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Caedmon Learns to Sing

Based on an account by St Bede of Jarrow

A shy and unmusical stable-hand suddenly began to sing wise and moving hymns.

St Hild at Whitby

By St Bede of Jarrow

Hild founded an abbey that poured out a stream of priests and bishops for the revitalised English Church.

Sir Titus Salt

By Clay Lane

His alpaca-wool mills near Bradford proved the social benefits of private enterprise in the right hands.

The Tale of Beggar’s Bridge

By Clay Lane

The proof of Thomas Ferres’s rags-to-riches tale is quite literally written in stone, but popular lore adds some tantalising and romantic detail.

St Wilfrid and the Angel of Light

Based on an account by Stephen of Ripon

St Wilfrid finds comfort during his tussle with the King of Northumbria

St Wilfrid and the Sheriff’s Wife

Based on an account by Stephen of Ripon

St Wilfrid brings healing to the wife of his own gaoler.