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Congregation Data |
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Last Name: |
Waltham Forest Hebrew Congregation |
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Former Names: |
Walthamstow and Leyton Synagogue
Walthamstow and Leyton Associate Synagogue |
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Address: |
140 Boundary Road,
Walthamstow, London E17 8LA.
Walthamstow is in
north/northeast London, immediately to the north of Leyton and to the
east of Tottenham. (Location:
Boundary Road runs approximately half a mile west from Hoe Road (A112)
to Markhouse Road (A1006) in southern Walthamstow. It is some quarter of
a mile north of the Lea Bridge Road (A104) and south of Queen's Road.
The synagogue is on the north side of the Boundary Road, on the corner
with Boston Road, a short cul-de-sac. Boundary Road may have formed the
boundary between Walthamstow and Leyton.) |
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Date Formed: |
Founded by Rev. Dr. Gollancz in September 1902 |
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Current Status: |
Closed - merged in November 2014 with
Wanstead & Woodford United
Synagogue
to form Woodford Forest United Synagogue. |
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Incorporated Congregation: |
Queens Road
Synagogue in about the late 1960's |
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Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
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Affiliation: |
Initially Independent. Became affiliated to
the
Federation of Synagogues from at least 1915, until about 1920.
From 1920, was an associate synagogue of the the
United Synagogue, withdrawing in 1949 on the termination of the associate synagogue
scheme.
It remained technically independent, although primarily as a result of
its incorporation of the
Queens Road Synagogue (which was affiliated to the Federation of Synagogues) a number of members belong to the Federation burial funds.
The
congregation subsequently had an affiliation to the Federation of Synagogues
until its merger in 2014 into a United Synagogue congregation. |
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Ministers: |
Rev. Stewart Myers - last
minister of Congregation, until merger of 2014 |
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Membership Data: |
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1905 - 54 seatholders
(source) |
Source: Jewish Year Book 1906 |
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1915 - 58 seatholders
(source) |
Source: Jewish Year Book 1916 |
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1920 - 150 male seatholders
(source) |
Source: The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman
(1977), pages 216/217 |
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Local Government
Districts: |
Walthamstow is
in the London Borough of Waltham Forest,
created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.
Previously, the locality was in the former
Municipal Borough of Walthamstow (from 1929 to 1965) and, prior
thereto, the Urban
District of Walthamstow (from 1894 to 1929), both of which entities
were in the County of Essex. |
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Registration Districts: |
From 1 July 1837 - West
Ham
From
1 October 1935 - Essex South Western
Since 1 April 1965 - Waltham Forest |
