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Cuthbert and the Sorrowful Ravens Clay Lane

The Northumbrian monk was touched by two thieving birds who repented of their misdeeds.

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From the Tyne and Wear Archives. Public domain.

As I Came Through Sandgate John Telford

... I heard John Wesley sing. A visitor on the quayside on Sunday May 30th, 1742, would have stumbled into a crowd agape and a determined clergyman singing psalms.

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‘Why Am I Still Lying Here?’ St Bede of Jarrow

Cuthbert, struck down by plague, was vexed to find that his brethren had been praying for him all the previous night.

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By Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

Crowley’s Crew The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend

The blacksmiths of Crowley’s ironworks in Winlaton and Swalwell took it upon themselves to regulate prices in the markets of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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Cuthbert and the White Rider Clay Lane

The young Christian from ancient Northumbria was healed of a lame leg in a manner that reminded Bede of the archangel Rafael.

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Cuthbert and Hildemer’s Wife Clay Lane

Cuthbert’s friend comes asking for a priest to attend his dying wife — so long as it isn’t Cuthbert.

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By A. D. Lewis, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

The Man who Made the Headlines Clay Lane

William Stead conceived modern print journalism in the belief that newspapers could change the world.

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