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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]
- Chatham Memorial Synagogue (2019), "Chatham Memorial Synagogue", chatham-synagogue, retrieved 2020-01-20
- Chatham Memorial Synagogue (1870-06-17), Order of Service at the Consecration of the New Synagogue
- Chatham Memorial Synagogue, "Our Synagogue", chatham-synagogue, retrieved 2020-01-20
- 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.
- Historic England, "Chatham Memorial Synagogue (1086467)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2020-01-20
- JCR-UK (2017-05-05), JCR-UK: Chatham Memorial Synagogue (Cottage Jews' Tabernacle), Rochester, Medway, Kent, England, retrieved 2020-01-20
- 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