Bruce,
Re your request for further details, the following sources might be
of interest:
Archaeologists have found the remains of an ancient Jewish
mikvah in the heart of what was once London's Jewish quarter:
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-2001371420,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4284575,00.html
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/10/25/nbath25.
xml&sSheet=/news/2001/10/25/ixhomef.html
Bea
On 10/28/01 6:35 AM Spas Research Fellowship writes:
>Some time ago we learnt that Jacobís Well at Bristol included a medieval
>Mitvah or Jewish Bath, the only one known in the UK at the time. Recently
>the Daily Telegraph (25 Oct) ran an editorial on another one discovered in
>the old Jewish quarter of the City of London. . It was built before the
>expulsion of the Jews in 1290 and was found in the cellar of a house in Milk
>Street. It is made of finely cut Greensand stone, is semi-circular and about
>four feet wide and four feet deep. There are steps leading down into the
>bath.
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>For more details have a look at the news and views page on the SRF web site
>at www.thespas.co.uk I will post a more detailed editorial later today.
>
>If you have any news let me have details and I can post it on the SRF site
>also.
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>Bruce
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