Month: May 2026
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The life of the Venerable Bede, England’s great historian.Â
Bede was born around 672/673 AD (the exact timing isn’t known) in the kingdom of Northumbria, in what is now the northeastern England. Not much is known about his family, but at the age of seven he was sent to live at a monastery of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey. Abbot Benedict Biscop took the young Bede under…
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A Lifetime Bringing History to Life
Our lovely visitor, Liz Wesencraft from Traders invaders and raiders, is retiring. Liz and her late husband, Russ, joined us over 10 years ago, back when we were still called Viking School Visits. It quickly became clear that they had so much more to offer than just Vikings and Anglo-Saxons, and together we expanded into…