the former

Langside Hebrew Congregation

Queens Park, Glasgow, Scotland

Page created: 15 October 2005
Latest revision or update: 25 September 2020

Langsdale Synagogue
Former Langside Synagogue (Google Maps), 2020

Congregation Data
Name:	Langside Hebrew Congregation
Address:	125 Niddrei Road, Queens Park, Glasgow G42 8QA The synagogue was built in 1927 and was one of only two Eastern European-style synagogues built in Britain. The building (excluding the later single-storey, flat-roofed addition to the rear) is a Scottish Category C Listed Building (number LB52561), designated on 14 September 2020, amended 18 November 2020. (View description on Historic Environment Scotland website.) (BBC News Report 15 September 2020).
Previous Address:	1 Cromwell Road (until 1927), previously Langside Road
Founded:	About 1915
Current Status:	Closed 2014
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox
Affiliation:	A former constituent of the United Synagogues of Glasgow
Membership Data:	1938 - 550 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1939) 1957 - 600 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1958) 1961 - 600 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1962) 2008 - 120 members (Jewish Chronicle, 23 May 2008)
Cemeteries:	The Database of the Glasgow Hebrew Burial Society, affiliated to JCR-UK, now part of the Scottish Jewish Cemeteries Database, includes burial records of members of this congregation. (See Glasgow Cemetery Information on Glasgow home page.)

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