This was not actually the first synagogue built after the Jews returned to England in the 17th century, that was the synagogue at Creechurch Lane. The Duke's Place Great Synagogue was constructed in 1690 but as the congregation grew, larger and larger synagogues were built, the last in 1790, this surviving until destroyed in WW2.
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Great Synagogue, Dukes Place
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Great Synagogue, Dukes Place
Corporation of London The Great Synagogue, Dukes Place, constituent of the Un...
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St Benet Gracechurch
Name derives from the nearby hay (or grass) market. Lost in the Great Fire, rebuilt by Wren, demolished 1876.
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Rev. D. C. Delafosse, MA
Vicar of All Saints Church in 1841. Andrew Behan has researched this man: The Reverend Daniel Charles Delafosse was born on 3 June 1784 in Richmond, Surrey, the eldest son of the the Reverend Robe...
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Westminster Monastery
Monks were first brought to Westminster in about 960 AD by St Dunstan, then Bishop of London. The Monastery spread out over the area now occupied by Westminster Abbey and Westminster School The e...
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