Corporation of London
The Great Synagogue, Dukes Place, constituent of the United Synagogue stood on the site adjoining from 1690 and served the community continuously until it was destroyed in September 1941 in World War II.
EC3, Dukes Place
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Great Synagogue, Dukes Place
This was not actually the first synagogue built after the Jews returned to En...
In 1290 Edward I expelled Jews from England and for centuries, apart from tho...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Great Synagogue, Dukes Place
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
The church designed by Norman Shaw, was built in 1879. This foundation stone is for the Parish Hall and adjoining north aisle, designed b...
London County Council Lord Leighton, 1830 - 1896, painter, lived and died here.
The two plaques containing the list of WW1 names are in the porch at the west end, either side of the entrance. The blue plaque to Wilbe...
Mike Ashworth of TfL kindly notified us that this Blitz plaque had been unveiled. It's one of a set of 5, all listed at Balham Station. ...
St. Johns Church was built in 1845 in the early English gothic style by John Hargrave Stevens and George Alexander. This site on the summ...
Architect. Son of architect George Hall and father of architect Edwin S. Hall. His master-work (with his son) is surely Liberty's though he is also known for a number of hospitals, including the Ho...
Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Old Palace School, Bow, E3 on 20 April 1941. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Auxiliary Fireman Leslie Thomas Healey was born...
