In the Viking era this street was known as Brettegate, meaning the street inhabited by the Britons. It is thought that these Celtic Britons were of Cumbrian origin and brought to York by Irish Vikings. Their community lay outside the Viking walls of York; they were essentially second-class citizens – servants and slaves. Later in the fourteenth century Brettegate became Jubretgate, perhaps in relation to an area of Jewish settlement.
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Colin Laurence Hymanson
Yes JubberGate is named after the Jewish residents of York who were massacred in 1190 at Clifford’s Tower.
The Jews of England were primarily money lenders since that Christians could not borrow from each other but were allowed to borrow from Jews. Since Jews were forbidden to be tradesmen it became popular amongst Jews to become lenders
The Jews had their own place at the back of the market to trade between themselves since they were not allowed to trade amongst Chritians
Hence Jubbergate