Golders Green Synagogue

Name:

Golders Green Synagogue

Address:

41 Dunstan Road, Golders Green, London NW11 8AE (consecrated 10 September 1922)

The synagogue was designated a Grade II Listed Building (number 1393834) on 21 May 2007. View description on Historic England website.

Location: Dunstan Road (about quarter of a mile long) runs west from Finchley Road to The Vale, about quarter of a mile south of Golders Green Road and Golders Green Underground Station. The Synagogue is situated closer to The Vale end on the south side of the road.

Previous Address:

St Alban's Hall, North End Road, Golders Green NW11 (temporary from 1915)

Current Status:

Active

Date Formed:

1915

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

A member (or constituent) synagogue of the United Synagogue, since joining in 1922.

Website:

http://www.goldersgreenshul.org.uk

Membership Data:

1916 - 30 members (Jewish Chronicle 28 September 1979)

1917 - 150 members (Paper by Lynne Fertleman 2003 - see below)

1930 - 533 male seatholders (The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by A. Newman, 1977)

1940 - 639 male seatholders (ditto)

1950 - 959 male seatholders (ditto)

1960 - 1,022 male seatholders (ditto)

1970 - 829 male seatholders (ditto)

Also see below for seatholder records on All-UK Database.

Local Government Districts:

Golders Green, a residential suburb in Northwest London with a substantial Jewish population, is in London Borough of Barnet, created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.

Previously, Golders Green was in the Municipal Borough of Hendon (which was an urban district until 1932) in the County of Middlesex, both of which entities were abolished in 1965.

Registration Districts:

From 1 July 1837 - Hendon
Since 1 April 1999 - Barnet