JEWS HOSPITAL

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/2712/JSH
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: JEWS HOSPITAL
Date(s)	: 1812-1821
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Jews' Hospital | Whitechapel

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Jew's Hospital was founded in 1807 in Mile End. It was also known as Neveh Zedek, the Abode of Righteousness. It moved to more spacious accommodation in Norwood, South London, in 1860; and in 1877 amalgamated with the Jews' Orphan Asylum to become the Jews' Hospital and Orphan Asylum.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Jews' Hospital, consisting of minutes.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
Judaeo-German.

System of arrangement:

Records arranged in one series: Minutes (ACC/2712/JSH/001).

Conditions governing access:

These records are only available for consultation by written permission of the United Synagogue's Chief Executive.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

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 records of the hospital were part of the original deposit.

Allied Materials

Related material:

See also ACC/2712/JOA: Jews' Orphan Asylum.

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

Archivist's note:

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.