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the former
Louis Street Synagogue
Leeds, West Yorkshire |
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Page created: 18 September 2005
Latest revision or update: 6 October 2016
Congregation Data |
Name: |
Louis Street Synagogue |
Previous Names: |
Polish Synagogue;
Byron Street Synagogue. |
Addresses: |
1 Louis Street, Leeds 7 (acquired from the
New Leeds Congregation in 1933 for
£4,000)
Formerly in Byron Street, Leeds. |
Founded: |
1891 or 1893 |
Closure: |
Closed in 1974 - merged into
United
Hebrew Congregation.
(Was also closed for a short period following a fire in 1966.) |
Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
Affiliations: |
Became affiliated to the Leeds
United
Hebrew Congregation for the purposes of burial rights (Jewish
Year Books 1935-1945). |
Membership Data: |
1895 - 80 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1896)
1896 - 85 seatholders (Board of Deputies Returns) 1900 - 93 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1900-01)
- 98 seatholders
(Board of Deputies Return)
1909 - 75 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1910)
1946 - 200 members (Jewish Year Book 1947)
1958 - 200 members (Jewish Year Book 1959) |
Cemeteries: |
The
burial grounds of the Louis Street Synagogue were at the New
Farnley Cemeteries. The section of the cemeteries used by the Louis
Street Synagogue was acquired by the congregation in 1896, and was the
first section to be established at New Farnley.
It is now administered by Leeds
United
Hebrew Congregation. For details see
Cemetery Information
on Leeds Jewish Community home page. See also Database below. |
Leeds Jewish Community home page
Other Jewish Congregations in
West Yorkshire
Jewish Communities of England home page
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