Emet V'Shalom Synagogue

Latest Name:

Emet V'Shalom Synagogue (translation - Truth and Peace Synagogue)

Former Name:

Maida Vale Beth Hamedrash

Address:

131 Elgin Avenue, Maida Vale, London W.9. (although immediately prior to its closure, its address was c/o Notting Hill Synagogue, Kensington Park Road, London W11)

Current Status:

Close (after 1991)

Date Formed:

Prior to 1947

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

Affiliated (a constituent synagogue) to the Federation of Synagogues.

Local Government District:

Elgin Avenue is in the City of Westminster (an Inner London Borough, established on 1 April 1965) within the administrative area of Greater London.

Previously, it was in the former Metropolitan Borough of Paddington (established in 1900), within the former County of London (established 1889), both of which entities were abolished in 1965.

Registration Districts:

1 July 1837 - Kensington
1 January 1985 - Paddington
1 January 1978  - Westminster (which currently holds the registers)