Metadata : Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- London Metropolitan Archives, City of London
- Holding institution (official language):
- London Metropolitan Archives, City of London
- Postal address:
- 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB, United Kingdom
- Phone number:
- (+44) 20 7332 3820
- Email:
- ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- London Metropolitan Archives, City of London
- Holding institution (official language):
- London Metropolitan Archives, City of London
- Postal address:
- 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB, United Kingdom
- Phone number:
- (+44) 20 7332 3820
- Email:
- ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk
- Reference number:
- DD/1097
- Title:
- Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue
- Title (official language):
- Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue
- Creator/accumulator:
- Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue
- Date(s):
- 1890/2001
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 3.5 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Photographic images
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- Records of Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue including minutes of the Board of Management and Annual General Meetings; attendance books; minutes and papers of the Finance Committee; annual reports and accounts; financial records including those relating to membership; membership records including lists of seat holders and applications for membership; registers of authorisations of marriage; correspondence with other synagogues and relating to property; plans of Hebrew Education classroom; inventories of moveable property; magazine and newsletter produced by the synagogue; orders of service, invitations to events and other ephemera; photographs of officers and members. Also cuttings relating to the laying of the synagogue's foundation stone; published histories of the synagogue and minutes of the Hammersmith and West Kensington Jewish Board of Guardians Aid Society.
- Archival history:
- Originally deposited with Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local Studies in four deposits between 2001 and 2010; transferred to London Metropolitan Archives in 2015.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- By 1889 there was a need for a synagogue to serve the growing congregation of Jews in the western area of London. The project was initiated by prominent local business and professional men and, on 2 February 1890, the foundation stone was laid at a site in Brook Green. The Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue, which was affiliated to the United Synagogue, was consecrated on 7 September 1890.
- Access points: locations:
- London
- United Kingdom
- Subject terms:
- Aid and relief
- Orthodox Judaism
- Synagogues
- Access, restrictions:
- These records are available only with written permission from the depositor. Records containing personal information may be subject to additional restrictions.
- Finding aids:
- Please see online catalogues.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
- Author of the description:
- Nicola Avery, London Metropolitan Archives, 2018
- Reference number:
- DD/1097
- Title:
- Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue
- Title (official language):
- Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue
- Creator/accumulator:
- Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue
- Date(s):
- 1890/2001
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 3.5 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Photographic images
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- Records of Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue including minutes of the Board of Management and Annual General Meetings; attendance books; minutes and papers of the Finance Committee; annual reports and accounts; financial records including those relating to membership; membership records including lists of seat holders and applications for membership; registers of authorisations of marriage; correspondence with other synagogues and relating to property; plans of Hebrew Education classroom; inventories of moveable property; magazine and newsletter produced by the synagogue; orders of service, invitations to events and other ephemera; photographs of officers and members. Also cuttings relating to the laying of the synagogue's foundation stone; published histories of the synagogue and minutes of the Hammersmith and West Kensington Jewish Board of Guardians Aid Society.
- Archival history:
- Originally deposited with Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local Studies in four deposits between 2001 and 2010; transferred to London Metropolitan Archives in 2015.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- By 1889 there was a need for a synagogue to serve the growing congregation of Jews in the western area of London. The project was initiated by prominent local business and professional men and, on 2 February 1890, the foundation stone was laid at a site in Brook Green. The Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue, which was affiliated to the United Synagogue, was consecrated on 7 September 1890.
- Access points: locations:
- London
- United Kingdom
- Subject terms:
- Aid and relief
- Orthodox Judaism
- Synagogues
- Access, restrictions:
- These records are available only with written permission from the depositor. Records containing personal information may be subject to additional restrictions.
- Finding aids:
- Please see online catalogues.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
- Author of the description:
- Nicola Avery, London Metropolitan Archives, 2018
