Garden Suburb Beth Hamedrash

Name:

Garden Suburb Beth Hamedrash

Address:

Jacob & Alexander Gordon House, 5 The Bishop's Avenue, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London N2

Previously at 21 Eastholm, London NW11 (until early/mid 1950's)

Date Formed:

About 1951 (source)

Source: Based upon earliest appearance in Jewish Year Books

Current Status:

Closed (after 1998)

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

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

Local Government Districts:

Hampstead Garden Suburb, in Northwest London, is in the London Borough of Barnet, an Outer London Borough created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.

Until 1985, Hampstead Garden Suburb was split between two local authorities (both within the former County of Middlesex). The eastern part (which included both The Bishops Avenue and Eastholm, where the synagogue was situated) was in the Municipal Borough of Finchley, which had been incorporated as a Borough in 1933. (The western part was in the Municipal Borough of Hendon.)

Registration Districts:

From 1 October 1939 - Hendon
Since 1 April 1999 - Barnet (which would now hold any registers)