Name: |
Wilkes Street Synagogue |
Alternative or Former Name: |
Glory of Jacob Synagogue |
Address: |
93 Wilkes Street, Spitalfields, London E1.
(Location: Wilkes Street, in
London's East End, runs north from Fournier Street, parallel to, and 300
feet to the west of, Brick Lane. It was originally some one-third of a
mile long, stretching past Quaker Street, but following major
redevelopment in the area, only the southern 400 feet (until Hanbury
Street) remain.) |
Date Founded: |
By 1905
(source) |
Source: Listed in Jewish Year Book 1906 |
|
Incorporated
Congregation: |
Yanover Synagogue in May 1905
(source) |
Source: Jewish Chronicle 12 May 1905, p. 19, as cited by
Daniel Appelby in "Service and Scandal: the life and times of an immigrant Jewish
Clergyman", p.87 |
|
Current Status: |
Closed after 1935
(source) |
Source: Based upon latest appearance in Jewish Year
Books |
|
Ritual: |
Orthodox - Ashkenazi |
Affiliation: |
An affiliated synagogue of
the
Federation of Synagogues. |
Membership Data: |
1905 - 85
members
(source) |
Source: Jewish Year Book 1906,
referred to as "Glory of Jacob |
1915 - 80
members
(source) |
Source: Jewish Year Book 1916 |
|
Local Government
Districts: |
Wilkes Street is now in
the London Borough of Tower Hamlets,
created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London. Previously,
it was in the Metropolitan Borough of
Stepney (established 1900) in the County of London
(established 1889), both of which entities were abolished in 1965.
Wilkes Street was also
within the civil parish of Spitalfields, which was abolished in 1921, being absorbed
into the civil parish of Whitechapel, which itself was abolished in 1927
and absorbed into Stepney Borough parish (until that parish's
abolition in 1965). |
Registration Districts: |
From 1 July 1837 - Whitechapel
From
1 January 1926 - Stepney
Since
1 January 1983 - Tower Hamlets (which would now hold the registers,
if any) |