The first synagogue in present day London Borough of Hackney, built 1779 - 80 (5539 - 5540), stood to the rear of this building in the grounds of Clapton House.
London Borough of Hackney
E5, Thistlewaite Road, 25
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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First Synagogue in Hackney
It stood to the north of Clapton Pond, probably on the site of the house of T...
British History Online gives the following information: 'Benjamin Mendes da C...
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First Synagogue in Hackney
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
November 2014 the plaque was reported as "torn down" but, with promises of a replacement we won't mark it as lost, and hope someone can c...
English Heritage Dame Myra Hess, 1890 - 1965, pianist, lived here.
2017: The building is behind scaffolding and the, very 60s, front is being reclad. Let's hope the plaque survives. 2024: Richard Tinckne...
Since the plaque is unchanged we thought that, rather than show a second photo of the same plaque, it would be more interesting to show h...
This probably isn't a City of London plaque - though blue and oblong, the proportions are wrong, the style is different and its anonymous.
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