New Central Synagogue

Congregation Data

Name:

New Central Synagogue
(previously known as Beth Hamedrash Hagadol)

Address:

Hospital Street, Gorbals, Glasgow (from 1925)

Previous Addresses:

Various addresses in the Gorbals:
Mathieson Street; Thistle Street; Govan Street (by 1911); Cumberland Street.

Founded:

1902, by some 150 members who seceded from the Chevra Kadisha Synagogue.

Current Status:

Closed 1956 - merged with the Great Synagogue to form Great Central Synagogue.

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Membership Data:

1938 - 400 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1939)
1955 - 300 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1956)

Cemeteries:

For details, see Glasgow Cemetery Information on Glasgow home page.