton's The Lost Synagogues of London (2000), pp.64/5. To view a description of the Jewish architectural works by H.H. Collins, hold your cursor over his name. ↵

  • (xvi) Rev. M. Rosenbaum's The History of the Borough Synagogue: To Commemorate the Jubilee of Its Consecration (1917) ("Rosenbaum's History"). ↵

  • (xvii) Rosenbaum's History p.17 and a note in Jewish Year Books 1901/2 through 1911. ↵

  • (xviii) Rosenbaum's History pp.18/19. ↵

  • (xix) Peter Renton's The Lost Synagogues of London (2000), pp.67 & 143. ↵

  • (xx) Ordnance Survey maps from the late 1960s versus mid-1970s and "The Borough Synagogue" on Andrew Cusack's website. ↵

  • (xxi) Reserved.

  • (xxii) Rosenbaum's History pp.5/6 and Peter Renton's The Lost Synagogues of London (2000), p.63. ↵

  • (xxiii) Rosenbaum's History p.11 and Peter Renton's The Lost Synagogues of London (2000), pp.63/4. ↵

  • (xxiv) Rosenbaum's History p.5. ↵

  • (xxv) The Jewish Chronicle of 11 November 1960 reported on the valedictory service attended by Rabbi Dr. Grunpeter and the Chief Rabbi. Peter Renton's The Lost Synagogues of London (2000), p.67 reported on the merger in 1961. The congregation was last listed in the Jewish Year Book 1961. ↵

  • (xxvi) The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman (1977), p.221. ↵

  • (xxvii) E.J. Burford The Orrible Synne (1973). ↵

  • (xxviii) Peter Renton's The Lost Synagogues of London (2000), p.63. ↵

  • (xxix) and (xxx) Reserved.

  • (xxxi) Years of tenure per Rosenbaum's History, p.30. Various sources give Rev. Singer's departure year as 1878, but this appears when his upcoming departure was announced. He did not start at his next post until March 1879. Rev. S. Singer was also listed as minister of the congregation in The Jewish Directory of 1874. ↵

  • (xxxii) Peter Renton's The Lost Synagogues of London (2000), pp.68/9. Date of appointment per Jewish Year Book, 1896, p 96. (He was listed in Rosenbaum's History, p.30, with a start year of 1885, but this appears to refer to the year he was elected or invited to the post.) He was listed as minister in Jewish Year Books from the first edition (1896/7) through 1903/4. ↵

  • (xxxiii) Year of appointment per Rosenbaum's History, p.30. Peter Renton's The Lost Synagogues of London (2000), p.69. He was listed as minister of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1905/6 through 1934. ↵

  • (xxxiv) Jewish Chronicle of 12 April 1935 and 19 May 1939. Rev. Bloch was listed as minister of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1936 through 1939. ↵

  • (xxxv) The Jewish Chronicle of 14 June 1940 reported on the appointment of Rev. Simeon Isaacs (minister also at South-East London synagogue) as part-time minister, as a step to economise instead of engaging a full-time minister. By 1941, Rev. Isaacs was on chaplaincy duties. ↵

  • (xxxvi) The Jewish Chronicle of 22 August 1941 places Rev. Grunpeter at Borough Synagogue and on 11 November 1960 Report it reported on the final service at Borough: stating "This melancholy service was conducted by the Chief Rabbi together with the Rev. Dr. E. Grunpeter, the synagogue's minister for the past 20 years". He was listed as minister of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1945/6 through 1961. ↵

  • (xxxvii) Reserved.

  • (xxxviii) Rosenbaum's History pp. 7 & 10. The Jewish Chronicle reports of 1855 refer to Rev. Joseph Phillips as the officiating Hazan at Borough, "indefatigable in his exertions as ever". On 21 February 1864, it referred to "The testator" being the Rev. Joseph Phillips, late reader to the Borough Synagogue. ↵

  • (xxxix) The Jewish Chronicle report of 4 September 1863, referred to Rev. S. Levy, Rev. H. Harris and Rev. Ph. Ornstein as listed along side each other as readers at Borough synagogue, and on 14 June 1867 it contained a notice recording the death of the wife of "Rev. Henry Harris of the Borough Synagogue", but there was no further mention of him at Borough. ↵

  • (xl) Although Rosenbaum's History, p.30, gives Rev. Solomon Levy’s dates of tenure as 1862-1887, The Jewish Chronicle of 10 September 1858 contained a report regarding his dual responsibilities as reader and shochet for the Borough congregation. His obituary appeared in the The Jewish Chronicle of 16 September 1887. He was also listed as first readers of the congregation in The Jewish Directory of 1874. ↵

  • (xli) Although Rosenbaum's History, p.30, gives Rev. Ornstein’s dates of tenure as 1862-1885, The Jewish Chronicle report of 22 May 1863, reported Rev. Ornstein's appointment as second reader at Borough synagogue (he had been appointed as the paid secretary in 1862). Rev. Ornstein was listed as second reader (and collector) of the congregation in The Jewish Directory of 1874. ↵

  • (xlii) In 1901, a report of a meeting at the congregation reported that Rev. M.L. Cohen had been serving as choirmaster for twenty-five years and had (in parallel) served as reader for over half this period, although Rev. M. Rosenbaum later recorded that Rev. M.L. Cohen had been appointed choirmaster only in March 1879. The Jewish Chronicle report of 22 May 1863, reported Rev. Ornstein's appointment as second reader at Borough synagogue. (Jolles Encyclopaedia of British Jewish Cantors, Chazanim, Ministers, etc. p. 383). Rev. M.L. Cohen was listed as reader of the congregation in first Jewish Year Book (1896/7) through the 1906/7 edition. ↵

  • (xliii) and (xliv) Reserved.

  • (xlv) Years of tenure per Rosenbaum's History, p.30. The Jewish Chronicle on 3 July 1908 reported on Rev. Einfeld's election as reader to the Borough Synagogue, identifying him as the "Reader of the Vine Court Synagogue". He left for Australia in May 1909. Rev. M. Einfeld was listed as reader of the congregation solely in the Jewish Year Book 1909. ↵

  • (xlvi) Years of tenure per Rosenbaum's History, p.30. Rev. S. Anekstein was listed as reader of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1910 through 1912. ↵

  • (xlvii) Year of appointment per Rosenbaum's History, p.30. The Jewish Chronicle on 10 May 1912 reported Rev. Frank's election as reader of the congregation and on 1 October 1920, it reported his move to the Western Synagogue. Rev. E. Frank was listed as reader of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1913 through 1920. ↵

  • (xlviii) The Jewish Chronicle 10 September 1920 reported that Rev. Henry Klein has been elected reader of Borough Synagogue and on 27 November 1953 it reported that Rev. Henry Klein, reader of the Borough Synagogue for 33 years, had retired at the age of 70. Rev. H. Klein was listed as reader of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1921 through 1954 (except for 1941/45 when publication was suspended). ↵

  • (xlix) and (l) Reserved.

  • (li) Where a person was first listed in a Jewish Year Book as holding a particular office, it has been assumed that his term of office commenced in the year of publication of the relevant year book and that he continued in office until the commencement of office of his successor, unless the office was shown as vacant. Initially year books corresponded to the Hebrew year, and thus ran roughly from autumn of one year - the year of publication - until autumn of the next year. From 1909, year books were published according to the Gregorian year, being published generally towards the end of the year prior to the year appearing in the title of the year book. For example, if an officer is listed in Jewish Year Books 1919 through 1924, it is assumed that he commenced office in 1918 and continued in office until 1924. However, it should be noted that this is only an assumption and accordingly his actual years of office may differ slightly from those shown here. Jewish Year Books were not published during WWII subsequent to 1940. There were no Jewish Year Book listings of officers (other than secretary) subsequent to 1956. ↵

  • (lii) Listing as per Rosenbaum's History, p.30. The Jewish Year Book makes no mention of A. May, and lists J.A. Cohen and J. Woolf as wardens in editions 1896/7 through 1898/9 ↵

  • (liii) The Jewish Year Book 1909 lists A. Isaacs as the sole warden and in the editions 1910 through 1912 the joint wardens are A. Isaacs and M. Silverston. However, in the listings in Rosenbaum's History, p.30, there is no indication that B. Lyons stepped down earlier than 1909 and there is no mention of M. Silverston serving as a warden, A. Isaacs being the only warden named for the period 1909-1912. ↵

  • (liv) Listing as per Rosenbaum's History, p.30. However the Jewish Year Book makes no mention of B. Lyons serving as FR, and lists A.Leon as FR in editions 1896/7 through 1898/9 (which would indicate him serving until 1899). ↵

  • (lv) Listing as per Rosenbaum's History, p.30. However the Jewish Year Book lists D.Barnard as FR in editions 1899/1900 through 1906/7 (which would indicate him serving 1899-1907). ↵

  • (lvi and (lvii) Reserved.

  • (lviii) Rosenbaum's History, p.15. ↵

  • (lix) Rosenbaum's History, pp.16 & 22. ↵

  • (lx) Rosenbaum's History, pp.16 & 22. ↵

  • (lxi) Rev. F.L. Cohen's initial appointment in 1886 was as preacher, reader and secretary (Rosenbaum's History, p.22). He was listed as (minister and) secretary from the first Jewish Year Book (1896/7) through 1903/4. ↵

  • (lxii) Listed as temporary secretary in Jewish Year Books 1904/5 and 1905/6. ↵

  • (lxiii) Rev. Rosenbaum was listed as (minister and) secretary in Jewish Year Books 1909 through 1934. ↵

  • (lxiv) Jewish Chronicle of 12 April 1935 and 19 May 1939 Rev. Bloch was listed as (minister and) secretary in Jewish Year Books 1936 through 1939. ↵

  • (lxv) Listed as secretary in Jewish Year Book 1940. ↵

  • (lxvi) Jewish Chronicle of 22 August 1941 and 11 November 1960. Rev. Grunpeter was listed as (minister and) secretary in Jewish Year Books 1945/6 through 1961. ↵

  • (lxvii and (lviii) Reserved.

  • (lxix) Rosenbaum's History, p.20. ↵

  • (lxx) The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman (1977), pages 218/9. ↵

  • (lxxi) The London Borough of Southwark, an Inner London Borough within the Greater London administrative area, was created on 1 April 1965 upon the merger of the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Southwark, Bermondsey and Camberwell (all established in 1900). These areas had been within the (then abolished) County of London (established in 1899). ↵

  • (lxxii) The former Registration District was St Saviour Southwark, from 1 July 1837 until 1 April 1901. All registers would now be held by the current register office. ↵

  • (lxxiii) to (lxxix) Reserved.

  • (lxxx) Rosenbaum's History, p.20. ↵

  • (lxxxi) Peter Renton's The Lost Synagogues of London (2000), p.68. ↵

  • (lxxxii) Jewish Year Books for the relevant year. ↵

  • (lxxxiii) Rosenbaum's History, p.25. ↵

  • (lxxxiv) and (lxxxv) Reserved.

  • (lxxxvi) Rosenbaum's History, p.9. ↵

  • (lxxxvii) Rosenbaum's History, p.9. ↵

  • (lxxxviii) Rosenbaum's History, p.27. ↵

  • (lxxxix) First listed in the Jewish Year Book 1899/1900. ↵

  • (xc) First mentioned in the Jewish Year Book 1903/4. ↵

  • (xci) Rosenbaum's History, p.25. ↵

  • (xciu) Rosenbaum's History, p.27. ↵

  • (xciii) First listed in the Jewish Year Book 1932. ↵


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