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Plaque

Great Synagogue, Dukes Place

Inscription

Corporation of London
The Great Synagogue, Dukes Place, constituent of the United Synagogue stood on the site adjoining from 1690 and served the community continuously until it was destroyed in September 1941 in World War II.

Site: Great Synagogue, Dukes Place (1 memorial)

EC3, Dukes Place

2026: Andrew Ruppenstein from the informed us that this building is long gone, and the plaque is now mounted to a new building, roughly in the same location. We see from historical Google Street View that the building was demolished 2009-14 and the new building emerged by 2017. We'll leave our photo in place as a historical record.

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Great Synagogue, Dukes Place

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Jewish expulsion and resettlement

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World War 2

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Corporation of the City of London

The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...

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