Nelson Street Synagogue

Name:

Nelson Street Synagogue
(Note: The East London Central Synagogue is also frequently referred to as the Nelson Street Synagogue.)

Address:

Nelson Street, London E1.

(Location: Nelson Street, in London's East End, extends some 1,000 feet east from New Road, being the first road on the right when travelling north on New Road from Commercial Road, and crosses over Turner Street and Philpot Street. It runs parallel with Varden Street, immediately to the north.)

Date Founded:

By 1915 (source)

Source: Base upon first appearance in Jewish Year Books

Current Status:

Closed in or after 1932 (source)

Source: Based upon last entry in the marriage register

Ritual:

Orthodox - Ashkenazi

Affiliation:

An affiliated synagogue of the Federation of Synagogues.

Membership Data:

1915 - 75 members (source)

Source: Jewish Year Book 1916

Local Government Districts:

Nelson Street is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.

Previously, Nelson Street was in the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney (established 1900) in the County of London (established 1889), both of which entities were abolished in 1965.

Nelson Street had been part of the civil parish of Mile End Old Town, which was abolished in 1927, to be absorbed into Stepney Borough parish, which was abolished in 1965.

Registration Districts:

From 1 October 1857 - Mile End Old Town
From 1 January 1926 - Stepney
Since 1 January 1983 - Tower Hamlets (which now holds the registers)