Chasidey Belz Beth Hamedresh

Name:

Chasidey Belz Beth Hemedrash

Alternative Name:

Beth Hemedrash D'Chasidey Belz

Address:

96 Clapton Common, Upper Clapton, London E5 9AL
and also at 49 St. Kilda's Road, Stamford Hill, London N16 5BS (from about 2006)
[Note see also  Chasidey Belz Beth Hemedrash in Bethune Road N16]

(Location: Clapton Common is a three-quarters of a mile section of the A107 running northwest from Upper Clapton Road to the road Stamford Hill (A10). Clapton Common forms part of the actual boundary between Stamford Hill and Upper Clapton, although the boundary has became blurred in recent years. The North London district of Stamford Hill extending into Upper Clapton, as well as parts of Stoke Newington, Tottenham and some other adjoining areas, include the largest concentration of Haredi Jews in Europe, who generally tend to identify as being part of the greater Stamford Hill community.)

(Location: St. Kilda's Road, to the west of the road Stamford Hill, runs west from Bethune Road for about quarter of a mile to Lordship Road.)

Current Status:

Active.

Date Formed:

Early/mid 1980's (source)

Source: Based upon first appearance in Jewish Year Books

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

A synagogue associated with the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (UOHC).

Local Government District:

In common with most of the Stamford Hill/Upper Clapton area, Clapton Common and St. Kilda's Road are both in the London Borough of Hackney, an Inner London Borough created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.

Registration District:

Since at least 1 July 1979 - Hackney