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Jewish Cemeteries in Scotland

The records of most Jewish cemeteries in Scotland are held by the
Scottish Jewish Archives Centre, 
Garnethill Synagogue, 127 Hill Street,
Glasgow,  G3 6UB, Scotland. 
Tel: +44 (0) 141 332 4911 (open only by arrangement)
Another important source is:
Glasgow Hebrew Burial Society, 
222 Fenwick Rd, 
Giffnock, 
Glasgow, G46 6UE, Scotland


  Cemetery Information by City

Edinburgh
In 1795, Herman Lyon(Lion), a dentist and "corn operator" from Prussia who had settled in Edinburgh, purchased a burial plot for himself and his family north of the City Observatory on Calton Hill.  Lost for many years, the site was rediscovered in 1994.
Braid Place (now Sciennes House Place), was used 1820-1867.  The two extant lists of burials give details of approximately thirty people.
Echobank (Newington) Cemetery , off Dalkeith Road, used  c1869- c1945. Inscriptions were transcribed by Cramer in 1951, listing some 130 burials in great detail. 
The current Jewish cemetery in Edinburgh is Piershill, with more than a thousand burials. Cramer transcribed sixty of the oldest stones, c1890-1923 .  Registers are held by the Synagogue, 4 Salisbury Road, Edinburgh EH16 5AA.

Glasgow
Necropolis - by the Cathedral; 53 Jews were buried here from 1832 until 1851.
Eastern Necropolis (Janefield) in Parkhead.  Used 1856 - 1935 -  over 500 Jewish burials. 
Craigton Cemetery, Govan - 1881-1897, over 230 Jews buried at Craigton.
The Western Necropolis, Tresta Road in Maryhill;  over a thousand burials  since 1898. 
Riddrie Cemetery: 1909-1977 - over 730 burials.
Sandymount Cemetery, Hallhill Road,Barlanark. 2200 burials 1908-93.
Glenduffhill Cemetery, Hallhill Rd. Opened 1934 - over 6000 burials.
Cathcart Hebrew Cemetery, Netherlee Road, G44. In use since 1927.
Glasgow New Synagogue (Reform) has a small section in Cardonald Cemetery, 547 Mosspark Boulevard, G52.  Opened in 1952, it contains around 90 burials.

Aberdeen
Grove Cemetery (Mugiemoss Road,Persley) in Aberdeen contains 72 Jewish burials
since 1911, and the cemetery office contains the registers.