Villiers Street, Synagogue

HER Number

10841

District

Sunderland

Site Name

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

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

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

440100

Northing

557000

Grid Reference

NZ440100557000

Sources

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