HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT

just beyond London’s old Roman Wall, lies one of the City’s most significant historic sites – the UK’S OLDEST JEWISH CEMETERY

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View of Barbican Centre and Lakeside Terrace, Thomas More Garden and Bastion 12.

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london jewish medieval history day

10th May 2026 | The Barbican Centre

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"For the dead and the living, we must bear witness" Elie Wiesel We remember them here, in the heart of the City where Jewish life once flourished. Not as strangers to London, but as Londoners. Image CC BY 2.0
This beautiful engraving, published in Thesaurus Antiquitatum Sacrarum (c. 1744), is the source from which most modern depictions of Maimonides take their form.
STEP BACK IN TIME MEDIEVAL JEWISH LONDON One Day History Festival Sunday 10.5.26 Discover the story of Jewish life in medieval London with the Jewish Square Mile Foundation at the Barbican Centre. A programme of expert talks, walking tour and fa