Odda's Chapel (England)
Tour of Odda's Chapel - 7/11/15
Music by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Odda's Chapel is a surviving Anglo-Saxon church at Deerhurst, Gloucestershire. Earl Odda had it built for the benefit of the soul of his brother Ælfric, who died on 22 December 1053. Ealdred, Bishop of Worcester consecrated it; an inscription dates the dedication to 12 April 1056. The chapel is partly incorporated into a 16th or early 17th century farmhouse and was being used for accommodation when in 1865 its historic significance was realised. In 1885 Odda's Chapel was recognised as a chapel and disentangled from the farmhouse called Abbot's Court.
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Odda's Chapel
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A Little Sanctuary .wmv
In 1865 a 16th or early 17th century farmhouse in the village of Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, was being partly demolished and renovated when its structure was found to include one of the most complete Anglo-Saxon chapels to survive anywhere in the country.
It had been built by Earl Odda in memory of his brother Aelfric, who died in 1053, and was consecrated by Bishop Ealdred in 1056.
When Admiral R. A. Hopwood (1868-1949) visited the chapel he described this chain of events in a poem called 'A Little Sanctuary'. Here a reading of the poem is accompanied by photographs taken when I too visited the chapel in April, 2011. Now a Grade 1 listed building, Odda's Chapel is maintained by English Heritage.
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Apperley is a small village in Gloucestershire, England. It is part of the parish of its smaller and more famous neighbour, Deerhurst.
The village has a thriving cricket club that reached the final of the National Village Cricket Championship in 1998. The England cricketer Alfred Dipper was born in the village.
Apperley is 2 miles southeast of the Worcestershire border, 7 miles to the northwest of Gloucester, 21 miles to the south of Worcester and 4 miles to the southwest of Tewkesbury.
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Western league cyclocross 2017 rd 15 senior and junior men
Round 15 of the western league 2017 cyclocross senior and junior men at Odda's Chapel in Deerhurst Glouscestershire
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Edward the Confessor (Old English: Ēadƿeard Andettere [æːɑdwæɑrˠd ɑndetere], Latin: Eduardus Confessor Classical Latin: [ɛ.dʊˈar.dʊs kɔ̃ˈfɛs.sɔr]; c. 1003 – 5 January 1066), also known as Saint Edward the Confessor, was among the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England. Usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex, he ruled from 1042 to 1066.
The son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, Edward succeeded Cnut the Great's son – and his own half brother – Harthacnut, restoring the rule of the House of Wessex after the period of Danish rule since Cnut (better known as Canute) conquered England in 1016. When Edward died in 1066, he was succeeded by Harold Godwinson, who was defeated and killed in the same year by the Normans under William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. Edgar the Ætheling, who was of the House of Wessex, was proclaimed king after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but never ruled and was deposed after about eight weeks.
Historians disagree about Edward's fairly long (24-year) reign. His nickname reflects the traditional image of him as unworldly and pious. Confessor reflects his reputation as a saint who did not suffer martyrdom, as opposed to King Edward the Martyr. Some portray Edward the Confessor's reign as leading to the disintegration of royal power in England and the advance in power of the House of Godwin, due to the infighting that began after his heirless death. Biographers Frank Barlow and Peter Rex, on the other hand, portray Edward as a successful king, one who was energetic, resourceful and sometimes ruthless; they argue that the Norman conquest shortly after his death tarnished his image. However, Richard Mortimer argues that the return of the Godwins from exile in 1052 meant the effective end of his exercise of power, citing Edward's reduced activity as implying a withdrawal from affairs.About a century later, in 1161, Pope Alexander III canonised the late king. Saint Edward was one of England's national saints until King Edward III adopted Saint George as the national patron saint in about 1350. Saint Edward's feast day is 13 October, celebrated by both the Church of England and the Catholic Church in England and Wales.