Site Event/Activity record ECC1840 - Synagogue recorded in 1268, Colchester

Location

Location East or West Stockwell Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99589 25308 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Unknown

Date

1268

Map

Description

The Victoria County History records 'In 1258 a rabbi, Samuel son of the rabbi Jechiel, was given 15 years' tenure of a house in East or West Stockwell Street which may have contained the synagogue recorded in 1268. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Monograph: Cooper, Janet (Ed). 1994. Vol. IX, The Borough of Colchester, A History of the County of Essex. Volume IX. p28.
  • <2> Serial: Jewish Historical Society of England 1905-92. 1905. Plea Rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews. Shetaroth or Hebrew Deeds of English Jews by M.D.Davis p365; Cal. Exch.Jews, i.193..

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Medieval Synagogue, East or West Stockwell Street, Colchester (Monument)

Record last edited

Feb 9 2016 1:24PM

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