Glasgow, Scotland

Great Central Synagogue

South Portland Street

Previous update 20 October 2005
Latest revision or update: 25 December 2011

Congregation Data

Name:	Great Central Synagogue (formerly known as the Great Synagogue)
Address:	South Portland Street, Glasgow. (Consecrated September 1901)
Previous Address:	Commerce Street, Glasgow (from about 1881) Standard Halls, Main Street, Gorbals, Glasgow (from about 1887)
Founded:	Early 1880's
Current Status:	1956 - the congregation, then known as the Great Synagogue, merged with the New Central Synagogue (Beth Hamedrash Hagadol) and was renamed the Great Central Synagogue.
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox
Affiliation:	A constituent of the United Synagogues of Glasgow
Membership Data:	1896 - 150 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1896-7) 1900 - 130 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1900-01) 1909 - 300 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1910) 1938 - 277 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1939) 1945 - 300 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1945-6) 1959 - 500 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1960)

Glasgow Community

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