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JTrails - Oxford
'Home to some of the most celebrated scholars and academics of all time, since the days of the Domesday Book, Jews have made a vital contribution to both Oxford the university and Oxford the town.'
'One of the most important Jewish communities in medieval England, it's thought that Jews may have arrived in Oxfordshire as early as 1080, when a man called Manassess is mentioned in the Domesday Book as living in the village of Bletchingdon. In Oxford itself, there was certainly an established community by 1141, when records show that King Stephen and Queen Matilda tried to extort money from the town's Jewish residents and Aaron ben Isaac had his house burnt down for refusing to pay ...'
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