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Jewry Wall
52.6349° N, -1.1414° E
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The Jewry Wall is a substantial ruined wall of 2nd-century Roman masonry, with two large archways, in Leicester, England. It stands alongside St Nicholas' Circle and St Nicholas' Church. It formed the west wall of a public building in Ratae Corieltauvorum (Roman Leicester), alongside public baths, the foundations of which were excavated in the 1930s and are also open to view. The wall gives its name to the adjacent Jewry Wall Museum.
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Construction of the wall
c. 125–130 AD
Expulsion of medieval Jewish community
1231
First recorded name
c. 1665
Taken into state care
1920
Kathleen Kenyon excavations
1936–1939
1960s museum building
1960s
Later excavations identifying forum
1961–1972
Museum hour reductions proposal
2004
Museum closure plans overturned
2011
Appearance in popular culture
2020
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