Gloucester Old Synagogue

Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Updated 9 August 2009

City of Gloucester

The city of Gloucester, with a population of approximately 110,000, is situated on the right bank of the river Severn in the West of England. It is the county town and a local government district of the county of Gloucestershire, and was a county borough until 1974.

Jewish Community

There had been a Jewish community in Gloucester in the medieval period. A new community, sometimes referred to as the Gloucester Old Synagogue, was founded in the eighteenth century, but had disappeared by the1870's.

Congregation Data

Description:	Gloucester Old Synagogue
Address:	Mercy Place, Gloucester, opposite the Infirmary
Founded:	Eighteenth century
Disbanded	By 1870
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox

Articles on the Gloucester Community

The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Gloucester by Cecil Roth, 1950, including inscriptions on gravestones at Gloucester Jewish Cemetery. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.

Other Information

Synagogue Records:
The manuscript of the congregation's regulations, or Takkanot, is in the Mocatta Library, London.
Other Records
Congregation History:
See above Article.
Photographs & Newspaper Articles
Jewish Property and Heritage & Places of Local Interest
Bibliography, Local Research Libraries and other sources
Gloucester Cemetery Information
Gloucester Medieval Community

Explanations of Terms Used

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