Our project aims to raise the profile of the history of Jews in Oxford from earliest records through to the modern day. The Jews first arrived in Oxford from France in 1070s and soon developed a thriving community in the city and its surrounds. They were expelled from Oxford and England by the proclamation of King Edward 1 in 1290.
Because the University has preserved so much of the historical evidence in documentation, Oxford retains a unique memory of those medieval Jews. Their story has been largely unknown and is described as the ‘Hidden History’. This website, launched in September 2009, is devoted to uncovering this history and offering it to a wider audience.
Highlights include detailed maps of Medieval Jewish Oxford, an Inventory of Hebraica and Judaica in the Oxford Colleges, Blue Plaques for famous Oxford Jews and much more.