Muswell Hill Synagogue

Current Name:

Muswell Hill Synagogue

Former Names:

Muswell Hill District Synagogue

Muswell Hill Jewish Congregation (until 1949)

Muswell Hill Congregation

Address:

31 Tetherdown, Muswell Hill, London N10 1ND, from 1963

Previous Addresses:

Athenaeum Building (demolished 1966), Fortis Green Road, Muswell Hill, London N10, from 1920's to 1963 (services also held during the period 1937 to about 1945 at 6 Methuen Park, N10 - the home of Rev. M. Shechman)

35 Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill, London N10, until early 1920's.

Current Status:

Active

Date Founded:

1908

Ritual:

Orthodox - Ashkenazi

Affiliation:

Joined  the United Synagogue as a district synagogue in 1949 (although had previously been attached for burial rights), later becoming a member (constituent) synagogue.

Website:

http://www.muswellhillsynagogue.org.uk

Membership Data:

Number of male seat-holders: (source)

Source: The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman (1977), pages 218/219

1949	1950	1960	1970
174	203	255	354

Local Government Districts:

Muswell Hill, a residential suburb in North London, is primarily in the London Borough of Haringey, which was created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.

Muswell Hill was previously in the Municipal Borough of Hornsey (incorporated as a borough in 1903, previously an Urban District from 1894) in the County of Middlesex, both of which entities were abolished in 1965.

Registration Districts:

From 1 July 1837 - Edmonton
From 1 October 1847 - Wood Green
Since 1 April 1965 - Haringey (which would now hold any registers)