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CHISWICK SYNAGOGUE


IDENTITY STATEMENT

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

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: CHISWICK SYNAGOGUE

Date(s): 1956-1977

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.27 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Chiswick Synagogue

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

This synagogue was admitted as an Affiliated member of the United Synagogue in 1957. It was registered at 64 Barrowgate Road in 1960.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Chiswick Synagogue, consisting of administrative papers including Board of Management minutes, financial records and a kethuba [marriage contract] register.

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 two series: Membership (ACC/2712/CWS-1) and Synagogue records (ACC/2712/CWS-2).

Conditions governing access:

Membership accounts and marriage registers are closed to public inspection. Other material is available for consultation only 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. The administrative and financial records (items 1-4) form part of the original deposit, while the kethuba register (item 5) is part of an additional deposit.

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
Financial records | Documents | Information sources
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
Chiswick Synagogue
United Synagogue

Places
Chiswick | Middlesex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Hounslow