Catalogue description Leazes Park Synagogue

This record is held by Tyne and Wear Archives

Details of C.NC65
Reference: C.NC65
Title: Leazes Park Synagogue
Date: 1844-1980
Held by: Tyne and Wear Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Leazes Park Synagogue, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Physical description: 17 series + 20 files
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Immediate source of acquisition:

Accession 916 (part), 1064 (part), 1324 (part), 1639 (part), 1756, 1856, 2080 (part) 2310 (part), 2362 (part), 2370 (part), 2514, 2595, 2597, 2646 (part), 2647 (part), 2663, 2668, 2703, 2734 (part), 2757 (part), 2842 (part), 2875 (part).
Subjects:
  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear
  • Religion
Administrative / biographical background:

Also known as the United Hebrew Congregation following the amalgamation of the original Temple Street Synagogue with the Charlotte Square Synagogue (which had broken away from it in 1867) in 1879. The new synagogue was opened in 1880 and extended in the 1920s. The congregation became part of the new United Hebrew Congregation in 1972 but the synagogue remained open until 1978.
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