Glasgow, situated on the river Clyde, in Scotland's west central lowlands, is the largest city in Scotland. Although the City of Glasgow, a self-contained unitary local authority since 1996, has a population of about 630,000, there are approximately 2,100,000 people living in the Greater Glasgow area (which also includes East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, most of East Renfrewshire and part of South Lanarkshire). From 1975 to 1996, the City of Glasgow and the other areas mentioned were districts of the now defunct Strathclyde Region. Prior to 1975, Glasgow was in the traditional county of Lanarkshire.
Congregations
The following Congregations are, or were, considered to be part of the Greater Glasgow Community
The following are former, alternative or unofficial names of the some of above congregations:
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The Location of some Jewish-inhabited Neighborhoods of Greater Glasgow
Clarkston - a relatively affluent suburb of Greater Glasgow
in East Renfrewshire, to the south of Glasgow.
Crosshill - - a district of Glasgow, on the south side of the river
Clyde.
Garnethill - a residential district in the centre of Glasgow, on the
north side of the river Clyde.
Giffnock - a relatively affluent suburb of Greater Glasgow in East
Renfrewshire, to the south of Glasgow, with a large Jewish community.
The Gorbals - a predominantly poor working-class district of Glasgow on the south bank
of the river Clyde . The district at one stage housed the vast majority of the
city's Jewish population.
Langside - a district of Glasgow, on the south side of the river
Clyde.
Netherlee - a small relatively affluent suburb of Greater Glasgow in East
Renfrewshire, of about 4,500 inhabitants, to the south of Glasgow.
Newton Mearns - a suburban town in East Renfrewshire of about 22,000
inhabitants, about seven miles southwest of Glasgow.
Pollokshields - an area of the south side of Glasgow, formerly part of the
Burgh of Govan.
Queens Park - a residential district on the south side of the city of
Glasgow, approximately two miles from the city centre.
Rutherglen - a town of about 30,000 inhabitants bordering on the city of
Glasgow. From 1975 to 1996, it was administratively part of Glasgow, but is now
in South Lanarkshire.
Strathbungo - an neighborhood on the south side of the city of Glasgow,
along the Pollokshaws Road, one of the main
roads leading from the centre of Glasgow. Now part of Queens
Park.
Articles on the Glasgow Community
The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Glasgow by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.
Jewish Encyclopedia article on Glasgow by Joseph Jacobs and Isadore Harris, c-1906.
Jewish Population Data
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1823 1831 1896 1900 1909 1934 1950 1985 1991 1993 2004 |
- Community founded - 47 (28 male & 19 female) (The Rise of Provincial Jewry, 1950) - 7,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1896-7) - 5,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1900-01) - 7,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1910) - 15,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1935) - 13,400 (The Jewish Year Book 1951) - 11,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1986) - 10,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1992) - 6,700 (The Jewish Year Book 1994) - 4,224 (The Jewish Year Book 2005) |
Other Glasgow Information
Jewish
Property and Heritage &
Local Research Libraries, Bibliography and other sources
Jewish Telegraph -
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