IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2712/SNS
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: STOKE NEWINGTON SYNAGOGUE
Date(s): 1891-1973
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.6 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Stoke Newington Synagogue
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Stoke Newington Synagogue was established in 1887, and admitted as a Constituent member of the United Synagogue in 1903. Dalston Synagogue was incorporated into it in 1967.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Stoke Newington Synagogue, consisting of minutes and registers of kethubot [marriage contracts].
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:
Arranged in two series: Synagogue Records and Membership.
Conditions governing access:
Kesubah registers are closed to public inspection. Other material is available for consultation only with 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. The minutes (items 1-2) form part of the original deposit, while the kethubot registers (items 3-12) are part of an additional deposit.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Publication note:
For further information please consult the LMA Information Leaflet: "Records of the Anglo-Jewish Community at London Metropolitan Archives"; available to download here: http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Leisure_and_culture/Records_and_archives/Visitor_information/free_information_leaflets.htm (URL correct Feb 2010).
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.