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4 unusual facts about Eastry


Æthelred and Æthelberht

According to the legend, the princes were very pious Christian youths and lived at Eastry, Kent, at a royal dwelling belonging to their cousin King Egberht.

Eastry

One of Kent's oldest legends concerns King Ecgberht of Kent and the murder of his cousins within the palace walls.

Great Wakering

Two Christian cousins of King Ecgberht of Kent, named Aethelred and Aethelberht, were murdered at Eastry, a royal dwelling in the Kingdom of Kent, during King Ecgberht's reign (664-673).

Henry Harvey

Henry Harvey was born in Eastry, Kent in 1743, the second son of Richard and Elizabeth Harvey.


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Canterbury Cathedral

Most of the work was done during the priorate of Thomas Chillenden (1391–1411): Chillenden also built a new choir screen at the east end of the nave, into which Eastry's existing screen was incorporated.

Edward Walter Solly

Born in Eastry, Kent, Solly made his debut against Cambridge University in early June 1903, taking a single wicket, that of Leonard Harper.


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