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St Osyth
According to legend when St Osyth was murdered she miraculously picked up her head and walked to the church.
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Sacred Spring
Where St Osyth was murdered a sacred spring gushed forth. The actual spring is on private property, however pictured is a similar sacred spring in Stevington, Bedfordshire
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What St Osyth's Spri...
Where St Osyth was murdered a sacred spring gushed forth. The waters were used to cure all manner of illnesses. The well site is apparently still in existence in Nun’s Wood, about a mile and a half from the Priory House. It is a spring with a brick culvert feeding a pond (named on the 1880 OS map ...
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Sacred Spring
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Viking Warrior
In October, 653, a band of Vikings under Inguar and Hubba landed in the neighbourhood and ravaged the country. They met St Osyth in the woods near her nunnery, and commanded the young abbess to worship their gods; she refused and an angry Hubba cut of her head.
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St Osyth's Creek
A group a Vikings landed in the muddy creek of chich (now St Osyth)in 653 looking to loot the surrounding countryside.
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St Osyth, Essex
A group a Vikings landed in the muddy creek of chich (now St Osyth)in 653 looking to loot the surrounding countryside.
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St Osyth, Essex
The site of her death became a shrine and many miracles were said to have occurred there. Nearby a busy settlement grew up named after the saint.
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St Osyth, Essex
The site of her death became a shrine and many miracles were said to have occurred there. Nearby a busy settlement grew up named after the saint.
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St Osyth, Essex
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St Osyth, Essex
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St Osyth is remember...
St. Osyth was a Mercian princess who founded the church of St. Peter and Paul, and instituted a nunnery, supposed to be the most ancient monastic establishment in England in the village that now bears her name.
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