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Name: |
Great Garden Street Synagogue |
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Address: |
7/11 Greatorex Street (formerly Great Garden
Street), Whitechapel, London E1 5NF
(Location: Greatorex
Street, formerly known as Great Garden Street, in London's East End,
extends south for approximately 900 feet, from Hanbury Street to
Whitechapel Road, crossing over Old Montague Street. It runs parallel to
Vallance Street (the southern section of which was previously known as
Baker's Row), some 1,000 feet to the east, and Brick Lane / Osborne
Street, some 800 feet to the west.) |
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Date Founded: |
1894 |
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Current Status: |
Last
services were held in January 1997 |
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Incorporated Congregations: |
Lodzer Synagogue |
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Ritual: |
Orthodox - Ashkenazi |
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Affiliation: |
Was a constituent synagogue of the
Federation of Synagogues, although a section of members were, and same may still be,
affiliated for burial rights to the
West End Great Synagogue. |
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Incorporated Congregations: |
Wellclose Square
Synagogue
Voice of Jacob Synagogue
Good Heart Synagogue |
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Membership Data: |
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1905 - 151
members
(source) |
Source: Jewish Year Book 1906 |
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1915 - 158
members
(source) |
Source: Jewish Year Book 1916 |
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Minister: |
Rev. Louis Levy Shaposnick - 1941
to 1982 |
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Local
Government
Districts: |
Greatorex Street is in
the London Borough of Tower Hamlets,
created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.
Previously,
Great Garden / Greatorex Street was in the Metropolitan Borough of
Stepney (established 1900) within the County of London (established
1889), both of which entities were abolished in 1965.
The part of the street north of Old Montague Street (some 600 feet) was in the civil parish of Mile End New Town
and the part south of Old Montague Street (some 300 feet) was in the civil parish of Whitechapel. Both civil parishes were
in the former County of Middlesex until 1889 and each formed a
constituent part of the Whitechapel District from 1856 to 1900 The civil parish of
Mile End New Town was abolished in 1921, being absorbed
into the civil parish of Whitechapel, which itself was abolished in 1927
to be absorbed into Stepney Borough parish (until that parish's
abolition in 1965). |
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Registration Districts: |
From 1 July 1837 - Whitechapel
From
1 January 1926 - Stepney
Since
1 January 1983 - Tower Hamlets (which now holds the registers) |
