Exploring the legacy of Ethelburga – a community project focused on the Anglo-Saxon heritage of Lyminge, a village in the Elham Valley in East Kent.
Despite the current lock-down, we are still able to carry on with some work streams for the project. Yesterday, Gabor Thomas and I had a video conference with the team at the Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture (CSCC) at the University of York who will be preparing for us the digital reconstructions … Continue reading Exploring how our church has changed through time
Followers of this blog who have delved into the list of suggested reading may have downloaded my paper 'Antiquarians, Victorian Parsons and Re-writing the Past: How Lyminge Parish Church acquired an invented dedication', which was published in Archaeologia Cantiana, the journal of the Kent Archaeological Society, in 2017. This explores how the Rector of Lyminge … Continue reading Discovering St Eadburh of Lyminge
In 1885, workmen carrying out work in the chancel of St Mary and St Eanswythe, Folkestone, discovered a lead casket containing a collection of bones. At the time, it was thought that these could be the relics of St Eanswythe, patronal saint of Folkestone and niece of our own Queen Ethelburga in Lyminge. But there … Continue reading Eanswythe found!
This is a reminder that there will be a public talk about last summer's dig to excavate the 7th Century church in Lyminge, hosted by the Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust, tomorrow evening Thursday 16 January 2020. The talk is entitled: Invention and imagination: re-interpreting the early masonry church uncovered in Lyminge during 2019 The … Continue reading Reminder about the next talk on the dig
The Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust have published their talk schedule for the new year. This confirms the time and venue for my next talk: Invention and imagination: re-interpreting the early masonry church uncovered in Lyminge during 2019 The talk will be at 7pm on Thursday 16 January 2020 in Room Newton NG07 at Christ … Continue reading Update on the next talk about the excavation at Lyminge
Many thanks to the residents of Etchinghill who turned out on a dismal November morning to here a talk in the village hall on “Ethelburga’s legacy: the exceptional discoveries in the churchyard at Lyminge during the summer of 2019”. So many people came along it was necessary to put out extra chairs; it was great … Continue reading Capacity crowd at Etchinghill
Particularly if you were not able to attend Gabor's end of dig talk on 31 August, there will be a number of opportunities to catch up on the findings from the dig over the coming months. I will be giving an illustrated talk at Etchinghill Open House, in the village hall, on 25 November, entitled … Continue reading Forthcoming talks about the dig
Readers of this blog over the summer will recall how we unexpectedly uncovered the remains of substantial walls due east of the War Memorial. At the time, these were interpreted as the remains of the Archbishops' residence or Aula, which was built in the 11th Century and at least partially demolished in the 14th Century. … Continue reading A view of the Archbishops’ residence
There was a great deal of excitement in Lyminge Library today as we held our first launch event and sold the first copies of our first project publication: Diary of a Dig. The book is the joint work of Liz Coleman and Rob Baldwin, who between them were responsible for writing the daily blog posts … Continue reading Our book launch
With the better weather this week, the work of back-filling the site is proceeding apace. The great spoil heaps have been reduced and they are being used to fill the area that was dug over the course of the summer. The type 3 aggregate sub-base for the new path has now been laid over the … Continue reading Back-filling continues
