parish church

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Unearthing a medieval mystery: The search for Saline’s ‘lost’ church

Historical records attest that the present parish church at Saline in West Fife had a medieval predecessor, but the exact location of this building has been lost over time. Linda Moyes and John Gooder report on recent efforts to find it once more.

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CA 402 Letters – August

Your thoughts on issues raised by CA.

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Burials uncovered at Leicester Cathedral

All individuals will be carefully reburied following completion of the research work.

LEFT The medieval canons of Exeter Cathedral produced numerous forged charters in the 1060s, including this one, which claimed that King Æthelstan of England (r. 924 939) had given them land in the Exe valley.

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Clerical sinners and forgeries

Quarreling was commonplace, especially over who was entitled to sit in ‘the best’ pews. Clergy complained about being assaulted: one Kentish aristocrat took his hawk to church in 1514 and punched the vicar in the face when chastised for doing so.