Collection GB 0074 ACC/2712/CKS - CRICKLEWOOD SYNAGOGUE

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/2712/CKS

Title

CRICKLEWOOD SYNAGOGUE

Date(s)

  • 1923-2004 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2.79 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Cricklewood Synagogue was first established in a private house on Walm Lane, used for worship from 1928. It was initially known as the Willesden Green and Cricklewood Hebrew Congregation. In 1931 a synagogue was constructed next door to the house, and was admitted as a Constituent member of the United Synagogue in the same year, changing its name to Cricklewood Synagogue. In 1989 the main synagogue building was sold and the congregation moved into a smaller hall. The Synagogue was closed in 2005.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/2712/CKS 1923-2004 Collection 2.79 linear metres Cricklewood Synagogue

Cricklewood Synagogue was first established in a private house on Walm Lane, used for worship from 1928. It was initially known as the Willesden Green and Cricklewood Hebrew Congregation. In 1931 a synagogue was constructed next door to the house, and was admitted as a Constituent member of the United Synagogue in the same year, changing its name to Cricklewood Synagogue. In 1989 the main synagogue building was sold and the congregation moved into a smaller hall. The Synagogue was closed in 2005.

Deposited as part of a larger accession of material from the United Synagogue. The minutes (item 1) forms part of the original deposit, while the other records are part of additional deposits made in 2005 and 2008.

Records of Cricklewood Synagogue, consisting of minutes, ledgers of membership payments and an admission card.

Material in more recent deposits included Board of Management minute books, committee minutes; administrative papers relating to membership, marriages, finances, officers, elections and the management of the synagogue; income and expenditure account books; cash books; petty cash books; marriage registers; lists and registers of members; newsletters and other printed items; and photographs.

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

The first deposit was arranged in three series:

Membership (ACC/2712/CKS-1);

Synagogue records (ACC/2712/CKS-2) and

Finance (ACC/2712/CKS-3).

Newer deposits have been arranged as follows:

ACC/2712/CKS/01: Administration;

ACC/2712/CKS/02: Finance;

ACC/2712/CKS/03: Membership;

ACC/2712/CKS/04: Printed Material;

ACC/2712/CKS/05: Visual Material.

Membership account books are closed to public inspection. Other material is available for consultation only with the written permission of the United Synagogue's Chief Executive.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited as part of a larger accession of material from the United Synagogue. The minutes (item 1) forms part of the original deposit, while the other records are part of additional deposits made in 2005 and 2008.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Cricklewood Synagogue, consisting of minutes, ledgers of membership payments and an admission card.

Material in more recent deposits included Board of Management minute books, committee minutes; administrative papers relating to membership, marriages, finances, officers, elections and the management of the synagogue; income and expenditure account books; cash books; petty cash books; marriage registers; lists and registers of members; newsletters and other printed items; and photographs.

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

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The first deposit was arranged in three series:

Membership (ACC/2712/CKS-1);

Synagogue records (ACC/2712/CKS-2) and

Finance (ACC/2712/CKS-3).

Newer deposits have been arranged as follows:

ACC/2712/CKS/01: Administration;

ACC/2712/CKS/02: Finance;

ACC/2712/CKS/03: Membership;

ACC/2712/CKS/04: Printed Material;

ACC/2712/CKS/05: Visual Material.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Membership account books are closed to public inspection. Other material is available for consultation only with the written permission of the United Synagogue's Chief Executive.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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