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Current Name: |
Brondesbury Park Synagogue |
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Former Names: |
Brondesbury Synagogue (to about 2007)
Willesden and Brondesbury Synagogue (to early 2000's)
Willesden Synagogue (to 1974) Willesden District Synagogue (to 1939)
West Willesden Hebrew Congregation (to 1934)
Harlesden Hebrew Congregation (to early 1930's) |
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Current Address: |
143 Brondesbury Park (adjacent to Heathfield Park), London NW2 5JL
(from about 1939) |
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Previous Addresses: |
College Road, Kensal Rise, London N.W.10 (from 1934)
and prior to then, in Park View College; in a scout hut in the grounds
of a convent in Crown Hill Road, NW10;
and previously a house in Stonebridge Park |
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Date Formed: |
1931 (although it had previously met in private homes
since 1926) |
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Current Status: |
Active |
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Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
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Affiliation: |
A affiliated synagogue of
the
United Synagogue from
1931, becoming a district synagogue in 1934 and a constituent synagogue of the United Synagogue from
1939. |
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Mergers and Consolidation: |
In
1939, the
Willesden Green Federation Synagogue, which
owned the land at Heathfield Park and leased the adjoining property at 143 Brondesbury
Park, was incorporated into the congregation. In 1974, when the
Brondesbury
Synagogue closed, many of its members transferred to the congregation,
which was renamed the Willesden
and Brondesbury Synagogue. In 1988, membership increased on closure of the
Ohel Shem (Federation)
Synagogue. |
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Membership Data: |
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Number of male seat-holders, 1870 -1970:
(source) |
Source: The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman
(1977), pages 218/19 |
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1931 |
1940 |
1950 |
1960 |
1970 |
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51 |
281 |
274 |
713 |
543 |
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Local Government
Districts: |
Willesden and Brondesbury are in the London
Borough of Brent,
within the administrative area of Greater London,
both of which entities were established
on 1 April 1965.
Previously, they were in the former Municipal Borough of Willesden
(incorporated
as a borough in 1933 - prior to then it was the Urban District of
Willesden from 1894) within the former
County of Middlesex,
both of which entities were abolished in 1965. |
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Registration Districts: |
From 1 October 1909 -
Willesden
Since 1 April 1965 - Brent (which should now hold the registers) |
