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    Northumbria, Oswy (Oswiu) as Streoneshalh (the older name for Whitby). He appointed Lady Hilda, abbess of Hartlepool Abbey and grand-niece of Edwin, the first...
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    king of Northumbria, founded the first abbey, under the abbess Hilda. The Synod of Whitby was held there in 664 AD. In 867 AD, Viking raiders destroyed...
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  • a variant of Hilda. Another variation on Hild is Hildur. Hilda is the name of: Hilda of Whitby (c. 614-680), English saint Princess Hilda of Nassau (1864–1952)...
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  • institutions. The synod was summoned at Hilda's double monastery of Streonshalh (Streanæshalch), later called Whitby Abbey. There are two principal sources...
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    Anglo-Saxon saint Hilda of Whitby and was founded in 1893 as a hall for women; it remained a women's college until 2008. St Hilda's was the last single-sex...
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    Anglican church of St Hilda of Whitby and the Roman Catholic church of St Martin de Porres share a site on Fleetwood Road. St Hilda's is part of the ecclesiastical...
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    great estate of Whitby in the North Riding of Yorkshire, where he re-founded the Abbey of St. Hilda's, and appointed his brother Serlo de Percy the first...
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  • Furthermore, the building at number 1 The Shambles is named Barghest. The town of Whitby is also associated with the spectre, and yet another haunted an area of...
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    Whitby Strand was a wapentake and liberty in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was one of thirteen wapentakes across the old North Riding of Yorkshire...
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  • St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls is an Australian independent non-selective Anglican single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school for...
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    Anglo-Saxon England were heavily influenced by the monastic system of Gaul. Hilda of Whitby, abbess of the most famous double house in England, had originally...
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  • protagonist, is a fictionalisation of the early life of the historic abbess Hilda of Whitby. Groff's Matrix shares some striking similarities with Hild, including...
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    Cædmon (category People from Whitby)
    the double monastery of Streonæshalch (now known as Whitby Abbey) during the abbacy of St. Hilda, he was originally ignorant of "the art of song" but...
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  • Boniface Mysteries. She received favourable reviews for her portrayal of Dame Hilda in the 2010 production of If So, Then Yes by N. F. Simpson with critic Michael...
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  • Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale, founds Gisborough Priory and grants the church of St Hilda of "Middleburg" (Middlesbrough) to Whitby Abbey. Construction...
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    of Normandy. Robert I (de Brus), 1st Lord of Annandale, grants and confirms the church of St. Hilda of Middlesbrough to Whitby. September 19 – A severe...
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    lived at the double monastery of Streonæshalch (Whitby Abbey) during the abbacy (657–680) of St. Hilda (614–680). According to Bede, he "was wont to make...
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    town was known as Whitley until the 1890s, by which time confusion with Whitby, in North Yorkshire, regularly caused mail to be misdirected. The final...
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    the same time Sigeberht established a monastery at Beodricesworth. Hilda of Whitby was the grand-niece of Edwin of Northumbria. In 627 Edwin and his household...
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  • Wilfrid (section Whitby)
    Alhfrith. Those supporting the "Celtic" viewpoint were King Oswiu, Hilda, the Abbess of Whitby, Cedd, a bishop, and Colmán of Lindisfarne, the Bishop of Lindisfarne...
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  • important Northumbrian connection: in 657, Hilda established the monastery of Streoneshalh (identified with Whitby), which later became the burial-place of...
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    Moors National Park. It is located approximately six miles from the town of Whitby. Amenities include shooting and fishing; the estate also hosts weddings...
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    retrieved 8 April 2021 Taking Stock Sunderland – St Hilda from Historic England, retrieved 8 April 2021 St Hilda, Sacred Heart, St Benet from WearCatholic.org...
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    Peter Swallow (category Alumni of St Hilda's College, Oxford)
    University of St Andrews and a Master of Studies (MSt) degree from St Hilda's College, Oxford. He undertook a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at King's...
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  • Cook Museum, Whitby 10 December 2015 Chinese Legalism Frances Wood, Former Curator of the Chinese Collections at the British Library Hilde de Weerdt, Professor...
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    Elfleda, the daughter of Oswiu of Northumbria, who succeeded St Hilda as abbess of Whitby in 680. The meeting was held on Coquet Island, further south....
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    were considered to be evidence for the actions of saints, such as Hilda of Whitby, a myth referenced in Sir Walter Scott's Marmion, and Saint Patrick...
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  • of his grand-niece Hereswitha, sister of Hilda of Whitby, to Æthelric, Rædwald's nephew. Hereswith and Hilda were under Edwin's protection and were baptised...
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    English People says that a Northumbrian noble, Hereric (father of Hilda of Whitby), an exiled member of the Northumbrian royal house was killed with...
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  • Saint symbolism: Saints (A–H) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    of Lincoln with his attributes, among them the swan Saint Hilda holding a model of Whitby Abbey Christian symbolism Arma Christi Animals in Christian...
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