Metadata: New Road 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
- Reference number:
- ACC/2943
- Title:
- New Road Synagogue
- Title (official language):
- New Road Synagogue
- Creator/accumulator:
- New Road Synagogue
- Date(s):
- 1924/1974
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 1.16 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- Records of the New Road Synagogue, Whitechapel, 1924-1974, including two minute books 1924-1959, chairman's notes, financial records, papers relating to staff, membership lists and registers, correspondence files and plans of seating arrangements. There are also accounts created for the Federation of Synagogues. With the exception of the two minute books the majority of the records date from the mid 1960s, when J Lindsay took over as Secretary of the New Road Synagogue. He remained in post until 1974. The correspondence files are those which were maintained by J Lindsay. Their contents reflect the wide range of duties undertaken by members of the Synagogue within the Jewish community.
- Archival history:
- Deposited at London Metropolitan Archives in 1991.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The New Road Synagogue, situated at 115 New Road, Whitechapel, East London, was established in 1895. Dunk Street Beth Hamedrash, also situated in Whitechapel, was incorporated into the New Road Synagogue in the 1960s, having been founded in 1907. Both establishments were affiliated to the Federation of Synagogues. The New Road Synagogue amalgamated with the East London Central Synagogue in 1974.
- Access points: locations:
- London
- United Kingdom
- Subject terms:
- Orthodox Judaism
- Synagogues
- System of arrangement:
- Catalogued in seven sections: Minutes; Federation of Synagogues; Finance; Staff; Membership; Correspondence; Plans
- Access, restrictions:
- These records are open to public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to closure periods.
- Finding aids:
- Please see online catalogues.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
- Yerusha Network member:
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Author of the description:
- Nicola Avery, London Metropolitan Archives, 2018