A journey around Anglo-Saxon histories and mythologies
From Crayford to Pegwell Bay, on Monday 30 July we (Beth and Fran, King’s College London) led the intrepid CRAY group around five sites associated with the founding legend of the arrival of Anglo-Saxons in Britain. Some of the sites were important to the Anglo-Saxons, and we know this thanks to archaeological or textual evidence. However, Some of the sites became linked with stories of the Anglo-Saxons later centuries, or even in the last 100 years. The children all thought about the difference between history and stories, why we remember the past, and made some fantastic creative work in response to the places we visited. St Paulinus Church A church has stood at this site since at least the 9th century according to archaeological remains, and it’s mentioned in the 1086 Domesday survey ordered by William I (the Conqueror). However, it’s likely that the site has been important for much longer. As the children noticed, the church is on a high point overlooking
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