Collection GB 0074 DD/1097 - HAMMERSMITH AND WEST KENSINGTON SYNAGOGUE

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 DD/1097

Title

HAMMERSMITH AND WEST KENSINGTON SYNAGOGUE

Date(s)

  • 1890-2001 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

3.5 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

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.

Archival history

GB 0074 DD/1097 1890-2001 Collection 3.5 linear metres Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue x United Synagogue , Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue

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.

Deposited at Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local Studies by the London Beth Din on closure of synagogue in 2001, with additional deposits in 2006, 2009 and 2010.

Transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre in 2015.

Records of Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue including minutes, attendance books, annual reports, financial records, membership records, registers of authorisations of marriages, correpondence, plans, inventories, magazines, photographs and papers.

Arranged in sections as follows:

DD/1097/01-02: Minutes and attendance books

DD/1097/03: Jewish Board of Guardians Aid Society

DD/1097/04: Functions Committee

DD/1097/05: Annual reports and accounts

DD/1097/06-07: Finance

DD/1097/08-09: Membership

DD/1097/10-12: Correspondence, plans and inventories

DD/1097/13: Newsletters

DD/1097/14-15: Orders of service and invitations

DD/1097/16: United Synagogue

DD/1097/17-18: Photographs and papers relating to laying of foundation stone

DD/1097/19-20: Miscellaneous and publications

Access is by written permission of the United Synagogue only.

Copyright is held by the Depositor.

English

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

For records relating to the United Synagogue see ACC/2712.

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.
Added July 2015. United Synagogue Religion Religions Ancient religions Judaism Architecture Buildings Religious buildings Synagogues Hammersmith London England UK West Kensington Hammersmith and Fulham Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited at Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local Studies by the London Beth Din on closure of synagogue in 2001, with additional deposits in 2006, 2009 and 2010.

Transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre in 2015.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue including minutes, attendance books, annual reports, financial records, membership records, registers of authorisations of marriages, correpondence, plans, inventories, magazines, photographs and papers.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged in sections as follows:

DD/1097/01-02: Minutes and attendance books

DD/1097/03: Jewish Board of Guardians Aid Society

DD/1097/04: Functions Committee

DD/1097/05: Annual reports and accounts

DD/1097/06-07: Finance

DD/1097/08-09: Membership

DD/1097/10-12: Correspondence, plans and inventories

DD/1097/13: Newsletters

DD/1097/14-15: Orders of service and invitations

DD/1097/16: United Synagogue

DD/1097/17-18: Photographs and papers relating to laying of foundation stone

DD/1097/19-20: Miscellaneous and publications

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access is by written permission of the United Synagogue only.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright is held by the Depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For records relating to the United Synagogue see ACC/2712.

Finding aids

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

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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.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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