This kehilla commenced life as the Lokever Synagogue in 1889. In 1902, when Barnett Cohen was the President, it moved to new premises in Regent Street. At the consecration of the new synagogue, Mr. Mathew Kelly the opener, was praised for his services to the synagogue. According to Saipe it moved in 1913 to Chapeltown, but that move (to 58/60 Francis Street) probably took place immediately after the end of the First World War.
In 1930 its president was A. Pearce and the minister was Rev. S. Goldman, and in 1936 a new young minister, Rev. Leslie Hardman, was appointed. He inaugurated a cheder which proved so popular that new classrooms had to be opened the following year and, by 1942, there were 120 pupils making it one of the largest chadorim in Leeds. The chazzan was Rev. Lerner who had a very pleasant and sweet voice.
Suffering from the movement of Jews from Chapeltown like the other synagogues its membership gradually declined and it merged with UHC in the 1949, closing down altogether in February 1961. The premises are now occupied by an Afro-Caribbean club.
Courtesy: Murray Freedman, UHC 150th Anniversary Brochure