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Crowland Abbey - West front of the ruined nave (13th C) next to the church and bell tower.

Crowland Abbey - West front of the ruined nave (13th C) next to the church and bell tower.

Crowland Abbey - Green Man

Crowland Abbey - Green Man

Crowland Abbey - Dog-toothed Norman arch.

Crowland Abbey - Dog-toothed Norman arch.

Crowland Abbey - Wooden epitaph on wall reads: 

“Beneath this place six foot in length, against ye Clarke pew, lyeth the Body of Abrm. Baly, he dyed ye 3 of Jan. 1704
Also ye Body of Mary his Wid: she dyed the 21 of May, 1705. Also ye Body of Abrm. son of ye sd. Abrm. and Mary he dyed ye 13 Jan.
1704 also 2 which dyed in their Enfancy.
"Mans life is like unto a winters day, some brake their fast, and so depart away, others stay dinner then departs full fed, the
longest age but supps and goes to bed.
U, Reader, then behold and see: as wee must now so must ye bee."

Crowland Abbey - Wooden epitaph on wall reads: “Beneath this place six foot in length, against ye Clarke pew, lyeth the Body of Abrm. Baly, he dyed ye 3 of Jan. 1704 Also ye Body of Mary his Wid: she dyed the 21 of May, 1705. Also ye Body of Abrm. son of ye sd. Abrm. and Mary he dyed ye 13 Jan. 1704 also 2 which dyed in their Enfancy. "Mans life is like unto a winters day, some brake their fast, and so depart away, others stay dinner then departs full fed, the longest age but supps and goes to bed. U, Reader, then behold and see: as wee must now so must ye bee."

A visit to #CrowlandAbbey (Croyland) today, believed to be the resting place of #HerewardTheWake

Well worth a visit.

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#StGuthlac
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Author Charles Kingsley 'Hereward the Wake' (1866)

Author Charles Kingsley 'Hereward the Wake' (1866)

Charles Kingsley's 'Hereward the Wake' (1866) transformed a medieval footnote into a Victorian icon. His historical novel not only catapulted Hereward to fame but set the standard for how his legend would be remembered. #HerewardTheWake #VictorianLiterature #CharlesKingsley

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Flyer promoting the Hereward Wargames Show in Peterborough on 7thy September

Flyer promoting the Hereward Wargames Show in Peterborough on 7thy September

The Hereward Wargames Show will take place at the Cresset Centre, Peterborough, England on Sunday 7th September.
Hereward-Wargames.co.uk
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Gōd Cristesmæsse 7 Gēol ēadig!

Good Christ's Mass and blessed Yule!

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In the Winter of 1062 Hereward was exiled at the age of 18 and travelled north to Northumbria on the invitation of his godfather Gilbert of Ghent.

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Ingulph's Chronicle of Crowland Abbey is another source for #Hereward from the Fenland monasteries with the claim Hereward was buried here alongside his wife Torfrida. The chronicle, purported to be written in the late 11th C is in fact a 14th/15th century forgery.
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