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
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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...
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First synagogue after resettlement
In addressing the 'square mile' concept Londonist have provided a potted hist...
Initially called 'sha'arhashamayim', the Gate of Heaven, this was the first p...
In 1816 to help cure his laudanum addiction Coleridge moved in with his docto...
In the first 2 minutes of the 1972 CCF film "The Boy Who Turned Yellow" some ...
Near this spot the General Letter Office stood in Post House Yard, 1653 - 166...
