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London Metropolitan Archives

HAMMERSMITH SYNAGOGUE


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2712/HMS

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: HAMMERSMITH SYNAGOGUE

Date(s): 1889-1973

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.38 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Hammersmith Synagogue

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

This synagogue was admitted as a Constituent member of the United Synagogue in 1890. It was situated at Brook Green and was also known as the Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Hammersmith Synagogue, consisting of minutes and a kethubah book [marriage certificates].

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

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged in one series: Administration (ACC/2712/HMS/001-007). A later deposit has been catalogued under ACC/2712/HMS/01: Membership.

Conditions governing access:

These records are only available by written permission of the United Synagogue's Chief Executive.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Physical characteristics:

Fit.

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited as part of a larger accession of material from the United Synagogue.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: Description prepared in March 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Administration | Organisation and management
Ashkenazim | Jews | Religious groups
Jewish | Cultural identity
Orthodox Judaism | Judaism | Ancient religions | Religions
Synagogues | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue
Hammersmith Synagogue
United Synagogue

Places
Hammersmith | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Hammersmith and Fulham