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FINCHLEY SYNAGOGUE


IDENTITY STATEMENT

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

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: FINCHLEY SYNAGOGUE

Date(s): 1954-1988

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.4 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Finchley Synagogue

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Jewish services in Finchley began in 1930 at a private house in Crescent Road. A synagogue was opened in Kinloss Gardens in 1935, and was admitted as a District member of the United Synagogue at the same date. It became a Constituent Synagogue in 1950. The Synagogue was rebuilt in 1967.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Finchley Synagogue, consisting of registers of kethubot [marriage contracts] and marriage authorization certificates, issued by the Chief Rabbi.

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: Membership (ACC/2712/FNS/001-008).

Conditions governing access:

These registers are closed to public inspection.

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
Ashkenazim | Jews | Religious groups
Jewish | Cultural identity
Kethubot | Marriage records | Documents | Information sources
Orthodox Judaism | Judaism | Ancient religions | Religions
Synagogues | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Finchley Synagogue
United Synagogue

Places
Finchley | Middlesex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Barnet
London