12 March 1849
First documentation of 2 pupils attending
38 Buxton Street, Mile End, New Town, London
1863
Deaf and dumb home founded with 3 pupils
164 Euston Road, London
30 April 1865
Home for Deaf and Dumb Children of the Jewish Persuasion (Founded) – 5 pupils
(7 deaf children orginally from Old Kent Road Deaf School, 5 of those children transferred to this school)
15 Mount Street, New Road, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London E1
17 August 1866
Announcement in The Jewish Chronicle, relocation of Jews Deaf and Dumb home
30 September 1866
Jewish Deaf and Dumb Home (Name changed)
44 Burton Crescent, Old Kent Road, London WC1
16 December 1866
Consecration (prayers) of Jews Deaf and Dumb School
44 Burton Crescent, Old Kent Road, London WC1
30 December 1866
Jews Deaf and Dumb school – 12 pupils
44 Burton Crescent, Old Kent Road, London WC1
29 January 1869
Jews Deaf and Dumb school – 14 pupils (10 girls and 4 boys)
44 Burton Crescent, Old Kent Road, London WC1
28 January 1870
Announcement in Jewish Chronicle of relocation and change to an ‘all faith’ school
38 Hunter Street, Brunswick Square, London
25 February 1870
Jews Deaf and Dumb School – 14 pupils (8 girls and 6 boys)
38 Hunter Street, Brunswick Square, London
4th March 1870
One room was hired for lip reading classes
39 Hunter Street
1872
Relocated
39 Hunter Street
November 1875
Relocation due to class size
115 Walmer House, Walmer Road, Notting Hill, London
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1881 census childrenshomes.org.uk/LondonJewsDeaf/LondonJewsDeaf1881
1899
Relocation due to class size
1905
Houses were renumbered, 61 Nightingale Lane became
101 Nightingale Lane, Wandsworth Common, London
31 May 1934
Name change to The Residential School for Jewish Deaf Children (RSJDC)
22nd March 1939
Permission received from the Home Office to accept 10 children from the Israelite School for the Deaf in Berline, they must be under 10 years old.
19 July 1939
1st September 1939
World War II started.
February 1940
Evacuation to School for the Deaf
128-138 Eastern Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN2
September 1940
Re-evacuation
Havering House, Milton, Pewsey, Marlborough, Wiltshire
8th May 1945
End of WWII
13th May 1946
Pupils returned to school
101 Nightingale Lane, Wandsworth Common, London SW12
July 1965
Closure of RSJDC due to declining number of pupils
September 1965
Children transferred to a Hostel for Jewish Deaf Children
8 Talbot Road, Tottenham, North London N15.
1974
Jewish Deaf Hostel relocated
10 Churchfields, South Woodford, London E18
1976
Jewish Deaf Hostel closed down due to declining number of pupils
