Site of First Synagogue after the resettlement, 1657 - 1701.
Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation
Sure looks like a City of London plaque but the text around the edge is different. We're guessing that the Congregation funded the plaque but the City has responsibility for its maintenance.
EC3, Creechurch Lane
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
First synagogue after resettlement
A house in Creechurch Lane was converted to a synagogue for the Sephardi Jews...
In 1290 Edward I expelled Jews from England and for centuries, apart from tho...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
First synagogue after resettlement
In addressing the 'square mile' concept Londonist has provided a potted histo...
Initially called 'sha'arhashamayim', the Gate of Heaven, this was the first p...
Unveiled by William Rees-Mogg in June 2000. Frances's date of birth, 1779 (according to the Dictionary of National Biography), appears in...
This is the story of a plaque that was lost and was mysteriously re-found, with pictures, before and after. Our thanks to Brian Longman f...
Lord Haldane, 1856 - 1928, statesman, lawyer and philosopher, lived here. London County Council
Wikipedia suggests that Colbeck and his family moved to this address in 1914, and the ODNB says he died here. But from the plain style of...
At the back of this house, accessed from Lettice Road, to the left of our photo is a building "Turners Studio". It looks new but is presu...
