ABSTRACT
The gradual development of this relatively prosperous community based in the north of the city continued, but towards the end of the nineteenth century events in Europe had a profound effect on the size and characteristics of Glasgow's Jewish population. Self-employment often took the form of peddling and this continued into the twentieth century so that in 1906 there were an estimated 600 Jewish pedlars in Glasgow. The first synagogue in Glasgow was in a 'room and kitchen' in High Street in 1823, and the movements of Glasgow's Jewish population can be charted through the subsequent establishment and closure of its synagogues. The earliest Jews in Glasgow had to take their dead to Edinburgh, but in 1830 a corner of ground was purchased at the Glasgow Necropolis with room for 50 plots. The establishment of synagogues, cemeteries, kosher food outlets, and Jewish welfare and educational facilities, indicated the existence of a significant Jewish population in Glasgow .
