FINSBURY PARK SYNAGOGUE

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/2712/FPS
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: FINSBURY PARK SYNAGOGUE
Date(s)	: 1904-1998
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.36 linear metres.
Name of creator(s)	: Finsbury Park Synagogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Finsbury Park Synagogue was founded as an independent synagogue in 1884. It was initially affilited with the Federation of Synagogues, before becoming a District Synagogue of the United Synagogue in 1934. The Synagogue was situated on Portland Road, then Princess Crescent, before moving to Green Lanes where it is still situated.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Finsbury Park Synagogue, including correspondence; kethubot [marriage certificates]; membership payment registers; memorial book; accounts book; educational pamphlets; certificates; and photographs of Synagogue officers.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The records have been arranged in 4 sections:
ACC/2712/FPS/01: Administration;
ACC/2712/FPS/02: Membership;
ACC/2712/FPS/03: Finance;
ACC/2712/FPS/04: Printed and Visual Material.

Conditions governing access:

Access by written permission only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection 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:

The records were deposited, along with other United Synagogue records, in 2005 and 2007.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Part of the ACC/2712 collection of records of the United Synagogue.

Publication note:

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:
Records prepared May to September 2011.