As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

JURY. In the middle ages, when the Jews were a nmcli-persecuted race, they resided partly by compulsion, partly by choice, in a particular quarter of our old towns and cities. Such a localitj was usually called the Jewry, as the Old Jewry, in London. " Jewerie, a district inhabited by Jews." Halliw.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Origin: English

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Religion of origin: Christian

Language of origin: English

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