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Jews' Court, Lincoln

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but was altered in the 18th century and the windows were replaced in the early-19th and 20th centuries. The Jews' Court may contain some late medieval stonework but a recent architectural survey has shown that there is very little medieval stonework above basement level in the existing building.
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order. Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society (a predecessor of the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology) objected to the proposed demolition and were given the building by the city council on condition it was refurbished. In 1966 the property passed from Lincolnshire
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Robinson Wild, E. (January 2023). "Jews Court, Lincoln – an evaluation of Cecil Roth's medieval synagogue and the discourse on the English medieval synagogue taking a buildings archaeology approach".
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Architectural and Archaeological Society to form the Jews' Court and Bardney Abbey Trust, which in 2019 was merged with the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. The
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shows that the Jews' Court has always been divided into two houses, and a charter of 1316 mentions that a Jewish
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was dug in the basement of the building; the owner subsequently claimed that this was where the body of
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By the early-20th century the property had been sub-divided into cheap accommodation. It was bought by
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has its headquarters at Jews' Court and the building includes a lecture room and bookshop.
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or synagogue had stood to the west in the tenement behind these two houses.
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Johnson C. (2015). "Jews' Court: Truth and Legend". In Walker, A. (ed.).
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and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 19 September 2023
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Jews Court and Bardney Abbey Trust, registered charity no. 5021279
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in 1924 and in 1928 it was proposed to be demolished under a
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on Steep Hill. The three-storeyed stone building dates from
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Steep, Strait and High: Ancient Houses of Central Lincoln
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This article is about the building. For the museum, see
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and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain.
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Jew's House
Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology

façade
Affiliation
Reform Judaism
Rite
Liberal
Ecclesiastical or organisational status
Jewish history museum
Synagogue
Steep Hill
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
England
Jews' Court, Lincoln is located in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Geographic coordinates
53°13′56″N 0°32′19″W / 53.2322°N 0.5387°W / 53.2322; -0.5387
Style
Norman architecture
Materials
Listed Building
Jewish museum
Liberal
Jewish
synagogue
Steep Hill
Lincoln
Lincolnshire

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