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Chapelfield well mass grave

1190 in England12th-century English Jews2004 archaeological discoveriesAntisemitism in EnglandBuildings and structures in Norwich
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A mass grave, highly probable to have been created during the historically attested episode of antisemitic violence in Norwich on 6 February 1190 CE, existed in a medieval well in the Chapelfield area of the city underneath what is now the Chantry Place shopping centre. It contained seventeen individuals, of which eleven were children. At least five of the individuals were related to each other. All of the genetically-sequenced individuals were Ashkenazi Jews. The well was discovered in September 2004 during excavation of the area for the shopping centre, and an investigation took place in 2011. The bones were reburied in Earlham Road Cemetery in 2013. The results of further DNA sequencing and analysis of six of the individuals were published in 2022.

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