Moor Street, Synagogue

HER Number

15424

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Moor Street, Synagogue

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Synagogue

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

In use from 1862. Rebuilt in 1900. Congregation moved to Ryhope Road in 1928. The Adath Yeshurun was founded in 1791. Also known as the Israelite Congregation.

Easting

440500

Northing

556900

Grid Reference

NZ440500556900

Sources

www.jewishgen.org; Arnold Levy, History of the Sunderland Jewish Community 1755-1955; Tyne and Wear Archives hold various records including the birth register 1867-73 and 1892 onwards, burials 1856 to 1899, synagogue minutes from 1857 to 1979.