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light as to the Jewry and its inhabitants by the researches of Mr. Joseph Jacobs and Mr. M. D. Davis, both of whom have favoured me with interesting notes on the subject. Mr. Jacobs has succeeded in constructing a plan of the Jewry, and in identifying the sites of: the dwellings of the principal families. Mr. Davis has translated many Hebrew title-deeds and other documents. It is therefore quite possible both to know where and how APPR TLE) 7 aa Oh, i i 4 i -_ * ul Fi sg a = + “We 1) -_= BAKBERS' HALL, MONKWELL STREET they lived, and to trace several generations and their connections in York, Lincoln, and other cities. The Jewry seems to have been on the north side of Cheap; the streets occupied being Lade Lane, Cateaton Street, now Gresham Street, and a corner of Lothbury ; while Lawrence Lane on the west and the Old Jewry on the east formed two other boundaries. The chief synagogue was near St. Lawrence's Church, and a
