Hounslow, Heathrow & District Synagogue

© Leslie Bailey 2008 and reproduced with kind permission

The former Hounslow, Heathrow & District Synagogue, Staines Road (September 2008)
 

Latest Name:

Hounslow, Heathrow & District Affiliated Synagogue

Former Names:

Hounslow & District Affiliated Synagogue

Hounslow & District Hebrew Congregation

Address:

100 Staines Road, Hounslow, Middx. TW3 2NA (from 1948, formerly a church)
Previously Congregational Rooms, Douglas Road, Hounslow, Middx

Date Formed:

1944

Current Status:

Closed on 7 December 2008 (with a number of members joining Staines and District Affiliated Synagogue)

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

A affiliated synagogue of the United Synagogue from 1945 until closure in 2008.

Membership Data:

Number of male seat-holders: (source)

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

1945	1950	1960	1970
62	94	98	88

2008 - 40 members (source)

Source: Jewish Chronicle 12 December 2008

Local Government Districts:

Hounslow, a suburb in West London, is within the London Borough of Hounslow (established on 1 April 1965) within the administrative area of Greater London. 

Previously, Hounslow was in the former Municipal Borough of Heston and Isleworth (incorporated in 1932, an Urban District from 1894) within the former County of Middlesex, both of which entities were abolished in 1965.

Registration Districts:

From 1 October 1947 - Ealing

Since 1 April 1965  - Hounslow (which would now hold any registers)