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Clifford’s Tower in York, 2007, the later stone keep on the mound where the massacre took place.Image: Steven Fruitsmaak · Public domainculture · Europe
The massacre of the Jews of York
Fleeing a rioting mob, about 150 Jewish men, women and children of York took refuge in the royal castle’s wooden tower. Besieged on the night of Shabbat HaGadol, many took their own lives rather than be killed or forcibly baptised, and those who surrendered were murdered. The rioters then burned the records of their debts. The date is by the calendar of the day.
Source: English Heritage: The massacre of the Jews at Clifford’s Tower ↗
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