Eastgate and the tower of St Michael's Church - the sites of the Medieval Synagogue and Bonenfaunt's 'great house', which was probably just in front and Jews Court (Curia) (site of Curry's and 3 Store)
Gloucester Castle site (Gloucester HMP) had many associations with the medieval Jewish community and in 1220 Solomon Turbe was thrown from the High Tower in a murder plot instigated by another Gloucester Jew.
The Jewish community had a close relationship with the Cathedral as they often lent them money. However, these relations were interrupted by the occurrence of the second 'Blood Libel' in England at Gloucester in 1186.
Site of Gloucester Jewish Cemetery recently redeveloped as Potter's Place, 20 Russell Street. The cemetery lies behind the terrace and to the right of picture. Some Jewish burials may still be in situ as skeletal remains were retained off the edge of the excavated area.
Memorial to Amelia Abrahams, the last Jew in Gloucester in 1886 and well-known personality. Her father was a founder of the 18th century community and the Rabbi at Mercy Place and the kosher slaughterer.
Gloucester Jewish Reserve (photographed when established in1938) - The original cemetery was cursorily exhumed and relocated in 1938 and is an important repository of Gloucester Jewish history (Photo: London Metropolitan Archives)
Site of Mercy Place, the synagogue in the 18th and 19th centuries - the site today at Gloucester Docks
Site of Berkeley Hunt - now 37-39 Southgate Street, the first home of the Abrahams family in 1765 (and perhaps as early as 1674)
The Site of Pye Corner the site of the second house of the Abrahams family. Amelia Abrahams 'the last Jew in Gloucester' died on this site.
22 Northgate - Ephraim Samuel Joseph (Mayor of Gloucester) and Jacob Moses (b. 1812 Gloucester) both lived at a property at this address in the 1850s (he was a silversmith and pawnbroker )
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Photo Gallery - Gloucester
Gloucester has an unexpected and fascinating Jewish history linked to the military and port history of the city. There have been two distinctive organised Jewish communities in Gloucester - one established in the 12th century and ended by the time of the general Expulsion of the Jews in 1290, and a second community, established perhaps even as early as 1685. This, if correct, makes it one of the first provincial Jewish settlements out-side of London, after the resettlement of the Jews in England in 1655. There is also a modern Jewish population in modern-day Gloucester, but no organised community life, or synagogue, as most Jews, with a religious affiliation, are members of the nearby Cheltenham Synagogue. Read More
