Credit for this entry to:
Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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
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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...
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First Synagogue in Hackney
Shoreditch Borough Council took over Shoreditch Vestry and was itself taken o...
From 1859 to 1868 the poet, painter and traveller, Edward Lear, 1812 - 1888, ...
A. M. D. G. {Ad maiorem Dei gloriam, Latin for For the greater glory of God} ...
{Above a motif of boxing gloves and laurel wreath:}Jack (Kid) Berg, 1909 - 19...
