Job: Jewbury Cemetery Plaque, 14 Jewbury, York
- Date:
- 27 Mar 2025
- Location:
- Jewbury Cemetery Plaque, 14 Jewbury, York
- Reference:
- 2K/35422
- Type:
- Job containing Electronic material
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Description
The plaque commemorates the site of the ancient Jewish cemetery of York. Excavations carried out in 1982-3 by York Archaeological Trust uncovered the medieval Jewish cemetery, with the remains of 500 people being recovered for analysis, before being re-interred on 8th July 1984 in the presence of the Chief Rabbi Sir Immanuel Jakobovits and representatives of the Jewish community.
Content
This is part of the Volume: VF000479 Jewish Cemeteries; within the Series: EHC01/298 Synagogues and Jewish Cemeteries; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive
This Job is divided into 4 Child Records
This Job contains the following materials:
Rights
© Historic England Archive
People & Organisations
Photographer: Redgrave, Christopher: Historic England
Keywords
Plaque, Commemorative Monument, Jewish Religion
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