History of the Jews in Scotland
The history of the Jews in Scotland goes back to at least the 17th century. It is not known when Jews first arrived in Scotland, with the earliest concrete historical references to a Jewish presence in Scotland being from the late 17th century. Most Scottish Jews today are of Ashkenazi background who mainly settled in Edinburgh, then in Glasgow in the mid-19th century. In 2013 the Edinburgh Jewish Studies Network curated an online exhibition based on archival holdings and maps in the National Library of Scotland exploring the influence of the community on the city.
Garnethill Synagogue in Glasgow
The old Jewish burial ground in Edinburgh dates from 1813
Memorial to Edinburgh's Jews who died fighting in the world wars
The Edinburgh Synagogue in the Newington district of the city
History of the Jews in England (1066–1290)
The first Jews in England arrived after the Norman Conquest of the country by William the Conqueror in 1066, and the first written record of Jewish settlement in England dates from 1070. Jews suffered massacres in 1189–90, and after a period of rising persecution, all Jews were expelled from England after the Edict of Expulsion in 1290.
One of two surviving Jewish houses, the Jew's House in Lincoln, immediately below Jew's Court.
Clifford's Tower, where the Jews of York were killed in 1190.
Edward I was the first English monarch to use antisemitism as an instrument of state policy
Extract of the Statute of Jewry, c. 1275
