Jewry, St. Katherine's

Jewry, St. Katherine's
   Within the Tower Liberty, near the Flemings' Churchyard and Hangman's Gains was a place called "Judaismus," the Jewry. So called in 1279 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 8).

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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