Jewry Wall

E257143

Roman wall archaeological site scheduled monument

Jewry Wall is a large surviving section of Roman masonry in Leicester, England, believed to be part of a public bath complex and one of the tallest remaining pieces of Roman civil architecture in Britain.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Jewry Wall Museum	2
Jewry Wall canonical	1
Jewry Wall area of Leicester	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2354678 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jewry Wall
Context triple: [Leicester, hasLandmark, Jewry Wall]

A. Western Wall
The Western Wall is a revered remnant of the ancient Jewish Temple complex in Jerusalem and a central site of Jewish prayer and pilgrimage.
B. Abuhav Synagogue
Abuhav Synagogue is a historic 15th-century Sephardic synagogue in Safed, Israel, renowned for its ornate interior and association with Kabbalistic tradition.
C. Hurva Synagogue
The Hurva Synagogue is a historic and once-ruined, now reconstructed, 19th-century Ashkenazi synagogue in Jerusalem that has become a prominent religious and architectural landmark.
D. Ramban Synagogue
Ramban Synagogue is one of the oldest active synagogues in Jerusalem, traditionally linked to the medieval scholar Nachmanides and central to Jewish worship in the Old City.
E. Mandelbaum Gate
Mandelbaum Gate was the main military checkpoint and crossing point between Israeli- and Jordanian-controlled sectors of Jerusalem from 1949 until the city’s reunification in 1967.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jewry Wall
Target entity description: Jewry Wall is a large surviving section of Roman masonry in Leicester, England, believed to be part of a public bath complex and one of the tallest remaining pieces of Roman civil architecture in Britain.

A. Western Wall
The Western Wall is a revered remnant of the ancient Jewish Temple complex in Jerusalem and a central site of Jewish prayer and pilgrimage.
B. Abuhav Synagogue
Abuhav Synagogue is a historic 15th-century Sephardic synagogue in Safed, Israel, renowned for its ornate interior and association with Kabbalistic tradition.
C. Hurva Synagogue
The Hurva Synagogue is a historic and once-ruined, now reconstructed, 19th-century Ashkenazi synagogue in Jerusalem that has become a prominent religious and architectural landmark.
D. Ramban Synagogue
Ramban Synagogue is one of the oldest active synagogues in Jerusalem, traditionally linked to the medieval scholar Nachmanides and central to Jewish worship in the Old City.
E. Mandelbaum Gate
Mandelbaum Gate was the main military checkpoint and crossing point between Israeli- and Jordanian-controlled sectors of Jerusalem from 1949 until the city’s reunification in 1967.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman wall ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ
adjacentTo	Jewry Wall self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jewry Wall Museum site of Roman baths in Leicester ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Roman architecture ⓘ
believedFunction	part of a Roman bath basilica or palaestra ⓘ part of a Roman public bath complex ⓘ
category	Archaeological sites in Leicestershire ⓘ Buildings and structures in Leicester ⓘ Roman sites in Leicestershire ⓘ Walls in the United Kingdom ⓘ
conservationStatus	protected historic monument ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
dateOfConstruction	2nd century ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
era	Roman Britain ⓘ
excavatedBy	Kathleen Kenyon ⓘ
hasFeature	Roman bonding tiles ⓘ alternating bands of stone and brick ⓘ large arched openings ⓘ
height	approximately 9 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed building ⓘ Scheduled Monument ⓘ surface form: Scheduled Ancient Monument
locatedIn	East Midlands ⓘ Leicestershire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNear	Leicester ⓘ surface form: Leicester city centre River Soar ⓘ
locatedNextTo	St Nicholas Church, Leicester ⓘ
location	Leicester ⓘ
majorExcavationsEndDate	1939 ⓘ
majorExcavationsStartDate	1936 ⓘ
materialUsed	Roman masonry ⓘ limestone ⓘ local granite ⓘ tile ⓘ
namedAfter	medieval Jewish community of Leicester (traditional attribution) ⓘ
oneOf	tallest surviving pieces of Roman civil architecture in Britain ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
ownedBy	Leicester City Council ⓘ
partOf	Ratae Corieltauvorum ⓘ Roman Leicester ⓘ
previouslyMisidentifiedAs	Roman forum wall ⓘ Roman town gate ⓘ
thickness	approximately 2.5 metres ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
width	approximately 23 metres ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leicester → hasLandmark → Jewry Wall ⓘ

Ratae Corieltauvorum → presentIn → Jewry Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewry Wall area of Leicester

Ratae Corieltauvorum → hasNearbyMuseum → Jewry Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewry Wall Museum

Jewry Wall → adjacentTo → Jewry Wall self-linksurface differs ⓘ