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The Jew’s House is one of the oldest surviving domestic dwellings in the country.
Built around 1150, the house was almost certainly occupied by a merchant who would have lived upstairs and traded downstairs. One name linked with ownership is Belaset of Wallingford, a woman executed in 1287, possibly on a trumped up  charge, for clipping [...]

14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 6th 2016