North-Eastern Synagogue

Congregation Data

Latest Name:

North-Eastern Synagogue

Address:

1 Nichols Square, Hackney Road, London E2
(Nichols Square was demolished in 1963 and the area now forms part of the Fellows Court Development.)

Date Formed:

1871

Current Status:

Closed. The Congregation is listed in the Jewish Directory of 1874 (by Asher I. Myers), but is not mentioned in the first Jewish Year Book, (1896/7). Accordingly, it is presumed to have closed between such dates or to have merged with, or moved and formed the basis of, another congregation.

Ritual:

Presumably Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

None known

Local Government Districts:

The area that was Nichols Square is now in the London Borough of Hackney, an Inner London Borough created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.

It was previously in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch (established 1900 and previously the Parish of Shoreditch) in the County of London (established 1889), both of which entities were abolished in 1965.

Registration Districts:

from 1 July 1837 - Shoreditch (originally St Leonards Shoreditch)

from 1 April 1965 - Hackney