Villiers Street South, Beth HaMedrash
Villiers Street South, Beth HaMedrash
HER Number
10843
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Villiers Street South, Beth HaMedrash
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Education
Site Type: Broad
Bet Hamidrash
Site Type: Specific
Bet Hamidrash
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
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
440100
Northing
556700
Grid Reference
NZ440100556700
Sources
Sharman Kadish, 2006, Jewish Heritage in England - Architectural Guide, page 186; www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/sunderland2/