Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Probable site of Synagogue, Blue Town. The building was between Sheppey Street and Kent Street.established in 1790. A new synagogue was built in 1811 and restored in 1841, the closed about 1900, the building became dilapidated (but not demolished until 1935).There was a Jewish community in Sheerness from the late eighteenth century, which had declined by the latter part of the nineteenth century.

Monument Types

• (Former Type) PLACE OF WORSHIP (Post Medieval - 1790 AD to 1900 AD (between))

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Probable site of Synagogue, Blue Town. The building was between Sheppey Street and Kent Street.established in 1790. A new synagogue was built in 1811 and restored in 1841, the closed about 1900, the building became dilapidated (but not demolished until 1935).There was a Jewish community in Sheerness from the late eighteenth century, which had declined by the latter part of the nineteenth century.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

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