Off Yer Trolley - York City Centre (Mk II) Traditional Cache
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Off Yer Trolley - York City Centre (Mk II)
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The Cache is very near "Jewbury" and in the 13th century was home of ‘Jacob the Cemetery Keeper’. It is the only large scale excavated Jewish burial ground in Europe. There is very little disturbance of the previous burials – an orderly cemetery. There are no markers; perhaps they were wooden. There are remains of nails in coffins, in variance with modern practice. Some coffins were substantial, as perhaps brought some way. Jewbury remained a pasture after 1290 until the 19th century. Their average height was 5'5" for males and 5'1" for females – slightly shorter than rest of Christian population. They were clustered by sex and age and seem to have had distinctive facial characteristics.
The total number of burials was estimated to 600 adults and 400 children – high infant mortality – the rest died during their late 40s-50s. Women seem to have lived longer than York average (compared with St. Helen on Walls). Anaemia and T.B. were common causes of death visible on the skeleton.
In 1984 Chief Rabbi Lord Jakobovits put a stop to examination of bones and were re-interred. ‘If these bones lie at peace, civilisation can surely rest.’
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orybj oynpx naq oyhr; snpvat "Gur Qrfgehpgbe"
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