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| 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
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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. |
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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. |
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Aberdeen |
| Grove Cemetery (Mugiemoss Road,Persley) in Aberdeen contains 72 Jewish
burials
since 1911, and the cemetery office contains the registers. |
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Dundee |
| There have been burials in the Jewish section of the Eastern Cemetery
in Arbroath Road since the 1880s. Registers are available from Mr H Gillis,
c/o The Synagogue, St Mary's Place,
Dundee, DD1 5RB. |
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Greenock |
| The former Greenock Hebrew Congregation buried 16 members in the cemetery in Bow Road between 1908 and 1945. |
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Inverness |
| The most northerly Jewish cemetery in the British Isles is located
in Inverness, where the community is long defunct. The Archives Centre
has a list of twenty Jews buried in Tomnahurich
Cemetery since 1906. |
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