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unusual facts about Wormhout


Winnoc

(c. 640-c. 716/717) was an abbot or prior of Wormhout who came from Wales.


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ALG Wormhout

For more than six weeks, the five Auster Mark V aircraft of 'B' Flight operated from ALG Wormhout.

Philip van Wilder

Like Peter van Wilder, who also worked in the Tudor court and was presumably related to him, Philip was probably born in Millam, near Wormhout, or in the nearby village of Wylder ("Wilder" in Dutch).

Winnoc

He was originally buried at Wormhout, but his relics were translated to Bergues-Saint-Winnoc in 899.

Winnoc came to Flanders, to the Monastery of Saint-Omer, then ruled by St. Bertin, with three companions, and was soon afterwards sent to found at Wormhout, a dependent cell or priory (not an abbey, as it is generally called).


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