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Name: |
Mile End & Bow District Synagogue |
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Address: |
43 Harley Grove, London E3 2AT (from 1929).
The building (since 1979 the Gurdwara Sikh Sangat Community Temple),
is a Grade II Listed Building (number 1357838), designated on 27 September 1973.
(View description
on Historic England website.)
The Gate Piers, Gates and Railing at the former Synagogue are a Grade II Listed Building (number 1065134), also designated on 27 September 1973.
(View description
on Historic England website.)
(Location:
Harley Grove (about 600
feet long), in London's East End, runs north from Bow Road
(a continuation of Mile End Road and part of the A11), almost opposite
Bow Road underground station.) |
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Date Founded: |
1927 |
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Date
Founded: |
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Closed, April 1977
(source) |
Source: Jewish Chronicle, 27 May
1977, page 7 - Report that synagogue "closed last week". |
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Ritual: |
Orthodox - Ashkenazi |
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Affiliation: |
A district synagogue of
the
United Synagogue from 1927
until its closure. |
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Membership Data: |
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Number of male seat-holders
(source) |
Source: The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman
(1977), pages 216/7. |
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1940 |
1950 |
1960 |
1970 |
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382 |
353 |
292 |
208 |
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Local Government
Districts: |
Harley Grove, Bow, is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets,
created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.
Previously, Harley Grove was in the Metropolitan Borough of
Poplar, although very close to the eastern boundary of the former
metropolitan borough of Stepney. Both metropolitan boroughs were
established in 1900 in the County of London (which was established in
1889). All these entities were abolished in 1965. |
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Registration Districts: |
From 1 July 1837 - Poplar
From
1 January 1966 - Poplar and Bethnal Green
Since
1 January 1983 - Tower Hamlets (which now holds the registers) |
