Chatham Memorial Synagogue
| Chatham Memorial Synagogue | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Judaism |
| District | Medway |
| Year consecrated | 1869 |
| Status | active |
| Location | |
| Location | TQ 75113 67905 |
| Country | UK |
  Shown within Kent | |
| Geographic coordinates | 51°23′00″N 0°30′54″E / 51.3832°N 0.5151°E |
| Direction of façade | North |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Designated | 2 December 1985 |
| Reference no. | 1086467 |
| Website | |
| https://www.chathamshul.org.uk/ | |
Chatham Memorial Synagogue is a Grade II* listed building in Chatham, Kent. The Memorial Synagogue is on the site of an earlier synagogue.
Earlier synagogues edit
It is possible that the site originated as a Jewish burial ground c. 1700 before the first synagogue was built.[1] The earliest readable gravestone dates from around 1790 but some of the graves are clearly older than that. A half stone dated 1747 is stored in the Rochester Guildhall Museum having been recovered from the foundations of an old theatre.[1] Little is known about the first synagogue on the site. The site of the synagogue along with an earlier building was purchased in 1750 "for the purpose of making a synagogue of the Jews".[1] Some time between 1770 and 1780 this old building was demolished and a purpose-built synagogue erected. A lease of 1780 records "lately rebuilt and is now a Jew Synagogue".[2] This synagogue was of Polish timber and brick.[1] In 1847 the building was described as being "a small building ... about one hundred years old, with a clock, visible from the High Street, noteworthy for having a face with Hebrew characters".[1] The 1866 Ordnance Survey 1:500 map shows this synagogue occupying the northern half of the present burial ground.
Memorial Synagogue edit
Built in memory of Lazarus Simon Magnus.
See also edit
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Lancaster 2010.
- ^ Fridman 2015.
Bibliography edit
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- Chatham Memorial Synagogue (1870-06-17), Order of Service at the Consecration of the New Synagogue
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- Fridman, Irina (2008), Lazarus Simon Magnus (1824-1865) (PDF), retrieved 2020-01-20
- Fridman, Irina (2015), A Fitting Memorial, Chatham Memorial Synagogue
- Fridman, Irina (2020). Foreigners, aliens, citizens: Medway and its Jewish community. Faversham: Birch Leaf. ISBN 978-0-9564677-9-9.
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- JCR-UK (2016-12-06), JCR-UK: Chatham, Kent - Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain (Papers by Aubrey Newman), retrieved 2020-01-20
- JCR-UK (2017-04-26), JCR-UK: Statistical Accounts of Jewish Congregations in British Empire 1846 - First Section, page 2 (Canterbury, Cardiff, Chatham, Cheltenham, Dover) - from Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain, retrieved 2020-01-20
- JCR-UK (2017-05-25), JCR-UK: Statistical Accounts of Jewish Congregations in British Empire 1846 - Second Part, page 1 (Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Canterbury, Cardiff, Chatham, Cheltenham) - from Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain, retrieved 2020-01-20
- Jolles, Dr Micahel A (1998-06-28), Samuel Isaac, Saul Isaac and Nathaniel Isaacs, London: Jolles Publications, ISBN 0 9523105 3 8
- Lancaster, Gabriel (2010-08-18), "History of our Synagogue", chatham-synagogue, retrieved 2020-01-20
- Medway Archives & Local Studies (2006), Jewish Life in the Medway Towns, Medway Council
- Melamed&mavin (2020-01-13), "This Day ... In Jewish History: This Day, January 14, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L", This Day ... In Jewish History, retrieved 2020-01-20
- Rolt, LTC (1972), Isambard Kingdom Brunel, London: Longman
- Roth, Cecil (1950), "The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Canterbury to Edinburgh", JSCR-UK, retrieved 2020-01-20
- Speller, John, Sittingbourne & Sheerness Railway (LC&DR), retrieved 2020-01-20
- Webster, Martyn, Chatham Jewish Cemetery, retrieved 2020-01-20