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Tag Archives: Canterbury
How Croydon alderman saved ‘Golden Book’ from the Vikings
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Danish invaders on the rampage, a Wessex king winning a huge battle and the most opulent of all the surviving English Medieval manuscripts are all traced back to the role of a nobleman with land in Selsdon by … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, David Morgan, History
Tagged Alfred, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, Battle of Aclea, Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral, Codex Aureus, David Morgan, Gospel of St Matthew, King Aethelwulf, Mercia, Stockholm, Stockholm Museum, The Golden Book, Vikings, Wessex
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A great time hunting down antique bargains with Jo Brand
TV antiques expert CATHERINE SOUTHON is staging her first auction of 2023, on February 8 at Farleigh Golf Club. But as she outlines here, she’s been busy driving around the country looking for bargains with a fellow Palace fan I … Continue reading
Lead thieves strip St Mary’s bare on eve of Christmas
By Andrew Pelling It’s not exactly the Christmas gift that St. Mary’s Church in Addington Village expected. The church is the latest victim of high-value metal thefts that have seen copper wiring disappear from railway lines and an iconic Hepworth … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Charity, Crime, History
Tagged Addington, Canterbury, Christmas, Croydon, Dulwich Park, Mary, St. Mary
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