The clock in Victoria railway station, Bombay.

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Tale of Years

AD 686

in The Copy Book

There are two posts in The Copy Book assigned to AD 686. To see all our posts in chronological order, go to the Tale of Years.

‘Your Child Shall Be Healed’

When the plague once again visited Northumbria, Bishop Cuthbert of Lindisfarne left his island retreat and brought comfort and healing to the suffering.

A Quick Study

After the monastery of St Paul in Jarrow was devasted by an epidemic, the Abbot had only a boy in his early teens to rely on.