Lauderdale Road Synagogue, Maida Vale
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Lauderdale Road Synagogue, Maida Vale
Image: © Richard Rogerson Taken: 8 Jul 2010
The Maida Vale synagogue, at the junction of Lauderdale Road and Ashworth roads, is called Sha'ar Hashamayim but is referred to as "Lauderdale Road". It is one of three synagogues (the others are in the City of London and Wembley of the Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation (an orthodox Sephardi congregation). The congregation was founded in the City of London over 300 years ago by a community that had escaped the Inquisition to Amsterdam. Some of its members settled in London when Oliver Cromwell set aside laws banning Jews from living in England. The building is Grade II listed.http://www.lauderdaleroadsynagogue.org/html/home.asp
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Image Location
Latitude
51.527799
Longitude
-0.184179