A house in Creechurch Lane was converted to a synagogue for the Sephardi Jews (Spanish and Portuguese) which opened in 1657. This was enlarged but the increase in numbers quickly made a purpose-built synagogue necessary and it opened in Bevis Marks in 1699.
Meanwhile the Great Synagogue was built in Duke's Place in 1690.
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First synagogue after resettlement
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First synagogue after resettlement
Sure looks like a City of London plaque but the text around the edge is diffe...
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Father Thomas Byles
Catholic priest. Born Roussel Davids Byles in Leeds. He was ordained in 1902, (which is when he took the name of Thomas), and in 1905 was assigned to St Helen's Parish in Chipping Ongar, Essex. He ...
2 memorials
Thomas Doolittle, MA
Born Kidderminster. Died Monkwell Street. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Muslim reformer and scholar. Born Delhi, Died Aligarh.
Person, Politics & Administration, Religion, India, Pakistan
1 memorial
Hanserd Knollys
Non-conformist minister. Born Lincolnshire. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
1 memorial
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