Keyword/s: ARCHAEOLOGY, COUNTY COORDINATORS, MONASTERIES, PILGRIMAGE IN BRITAIN, REGIONS AND (CSJ) REGIONAL GROUPS, RELICS, ST JAMES IN BRITAIN
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- Author
- Chandler, John
- Year
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Hobnob Press
- Published in
- Salisbury
- Accession No
- 08328
- pp
- 168
- Edition
- 1st
- location
- BKA
- Comment
This deals mostly with the nunnery, founded by King Alfred. The chapter "Edwardstow" deals with the prized relic (again venerated in 20th C.) of the Saxon King, St Edward the Martyr. The town also has a church of St James, which gives its name to that quarter of the town.