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
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
First Synagogue in Hackney
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
This building is named the Carpmael Building in recognition of the signal services rendered to the Middle Temple by Master Kenneth Carpma...
The modern information board at the entrance to the gardens gives the following: "No. 4 (built 1728): Home of the Astor family for thirty...
English Heritage Sir Harry Ricardo, 1885 - 1974, mechanical engineer was born here.
Greater London Council Lytton Strachey, 1880 - 1932, critic and biographer, lived here.
