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Canning Town Synagogue in London
Object Detail

Building Date
1919 (according to a certificate)

Synagogue active dates
until 1977

Reconstruction Dates

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
United Kingdom | England | London
| 269 Barking Road, Plaistow

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance
The exact date of the establishment of the synagogue is known from the civil certificate from the REGISTRAR GENERAL dated 23rd January 1919 giving permission for the building at 269 Barking Road, Canning Town to be "used as a Place of Meeting for Religious Worship by a Congregation or Assembly of persons calling themselves Jews" under the name "Canning Town Synagogue." As seen in interior photographs, this certificate was permanently on display in the synagogue. We are grateful to Melvyn Leach for providing this information.

Condition

Present Usage
Mosque

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance

Significance Rating
2 (Regional)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography

https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/London/canning_fed/index.htm

For the 1926 Canning Town Synagogue Register (pinkas) in the Jewish Museum London, see here.

For other material concerning this synagogue in the Jewish Museum London, see here.


Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
late 1970s

Remarks
We are grateful to Melvyn Leach, who brought this synagogue to our attention.

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