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Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire
The founding of Hailes Abbey by Richard, Earl of Cornwall in 1246.
Hailes Abbey was founded by Richard, Earl of Cornwall in 1246 as a thanksgiving for surviving a shipwreck, and dedicated on November 5th 1251 at a lavish ceremony attended by the King and Queen, and all the 'great men of England'. The Abbey went on to become one of the richest and most popular centres of pilgrimage in all Christendom after Richard's son, Edmund, presented Hailes with a phial of the Holy Blood in 1270.
The Belles of London City Postcard (A)
Razzle Dazzle.
'These girls should open the Olympics' - Shirley Collins.
'Saucy' - The Guardian.
'The Bananarama of the Morris world - Tim Chipping.
The Belles of London City Postcard (B)
Jigging and Jingling.
'These girls should open the Olympics' - Shirley Collins.
'Saucy' - The Guardian.
'The Bananarama of the Morris World' - Tim Chipping.
The Edgeworth Miracle, Gloucestershire
Richard Sunieve, a young herdsman, from the village of Edgeworth (Gloucestershire), contracted leprosy after driving his master's horses out to pasture. Legend records that he made the long pilgrimage to St. Thomas Becket's tomb at Canterbury where he was cured of his affliction. The story is commemorated in the beautiful windows of the Trinity Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral.
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