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1371:Edinburgh
1020:Guildford
995:Cambridge
950:Berkshire
941:Elsewhere
873:Bayswater
860:Wimbledon
735:Hampstead
704:Finchley
376:warehouse
327:Ashkenazi
313:, in the
303:synagogue
260:Destroyed
227:Completed
186:0°08′35″W
85:Synagogue
1502:Category
1406:Langside
1381:Giffnock
1366:Aberdeen
1346:Scotland
1201:Falmouth
1135:Southend
1095:Plymouth
1005:Coventry
975:Bradford
795:Richmond
531:31 March
505:19 April
474:31 March
394:See also
296:Orthodox
112:Location
107:Location
50:Religion
1495:History
1474:Merthyr
1468:Former:
1393:Former:
1326:Belfast
1215:Jesmond
1167:Former:
1065:Menorah
1045:Lincoln
929:Wlodawa
880:Dalston
867:Former:
800:Saatchi
631:England
343:History
323:England
271:Website
132:Country
127:WIW 6NW
125:England
1399:Dundee
1015:Exeter
718:United
713:Reform
670:Barnet
653:London
363:, the
319:London
299:Jewish
294:is an
121:London
102:Active
99:Status
1436:Wales
901:Great
563:(PDF)
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249:1958
242:1870
234:1855
219:1848
1545:stub
1030:Hull
990:Bury
533:2016
507:2024
476:2016
330:rite
290:The
280:.org
68:Rite
282:.uk
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