In 1290 Edward I expelled Jews from England and for centuries, apart from those that practised their religion in secret, there were no Jews in England. In 1657, following a petition to Cromwell and a legal test case, it again became acceptable for Jews to live in England.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Jewish expulsion and resettlement
Commemorated ati
First synagogue after resettlement
Sure looks like a City of London plaque but the text around the edge is diffe...
Great Synagogue, Dukes Place
Corporation of London The Great Synagogue, Dukes Place, constituent of the Un...
Great Synagogue - Old Jewry
The Great Synagogue stood near this site until 1272. Corporation of London
Spanish and Portuguese Jews - 1
This building, erected in 1912, formerly housed the Beth Holim, or hospital, ...
Other Subjects
Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis
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Shiekh Khaled Jaber F. Al-Sabah
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Michael Mackintosh Foot
Politician and journalist. Born Plymouth. Leader of the Labour party 1980-1983. Married to feminist film-maker and author, Jill Craigie (1911-1999), who appears with him in our picture. His Wikipe...
Councillor Leonard Pearl
Leonard Pearl was born on 6 August 1908 in Mile End, London, one of at least nine children of David Pearl (1886-1919) and Rachel Pearl née Solomon (1868-1934). In the 1911 census he is shown as liv...
John William Dixon
Chairman of the Parliamentary and General Purposes Committee, St Pancras Vestry in 1897.