List of former synagogues in the United Kingdom

This list of former synagogues in the United Kingdom consists of buildings in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland which were previously used as synagogues; for a list of current Jewish communities or congregations, see List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom.

Manchester's Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, now the Manchester Jewish Museum

England

London

• Bayswater Synagogue, Chichester Place, Paddington, demolished in 1965 for construction of the Westway overpass and the Warwick Estate redevelopment
• Brixton Synagogue, Effra Road, Brixton
• Dalston Synagogue, Poets Road, Newington Green (c.1875–1970), demolished in 1970 and replaced by a block of council flats
• Dollis Hill Synagogue, which is now part of the Torah Temimah Primary School
• Fieldgate Street Great Synagogue, East End, which closed in 2014[1]
• Great Synagogue of London, City of London, destroyed in The Blitz during World War II
• Machzike Hadath (Spitalfields Great Synagogue), East End, now the Brick Lane Mosque
• South East London Synagogue, New Cross[2]
• Wlodawa Synagogue, Bethnal Green, which closed in 1987.[3][4]

Elsewhere

Canterbury Synagogue

Jesmond Synagogue

Former Leazes Park Synagogue, Newcastle in 2013

• Barnsley, Yorkshire  – Barnsley had a synagogue at 82 Castlereagh Street that was active from 1903 to 1946[5]
• Birmingham – Severn Street Synagogue, now the Athol Masonic Hall[6]
• Blackpool United Hebrew Congregation
• Brighton and Hove Regency Synagogue, Devonshire Place; it is now an apartment building
• Brighton and Hove – Roof-top Synagogue, Brunswick Terrace
• Canterbury had a synagogue on King Street. Designed by Hezekiah Marshall and opened in 1848, it was acquired by The King's School in 1982 and is now used for lessons and concerts.
• Falmouth, Cornwall – Falmouth Synagogue,
• Guildford Synagogue (medieval)
• Hartlepool – (West) Hartlepool Synagogue – demolished in the 1970s[7][8]
• Lincoln – Jew's Court Synagogue, dating from the 12th century
• Manchester – Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, now the Manchester Jewish Museum
• Middlesbrough Hebrew Congregation, which closed in 1998[9]
• Newcastle – Jesmond Synagogue
• Newcastle – Leazes Park Synagogue, now used for student accommodation
• Northampton Medieval Synagogue[10]
• Sheffield – Wilson Road Synagogue; the building is now used as a church[11]
• Sunderland Synagogue
• Widnes Synagogue, St Paul's Chambers – closed and became a masonic lodge, later a nightclub. Now derelict.

Scotland

• Dundee Synagogue
• Langside Synagogue, Glasgow[12]

Wales

• Cardiff Old Hebrew Congregation, Cathedral Road, now an office block
• Merthyr Synagogue, Merthyr Tydfil[13][14]
• Newport Jewish Community and Hebrew Congregation[15]
• Pontypridd Synagogue[16]

Northern Ireland

• Belfast – Regency Street Congregation[17]
• Derry – Londonderry Synagogue[18]
• Lurgan – Lurgan Hebrew Congregation, at 49 North Street,[19] now a dry-cleaning shop[20]

Gallery

• Former synagogues in the UK
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  Blackpool United Hebrew Congregation's synagogue
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  Jew's Court Synagogue, Lincoln, dating from the 12th century
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  Middlesbrough Hebrew Congregation's synagogue
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  The former Cardiff Old Hebrew Congregation building on Cathedral Road, now an office block. Cardiff's Orthodox congregations have consolidated and meet in a modern building in Cyncoed Gardens
• 
  The former Merthyr Synagogue

See also

• List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom
• Oldest synagogues in the United Kingdom

References

1. "the former Fieldgate Street Great Synagogue". JCR-UK. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. Renton, Peter (2000). The lost synagogues of London. Tymsder Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-9531104-2-1.
3. Bethnal Green Judaism, British History online
4. Lindsay, Paul, The Synagogues of London, London: Vallentine Mitchell, 1993, p. 66
5. Horwich, Ed (6 August 2018). "Blue Plaque for Barnsley". Jewish Small Communities Network. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
6. Foster, Andy (2005). Birmingham. (Pevsner Architectural Guides). Yale University Press. p. 208. ISBN 0300107315.
7. "Jewish Synagogue". Hartlepool History Then & Now. Hartlepool: Hartlepool Borough Council. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
8. "The former West Hartlepool Hebrew Congregation & Hartlepool Jewish Community Hartlepool, County Durham". JCR-UK. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
9. "The former Middlesbrough Hebrew Congregation & Jewish Community". JCR-UK. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
10. Dysch, Marcus (15 April 2010). "Northampton synagogue discovered under kebab shop". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
11. Harman, Ruth; Minnis, John (2004). Sheffield (Pevsner Architectural Guides). Yale University Press. p. 262. ISBN 978-0300105858.
12. "Langside Synagogue in Glasgow given official protection". BBC News. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
13. Sherwood, Harriet (3 February 2018). "Plan to save Europe's synagogues receives high-profile backing". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
14. Toberman, Barry (13 September 2019). "Defunct synagogue to be restored as Welsh Jewish Heritage Centre in £1m project". The Jewish Chronicle.
15. "Newport Jewish Community and Hebrew Congregation". Newport Jewish Community. JCR-UK. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
16. "The former Pontypridd Synagogue and Jewish Community". JCR-UK. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
17. "The former Regency Street Congregation Belfast, Northern Ireland". JCR-UK. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
18. "Londonderry Jewish Community & Synagogue". JCR-UK. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
19. "Lurgan Jewish Community & Hebrew Congregation". Congregation Data. JCR-UK. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
20. "Express Dry Cleaners". Lurgan Mail. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

External links

• JCR-UK (Jewish Communities & Records – United Kingdom) for a complete list of synagogues (past and present) in the United Kingdom