St John's Wood Synagogue

St John's Wood Synagogue © David Newman 2017 

Name:

St John's Wood Synagogue

Current Address:

37/41 Grove End Road, St John's Wood, London NW8 9NG (consecrated 1964)

(The Synagogue's Beth Hamedrash is currently (2014) used for the Sabbath services of the Saachi Synagogue.)

Former Address:

Previously at 41 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, London NW8 0AT (junction with Marlborough Place), a purpose built synagogue constructed in 1880-82. The building was sold for demolition, rescued and acquired in 1964 by the Masorti movement to become the New London Synagogue.

The building is a Grade II Listed Building (number 1247665), designated on 7 September 1989. View description on Historic England website.

Initially the congregation used a temporary structure on the site from 1876 until 1882.

Current Status:

Active

Date Formed:

1876

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

A constituent synagogue of the United Synagogue from the synagogue's formation.

Website:

http://www.shulinthewood.com

Membership Data::

Number of male seat-holders⁽ⁱ⁾

1876	1880	1890	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970
53	78	298	373	317	368	397	544	904	938	991

Local Government District:

St John's Wood, a fashionable district in northwest London to the northwest of Regent's Park, is in the City of Westminste⁽ⁱⁱ⁾ and was (from 1900 to 1965) in the former Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone. Prior to 1900, St Marylebone was a civil parish in the former County of Middlesex

Cemetery
Information:

For United Synagogue cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the United Synagogue.