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Addresses: |
New Cross Road, New Cross, London SE14. The
synagogue, designed by the notable architect Delissa Joseph, FRIBA,
was consecrated March 1905.
In
1921/3, a number of building works took place at the synagogue, all
designed and supervised by architect,
Cecil Jacob Eprile, FRIBA.
In 1921, gates were added to the Aron Kodesh, commissioned by Lily Jacobs in memory of her parents, Harris and Sarah
Koenigsberg, both of whom had died in
1921. Cecil Eprile was their
grandson; his mother, Fanny, was Lily's sister, and gates were first
opened by their brother Joseph (Jewish Chronicle, 30 December
1921). The war memorial was erected at the synagogue in 1922 and the interior of the synagogue
was completely renovated under the direction of Cecil Eprile
and reopened in September 1923 (Jewish Chronicle, 14 September 1923).
The synagogue was destroyed by German air raid on 27
December 1940 and the congregation moved temporarily to 117 Lewisham
Way, London S.E.14. It returned to original site in 1946, first
to a temporary hut and then to new purpose-built synagogue in 1956
Previously (from 1889 to 1905) in Lausanne Road, Peckham,
London SE15 and prior to then in
various rooms (see below) |
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Date Formed: |
Services started in a house in 452 New Cross Road in
1888, and then moved to two rooms in Nettleton Road, New Cross, followed by a hut
in 1889 in Lausanne Road, Peckham. |
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Membership Data: |
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1939 - 294 male seatholders
(source) |
Source: Lost Synagogues of London, Peter Renton |
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1950 - 183 male seatholders
(source) |
Source: The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman
(1977), pages 216/217 |
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1960 - 196 male seatholders
(source) |
Source: The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman
(1977), pages 216/217 |
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1970 - 181 male seatholders
(source) |
Source: The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman
(1977), pages 216/217 |
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1985 - 56 male seatholders
(source) |
Source: Lost Synagogues of London, Peter Renton |
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Local Government District: |
New Cross and Peckham are districts of
southeast London, now respectively within the London Borough of Lewisham
and the London Borough of Southwark,
Inner London Boroughs created on 1 April 1965,
within the administrative area of Greater London.
Previously, New Cross and Peckham were
respectively within in the former Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
and the former Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell
(both established in 1900) within the former
County of London (established in 1889),
all of which entities were abolished in 1965. |
