London as the centre of international commerce, Jews immigrating from Germany and Poland settled for the most part in the seaports of the south and west, such as Falmouth, Plymouth, Liverpool, Bristol, etc., as pawnbrokers and small dealers. From these centres it became their custom to send out hawkers every Monday with packs to the neighbouring villages, whereby connections were made with some of the inland towns, where they began to settle, such as Canterbury, Chatham, Cambridge, Manchester, and Birmingham. Traders of this type, while not of such prominence as the larger merchants of the capital, came in closer contact with ordinary English people and may have helped to allay some of the prejudice which had been manifested so strongly in 1753. See also History of the Jews in England History of the Jews in England (1066–1290) Edict of Expulsion History of the Marranos in England Resettlement of the Jews in England Menasseh Ben Israel (1604–1657) Emancipation of the Jews in the United Kingdom Early English Jewish literature Rothschild family History of the Jews in Scotland References Further reading Crome, Andrew. "The 1753 ‘Jew Bill’ Controversy: Jewish Restoration to Palestine, Biblical Prophecy, and English National Identity." English Historical Review 130.547 (2015): 1449-1478 online Katz, David S. Philo-Semitism and the Readmission of the Jews to England, 1603-1655 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982) Katz, David S. The Jews in the History of England, 1485-1850 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994) Rabin, Dana Y. "The Jew Bill of 1753: Masculinity, virility, and the nation." Eighteenth-century studies 39.2 (2006): 157–171. Yuval-Naeh, Avinoam. "The 1753 Jewish Naturalization Bill and the Polemic over Credit." Journal of British Studies 57.3 (2018): 467-492. online External links The text of the act. England-related articles in the Jewish Encyclopedia Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1753 British nationality law Immigration law in the United Kingdom Jewish English history Sephardi Jews topics Repealed Great Britain Acts of Parliament