It stood to the north of Clapton Pond, probably on the site of the house of Thomas Wood, later Serjeant of the Pantry, who lived in Hackney in 1597 and was a vestryman in 1627. The building on the right of the picture might be the first synagogue in Hackney.
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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Clapton House
The first synagogue in present day London Borough of Hackney, built 1779 - 80...
Architect was J.P. Gandy Deering. The British Museum's drawing is from 1832....
Our picture shows part of this building in 1970, before the restoration.
Reading left to right the five 4-storey houses in the picture are numbers 18 ...
