IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2712/FNS
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: FINCHLEY SYNAGOGUE
Date(s): 1954-1988
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.4 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Finchley Synagogue
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Jewish services in Finchley began in 1930 at a private house in Crescent Road. A synagogue was opened in Kinloss Gardens in 1935, and was admitted as a District member of the United Synagogue at the same date. It became a Constituent Synagogue in 1950. The Synagogue was rebuilt in 1967.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Finchley Synagogue, consisting of registers of kethubot [marriage contracts] and marriage authorization certificates, issued by the Chief Rabbi.
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 one series: Membership (ACC/2712/FNS/001-008).
Conditions governing access:
These registers are closed to public inspection.
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.