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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.

  • About
    • Our Project Objectives
    • Why is the domain name “Geopaethas” ?
  • Latest News
  • FIND OUT MORE
    • Anglo-Saxon Lyminge – why the village is so significant
    • Who was Ethelburga?
    • Excavating Queen Ethelburga’s Church
    • Uncovering the history of the church in Lyminge
    • Lyminge is unique!
    • What’s in a name – where does the name Lyminge come from?
    • Why is Lyminge Parish Church important?
    • Angles, Saxons and Anglo-Saxons: Ethnic identities in southern Britain in the 5th-9th Centuries AD
    • Further reading on Anglo-Saxon Lyminge
    • The Stones of Lyminge
  • THE ROYAL SAXON WAY
    • The churches of the Royal Saxon Way
    • The Royal Saxon Women of the Royal Saxon Way
  • NEW ART IN LYMINGE
    • ‘Eternal Source’
    • ‘Two Saints’
    • ‘Monument to Ethelburga’
    • ‘The Ethelburga Quilt’
  • Contact us
  • DONATE
  • PRINTS OF QUEEN ETHELBURGA’S CHURCH FOR SALE

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Re-creating Queen Ethelburga’s church

October 7, 2020November 30, 2020 ~ geopaethas ~ 1 Comment

We are delighted to unveil the first view of how Queen Ethelburga's church may have looked around 650 AD shortly after her death.  This view has been wonderfully recreated for us by Dom Andrews, archaeological illustrator. We have based the view above on as much actual detail as we have, but inevitably in order to … Continue reading Re-creating Queen Ethelburga’s church

Visualising Ethelburga’s church

July 1, 2020July 18, 2020 ~ geopaethas ~ 2 Comments

The dig in the church yard began just a year ago this month.  Readers of this blog will be familiar with images of the Anglo-Saxon church that we uncovered, and that we are reasonably confident was built around the middle of the 7th Century. So this could be the church built by Ethelburga for the … Continue reading Visualising Ethelburga’s church

Day 38 – Media Day!

August 21, 2019 ~ geopaethas ~ 1 Comment

The BBC were on site in the morning recording for the South East News programme.  We were initially scheduled to give a live broadcast on the lunchtime bulletin, but this was pulled at the last moment.  The broadcast went out on the 6.30pm bulletin, available here on IPlayer but only until 7pm on 21 August. … Continue reading Day 38 – Media Day!

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  • ABOUT THE PROJECT
    • Our Project Objectives
    • Why is the domain name “Geopaethas” ?
  • Blogs
  • FIND OUT MORE
    • Anglo-Saxon Lyminge – why the village is so significant
    • Who was Ethelburga?
    • Why is Lyminge Parish Church important?
    • Excavating Queen Ethelburga’s Church
    • Uncovering the history of the church in Lyminge
    • Lyminge is unique!
    • What’s in a name – where does the name Lyminge come from?
    • Angles, Saxons and Anglo-Saxons: Ethnic identities in southern Britain in the 5th-9th Centuries AD
    • Further reading on Anglo-Saxon Lyminge
    • The Stones of Lyminge
  • THE ROYAL SAXON WAY
    • The churches of the Royal Saxon Way
    • The Royal Saxon Women of the Royal Saxon Way
  • NEW ART IN LYMINGE
    • ‘Eternal Source’
    • ‘Two Saints’
    • ‘Monument to Ethelburga’
    • ‘The Ethelburga Quilt’
  • CONTACT US
  • DONATE
  • PRINTS OF QUEEN ETHELBURGA’S CHURCH FOR SALE

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