Buross Street Synagogue

Name:

Buross Street Synagogue

Address:

47a Buross Street, Commercial Road, London E1.

(Location: Buross Street, in London's East End, runs south 500 feet long from Commercial Road, some 700 feet east of Cannon Street Road, almost opposite Philpot Street.)

Date Founded:

By 1905 (source)

Source: Appears in Jewish Year Book 1906

Current Status:

Closed, prior to 1956, incorporated into Nelson Street Sphardish Synagogue

Ritual:

Orthodox - Ashkenazi

Affiliation:

An affiliated synagogue of the Federation of Synagogues.

Membership Data:

1905 - 50 members (source)

Source: Jewish Year Book 1906

1915 - 63 members (source)

Source: Jewish Year Book 1916

Local Government Districts:

Buross Street is now in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.

Previously, Buross Street was in the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney (established 1900) in the County of London (established 1889), both of which entities were abolished in 1965. The locality was also within the civil parish of St George in the East, abolished 1927 to be absorbed into Stepney Borough parish, which was abolished 1965.

Registration Districts:

From 1 July 1837 - St George in the East
From 1 January 1926 - Stepney
Since 1 January 1983 - Tower Hamlets (which would now hold the registers, if any)