Hornsey and Wood Green Affiliated Synagogue

Latest Name:

Hornsey and Wood Green Affiliated Synagogue

Former Names:

Hornsey and Wood Green Associate Synagogue

Wood Green & District Hebrew Congregation (until 1920)

Addresses:

Wightman Road, Hornsey, London N8 (1920-1987) - now a mosque
Clarence House, Tottenham Lane, London N8 (1913-1920)
Queen's Parade, Green Lanes, London N8 (1910-1913)

Date Founded:

By 1910

Current Status:

Closed 1987.  Remaining members transferred to Muswell Hill Synagogue

Ritual:

Orthodox - Ashkenazi

Affiliation:

Joined the United Synagogue as an associate synagogue in 1920, becoming an affiliated synagogue when the associate synagogue scheme  terminated in 1949.

Membership Data:

Number of male seat-holders: (source)

Source: The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman (1977), pages 216/217

1950 -  106  male seat holders
1960 -  129  male seat holders
1970 -    87  male seat holders

Local Government Districts:

Hornsey and Wood Green, residential areas in North Central London, are situated in the London Borough of Haringey, created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.

Previously there were, respectively, the Municipal Borough of Hornsey (incorporated as a borough in 1903, previously an Urban District from 1894) and the Municipal Borough of Wood Green (incorporated as a borough in 1933, also previously an Urban District from 1894) in the County of Middlesex, all 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)