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4 unusual facts about Walstan


Bawburgh

Bawburgh is a significant location in the legend of St Walstan, the 10th-11th century patron saint of farm labourers.

Costessey

Costessey features in the legend of St Walstan, the little-known patron saint of farm labourers, who is remembered in villages across Norfolk and north Suffolk.

Taverham

The patron saint of Taverham is St Walstan who according to legend lived and worked in the village in the 11th century.

Walstan

Icons dating from before the English Reformation occur mostly in Norfolk and Suffolk, but in modern times his cult has extended to Buckinghamshire, Kent and - amazingly - to Rongai in Kenya, where a church was dedicated to St Walstan in 1988.


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