East Ham and Manor Park Synagogue

(i) Reserved.

(ii) This was the latest name of the synagogue, as per its listing in Jewish Year Books from 1977 until its closure. ↵

(iii) The names listed reflect the names under which the congregation was listed in Jewish Year Books. ↵

(iv) Carlyle Road appeared as the congregation's address from its first listing in Jewish Year Books in 1900/01, although no street number was given. Some sources refer to the address as 12 Carlyle Road, but this is clearly an error or may have been an earlier numbering. The synagogue site is bordered by no.30 to the left (the east) and by no.16 to the right (west) and the two buildings on the site are numbered no.28 (left) and no.26 (right). ↵

(v) The address was already listed in the Jewish Year Book from the congregation's first listing in 1900/01. ↵

(vi) The Jewish Chronicle of 27 October 1899, reported on the sale of church, pews, etc by the rector of the adjoining church to the growing Jewish community for a nominal sum and donated 15 guineas to the new congregation. The History Files - Churches of British Isles, Newham Part 18 pages 1 and 2, identified the church as "St Saviour's Reformed Episcopal Church, Carlyle Road, which was constructed in 1894-1895, possibly to replace an iron church which had been erected on the same road about two years before." Some sources state that the congregation acquired the plot of land next to the church. However, an Ordnance Survey map of 1896 clearly shows that the Church was situated on what is now no.26 (marked with "Seats for 400"). The adjacent plot to the east (no.28) is shown as vacant at the time. However, an Ordnance Survey map of 1919 showed the two structures on the site at 26/28 Carlyne Road, and that on the west (no.26, the former church) is designated as a synagogue ↵

(vii) and (viii) Reserved.

(ix) Sharman Kadish's Jewish Heritage in Britain and Ireland, 2015, p.40. To view a description of the Jewish architectural works by Cecil Jacob Eprile, hold your cursor over his name. If there were any doubt as to which of the two buildings in the photograph was the synagogue, one of the photographs on the East Ham synagogue page on Center for Jewish Art website clearly shows the building on the right as being used as the synagogue, which is confirmed by photographs of the interior on the same website, as well as photographs of the interior provided by Steven Jaffe (see link in the online material section). ↵

(x) Jewish Chronicle report of 30 April 1926. ↵

(xi) The History Files - Churches of British Isles, Newham Part 18, pages 1 and 2. However, it appears that the website has muddled up the two properties. The original St Saviour's was on the western plot, as per the 1899 Ordnance Survey map, which became the synagogue building. However, the reference to Christ Church and the Salvation Army clearly relates to the building on the adjacent plot, retained after the sale of the western plot to the Congregation. ↵

(xii) The East Ham synagogue page, text by Melvyn Leach, on the Center for Jewish Art website. Sharman Kadish's Jewish Heritage in Britain and Ireland, 2015, p.40 states that the synagogue "has since 2000 been rendered and painted pale pink", which is misleading, as it was the adjoining hall (now the Sikh Gurdwara) that was rendered and painted pink. Similarly, Peter Renton's The Lost Synagogues of London, 2000, p. 130, displays a photograph of what it states is the congregation's former synagogue but it is, in fact, the adjoining hall, prior to its rendering and painting. ↵

(xiii) and (xiv) Reserved

(xv) A Jewish Chronicle report of 1986 referred to the sale of the nearby communal hall two years earlier and the partitioning of the synagogue. ↵

(xvi) Howard Bloch's Earlham Grove Shul - One Hundred Years of West Ham Synagogue and Community, 1997, p.131. The last listing of the congregation was in Jewish Year Book 1987. ↵

(xvii) The Community's Facebook page and various online sources.. ↵

(xviii) The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman (1977), pp. 221, 223. ↵

(xix) The congregation was first listed as a constituent synagogue in the Jewish Year Book 1977. ↵

(xx) and (xxi) Reserved.

(xxii) Dayan was listed as minister of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1915 through 1919. ↵

(xxiii) Jewish Chronicle obituary of 22 May 1998. Rev. J. Ferber was listed as reader of the congregation in the Jewish Year Book 1953 (which is believed to be an error as it was during the term of Rev. I. Miller) and as minister in the editions 1954 through 1959. There were no ministers listed for the congregation from 1920 through 1953 and from 1960 until the demise of the congregation. ↵

(xxiv) Appointment reported in The Jewish Chronicle of 28 February 1913. Rev. M. Posner was listed as reader of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1915 and 1916. ↵

(xxv) Rev. Miller was first listed as reader of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1917 and his last listing was in the 1971 edition. ↵

(xxvi) Howard Bloch's Earlham Grove Shul - One Hundred Years of West Ham Synagogue and Community, 1997, p.69. Listed, as Rev. M. Woolf, a reader of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1962 through 1971. ↵

(xxvii) Rev. M. Kahan was listed as reader of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1973 until the delisting of the congregation. ↵

(xxviii) to (xxx) Reserved.

(xxxi) 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. ↵

(xxxii) As M. Galinsky was listed as treasurer for some years both prior to and following the cessation of publishing during WWII, it is assumed that he also served as treasurer during the intervening war years. His title was changed to financial representative in about 1949. ↵

(xxxiii) and (xxxiv) Reserved.

(xxxv) The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman (1977), pages 216/217. ↵

(xxxvi) Reports on synagogue membership in the United Kingdom, published by or on behalf of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and which can be viewed on the website of the Institute of Jewish Policy Research. Click HERE for links to the various reports. ↵

(xxxvii) The London Borough of Newham, an Outer London Borough within the Greater London administrative area, was created on 1 April 1965 upon the merger of the former County Boroughs of East Ham and West Ham (both unitary authorities geographically in the county of Essex) with some small adjoining areas. ↵

(xxxviii) The former Registration Districts were: West Ham - from 1 July 1837 until 1 October 1935; and East Ham from 1 October 1935 until 1 January 1968. All registers would now be held by the current register office. ↵

(xxxix) and (xl) Reserved.

(xli) The date given reflects that date of commencement of service, calculation based upon the same methodology as in footnote (xxxi) above. ↵

(xlii) Figures extracted from the Jewish Year Book for the subsequent year.. ↵