Date:1856 - 2007 (c.)
Description:Photograph of Singers Hill (taken by Dr Andy Green) By the 1850’s, the Jewish congregation of Birmingham had risen to about 700, or about 140 families. To mark the increasing prosperity and social growth of the community, the community undertook building a large new Synagogue. Singer’s Hill opened in 1856. It is perhaps symbolic that the architect of the new synagogue, a man named Yeoville Thomason, would go on to design the building of the Council House (1874) which still overlooks the Town Hall and Victoria Square today. From its difficult beginnings in lodging houses around the 'Froggery', the Jewish community triumphed in building one of the finest nineteenth century synagogues in Britain.
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Image: An Architectual Drawing of Singer's Hill by Yeovill Thomason. No visual images exist of the ...
Photograph of Severn Street(taken by Dr Andy Green). In 1809, the Birmingham Jewish community had ...
The Midland Illustrated News (1869). After the Severn Street Synagogue would come the famous Singer's ...
Photograph of Singer's Hill Today (taken by Brigitte Windsor) This contemporary image of Singer’s ...
Photograph of Singers Hill (taken by Dr Andy Green) By the 1850’s, the Jewish congregation of Birmingham ...
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