HAMMERSMITH SYNAGOGUE, BROOK GREEN

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 LMA/4730
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: HAMMERSMITH SYNAGOGUE, BROOK GREEN
Date(s)	: 1907-1932
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 1 linear metre
Name of creator(s)	: Hammersmith Synagogue, Brook Green | 1890-2001

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

By 1889 there was a need for a synagogue to serve the growing congregation of Jews in the western area of London. The project was initiated by prominent local business and professional men and, on 2 February 1890, the foundation stone was laid at a site in Brook Green. The Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue, which was affiliated to the United Synagogue, was consecrated on 7 September 1890.

The building was enlarged in 1896 and again in the 1920s. The purchase of 69 and 70 Brook Green enabled the building of a communal hall, opened in 1927. Thirty years later, in 1957, new flats and a classroom block were erected on the site.

The original members came from a wide area, including Acton, Barnes, Bedford Park, Chiswick, Ealing, Hammersmith, South Kensington, West Kensington, Putney and Shepherds Bush. In the early years the synagogue flourished with various religious and social groups. However, by the late 1990s the membership had declined to such an extent that the synagogue was closed in 2001. The synagogue building is now the Chinese Church in London.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Hammersmith Synagogue, Brook Green including financial records of the synagogue and dealings with the Shepherds Bush Synagogue.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English and Hebrew.

System of arrangement:

This collection is arranged into three sections as follows:
LMA/4730/A - FINANCE;
LMA/4730/B - ADMINISTRATION;
LMA/4730/C - SHEPHERDS BUSH SYNAGOGUE.

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright rests with the City of London.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Purchased by Hammersmith and Fulham Local Studies and Archives in 1986.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred to London Metropolitan Archives from Hammersmith and Fulham Local Studies and Archives in 2015.

Allied Materials

Related material:

For further records of Hammersmith Synagogue see DD/1097.

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:
Description added December 2017.