Congregation Data |
Name: |
New Dalston Synagogue |
Address: |
Birkbeck Road, London E.8 (from at least 1887, although
the consecration of synagogue (which was on the first floor) and schools
or Talmud Torah (on the ground floor) did not take place until 22 June 1888)
Previously, for a short time, worshipped in a Sandringham Road, Dalston,
London E.8 |
Date Formed: |
Formed as a secessionist congregation from the
Dalston Synagogue in, or some time
before, 1887. |
Current Status: |
Moved in about 1903 and became the
Stoke Newington Synagogue
(which was actually situated in Dalston) and which closed in 1976. |
Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
Affiliation: |
Although not one of the congregations that
attended the meeting of 16 October 1887 to form the
Federation of Synagogues,
it became one of the original federated synagogues on 6 November 1887,
being the only founding member not situated in London's East End.(i)
In 1898, affiliation was sought with the
United Synagogue (of which its
successor congregation, Stock Newington Synagogue, was a constituent
synagogue from 1903.) |
Membership Data: |
1896 - 135 members(ii) |
Officers(iii): |
President:
Treasurer:
Reader:
Secretary:
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Mr. L. Freedman (c.
1896)
Mr. H. Goodman (c.
1896)
Revd. C. Davies (c.
1896)
Mr. J. E. Blank (c.
1896)
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Local Government Districts: |
The northeast London district of Dalston is
now in the
London Borough of Hackney(iv) and was
previously (until 1 April 1965) in the somewhat
smaller former Metropolitan Borough of
Hackney (established in 1900, almost conterminous with the
pre-existing parish of Hackney). Prior to 1889, the parish of Hackney
was in the former County of Middlesex. |
Registration District (BDM): |
Hackney (since founding of
congregation) -
Register Office website |
Cemetery
Information: |
For period when affiliated to the Federation of
Synagogues, see
Cemeteries of the
Federation of Synagogues.
For
United Synagogue cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the United Synagogue.
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