THE DEATH OF EDMUND
Hoxne: killing-place of King Edmund?
The death of Edmund, king of East Anglia, is recorded by his chronicler Abbo as occurring at Hægelisdun. His burial was at a place called Sutton.
There are a few contenders …
Hoxne: killing-place of King Edmund?
The death of Edmund, king of East Anglia, is recorded by his chronicler Abbo as occurring at Hægelisdun. His burial was at a place called Sutton.
There are a few contenders …
Rare depictions of the sacral king.
The thatched church of St Mary at Thornham Parva, six miles south of Diss, houses one of Suffolk’s rarest treasures.
This tiny, unprepossessing Saxon church is …
Iken is one of the most sacred places in Suffolk. The lonely church, jutting out into the widening Alde estuary, has a strong spirit of place, yet is also remote. …
The Suffolk landscape continues to be mythologised into the 21st century, in the form of this Chartres-style maze on the outskirts of Rougham.
Located in a quiet retreat at Oak Lane, …
The A12’s bisection of Blythburgh could easily destroy any atmosphere this important village might retain. But walking down Church Road, a sense of expectation builds. Then the roar of traffic …
A wodewose (derived from the Old English wudu – wood or forest) is a ‘wild man’; a hairy forest-dwelling embodiment of nature, closely linked in its symbolism to the green …
The flint round-towered churches of Suffolk are some of its most enigmatic and atmospheric. Sometimes remote and isolated, often hidden from view behind a screen of trees, these towers loom out …