Kenton Synagogue

Current Name:

Kenton Synagogue

Former Names:

Kenton District Synagogue

Kenton Affiliated Synagogue

Address:

Shaftesbury Avenue, Kenton, Middx. HA3 ORD

Current Status:

Active

Date Formed:

1949

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

An affiliated synagogue of the United Synagogue from 1949, becoming  a district synagogue in 1959, and subsequently became constituent synagogue.

Website:

http://www.kentonsynagogue.org.uk/

Membership Data:

Number of male seat-holders, 1870 -1970: (source)

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

1949	1950	1960	1970
52	98	534	1,007

Local Government Districts:

The suburb of Kenton in Northwest London strands two London Boroughs, the London Borough of Brent (the south, in which the synagogue is situated) and the London Borough of Harrow (the north), both created on 1 April 1965 within the administrative area of Greater London.

The southern part of Kenton was previously in the former Municipal Borough of Wembley  (which was an urban district from 1894, being incorporated as a borough in 1937) in the former County of Middlesex, both of which entities were abolished in 1965.

Registration Districts:

From 1 October 1947 - Willesden
Since 1 April 1965 - Brent (which would now hold any registers)