Bayswater Synagogue

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Bayswater Synagogue
Bayswater Synagogue.jpg
The former synagogue building
Religion
Affiliation Orthodox Judaism (former)
Rite Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status Synagogue (18631965)
StatusClosed; and demolished
Location
LocationChichester Place, Paddington, City of Westminster, London, England
CountryUnited Kingdom
Westminster London UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location of the former synagogue
in the City of Westminster
Geographic coordinates 51°31′11″N0°11′14″W / 51.519834°N 0.187235°W / 51.519834; -0.187235
Architecture
Date established1860s (as a congregation)
Completed1863
Demolished1965
Materials Brick

Bayswater Synagogue was an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue located in Chichester Place, Paddington, in the City of Westminster, London, England, in the United Kingdom. [1] The congregation worshipped in the Ashkenazi rite.

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Built in 1863, as a branch synagogue jointly of the Great Synagogue and the New Synagogue, it was one of the original five synagogues that formed the United Synagogue in 1870. [2] [3] The building was demolished in 1965 for construction of the Westway overpass and the Warwick Estate redevelopment.

History

From about 1820, many Jewish families had joined the westward expansion of London, placing them at an inconvenient distance from established synagogues whose wardens ("the Jewish City Fathers") required them to attend, even to the exclusion of private worship. Agitation commenced for a new synagogue, and "endless negative negotiations ensued between those who had moved into the Bayswater area and the authorities of the City synagogues." Support was gained from Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler and, after orderly formal proceedings, the Chichester Road site was selected and the foundation stone laid on 10 July 1862. On 21 February 1863 The Illustrated London News published an article on the new synagogue and, on 30 July 1863, the building was consecrated by the Chief Rabbi. [4] :pp.2–4

WWII bombing

During the Blitz of World War II, the board-room was destroyed by Luftwaffe bombing, with the loss of a portrait gallery of 19th-century communal leaders. [4] :p.4 On the same night (10 May 1941), both London's Great Synagogue and the 1870 Central Synagogue [5] were also destroyed.

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References

  1. "Bayswater Synagogue". Jewish Communities & Records-UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. March 2013.
  2. Jewish United Synagogue legislation, 1870 page 2
  3. The New Synagogue at JCR-UK, March 2013
  4. 1 2 Phillips, Olga Somech; Simons, Hyman A. The Bayswater Synagogue 1863–1963, London 1963
  5. The Central Synagogue – a brief history at Central Synagogue London official website
  6. Apple, Raymond (Rabbi) (28 December 1984). "End of an era at Bayswater". The Jewish Chronicle .
  7. Apple, Raymond (Rabbi) (8 May 1965). "Valedictory Sermon – Bayswater Synagogue" via OzTorah.