Sunderland, Villiers Street South, Beth HaMedrash

HER Number:
10843

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Villiers Street South, Beth HaMedrash

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Recreational Hall

Site Type: Specific:
Meeting Hall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Large purpose-built Beth HaMedrash (religious study hall often attached to a synagogue) built in 1899. Now demolished. Sunderland's east end was then home to 1,000 Jewish immigrants, many from Krottingen in Lithuania. In 1938 a new Beth HaMedrash was built in Mowbray Road (also demolished).

Easting:
401

Northing:
567

Grid Reference:
NZ401567

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Sharman Kadish, 2006, Jewish Heritage in England - Architectural Guide, page 186; www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/sunderland2/