Sunderland, Villiers Street, Synagogue

HER Number:
10841

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Villiers Street, Synagogue

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific:
Synagogue

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The eighteenth century synagogue was in Villiers (exact location not known) and the associated burial ground was at Ayres Quay (HER 5965). The synagogue went of use when a new one was built on Ryhope Road (HER 7187). Sunderland was the oldest Jewish community in the north-east. The community lived in Frederick and Norfolk Streets. Sunderland became home to 'landsleit' who came here from the Lithuanian town of Krottingen where there was a fire in 1889.

Easting:
401

Northing:
570

Grid Reference:
NZ401570

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Sharman Kadish, 2006, Jewish Heritage in England - Architectural Guide, page 180; personal comment, Jon Welsh, AAG Archaeology, 8 Sept 2013