Lauderdale Road Synagogue

© Leslie Bailey 2008 and reproduced with his kind permission

Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Lauderdale Road (March 2008)
 

Name:

Lauderdale Road Synagogue

Alternative Name:

Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Maida Vale

Address:

Lauderdale Road, Maida Vale, London W9 1JY

The synagogue is a Grade II Listed Building (number 1264017), designated on 7 September 1989. View description on Historic England website.

Current Status:

Active

Date Formed:

1895 (was a successor to the Sephardi synagogue in Bryanston Street, near Marble Arch)

Ritual:

Orthodox Sephardi

Affiliation:

A synagogue of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Congregation.

Local Government District:

Lauderdale Road is in the City of Westminster (an inner London Borough established in 1965), within the administrative area of Greater London.

Previously, Lauderdale Road was in the former Metropolitan Borough of Paddington (solely a parish until 1900), within the former County of London (established 1889). Until 1889, the parish of Paddington was in the former County of Middlesex.

Registration Districts:

From 1 July 1837 - Kensington
From 1 January 1985 - Paddington
Since 1 January 1978 - Westminster (which currently holds the registers)