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 ...
This image came from Twitter via Londonist, and from the children's clothes must be about 1910. 2020: Terje Hartberg contacted us via Tw...
These lovely ceramics plaques were installed some time in or before 2008. There are 12 oval ceramics of which 7 nos 1-7) are mosaic and r...
That last phrase "Pray for his soul..." is surely a quotation but we can't source it.
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...
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