North London Synagogue

Name:

North London Synagogue

Last Address:

Lofting Road (originally known as John Street West), Islington, London N1 (1868-1958) The building has now been demolished.

Previous Addresses:

From 1861 to 1868 used rooms at Barnsbury Hall, 2-4 Barnsbury Street.
Previously met in a room in Upper Street, Islington

Date Formed:

Congregation formed in approximately 1860 - Synagogue opened 1868

Current Status:

Closed. Amalgamated with Dalston Synagogue in 1958

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

A constituent synagogue of the United Synagogue from 1878 until its closure.

Membership Data:

Number of male seat-holders: (source)

Source: The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman (1977), pages 216/17

1879	1880	1890	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950
247	252	163	235	235	313	317	291	301

Also see below for seatholder records on All-UK Database.

Local Government

Districts:

The locality is now situated within the London Borough of Islington, an Inner London Borough created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London

Previously, the locality was in the somewhat smaller former Metropolitan Borough of Islington (established in 1900, conterminous with the pre-existing parish of Islington), within the former County of London (established in 1889). Prior to 1889, the parish of Islington was in the former County of Middlesex.

Registration District:

Since 1 July 1837 - Islington