At the border between Mercia and East Anglia (part one)
My last journey back in time leads me to Ryhall, a small and peaceful village northwest of Peterborough. The church of St John the Evangelist is a light-flooded place, very…
My last journey back in time leads me to Ryhall, a small and peaceful village northwest of Peterborough. The church of St John the Evangelist is a light-flooded place, very…
The patron saint of Oxford and the university is Saint Frideswide (c. 680 -727), meaning ‘peace’ and ‘strong’. Her ancestry is not clear. The earliest written account of her life is provided by William…
Burton-upon-Trent has two churches dedicated to Saint Modwen, its patron saint. There is not much known about Modwen. She was apparently an Irish noblewoman who, on her pilgrimage to Rome,…
To avoid locked doors of smaller churches along my journey and to meet the people involved in creating the community around the saints, keeping these amazing buildings alive, I put much effort into planning: calling or…
Whitby Abbey is a special place. The abbey dominates the landscape from its exposed location on top of the cliffs. The ruins of the Benedictine monastery visible today were originally…