IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2712/SJS
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT JOHN'S WOOD SYNAGOGUE
Date(s): 1876-1903
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.6 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Saint John's Wood Synagogue
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
This synagogue was admitted as a Constituent member of the United Synagogue in 1876. It was situated at the corner of Abbey Road and Marlborough Place. This structure proved too small and in 1882 a new building was begun on Abbey Road. In 1965 the synagogue moved to Grove End Road.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Saint John's Wood Synagogue, consisting of letter books, a list of seat-holders and financial documents.
PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged in three sub-series: Correspondence; Membership and Finance.
Conditions governing access:
Records relating to membership are closed to public inspection. Other material is available for consultation only with the written permission of the United Synagogue's Chief Executive.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited as part of a larger accession of material from the United Synagogue.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Description prepared in March 2010.