The Glasgow Necropolis

A middle-class city of the dead, its residents mostly Victorians, and its monuments making it clear that some Glaswegians had better housing after they had died than many of their fellow citizens experienced while they were still alive. The Scots language/the Scots leid:A hauf-knabbie ceetie o the deid, its indwallers maistlie Victorians, an its moniments …

Garnethill Synagogue

Glasgow’s growing Jewish population in the 1870s meant that a larger synagogue was badly needed, and so Scotland’s first purpose-built synagogue was constructed at Garnethill in the City Centre between 1879 an 1881. You can read more about it here. The Scots language/the Scots leid:Glesca’s growin Jewish population meant a muckler seenagogue was sair nott, …

Jewish Section of Craigton Cemetery, Glasgow

Craigton Cemetery, on Glasgow’s Southside, was opened in 1873. The first Jew to be buried there was Sophia Jacobs in 1881 and the last was Marcus Cohen in 1908. The Scots language/the Scots leid:Craigtoun Ceemeterie, on Glesca’s Sooside, wis opent in 1873. The first Jew tae be yirdit there wis Sophia Jacobs in 1881 an …

Jewish Section of Cardonald Cemetery, Glasgow