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St Augustine at Long Compton - The Plague Pits of London

Vanessa Collingridge investigates the myth of St Augustine at Long Compton in Warwickshire.

St Augustine at Long Compton in Warwickshire
Mark Morris is a member of the Long Compton History Society and he approached Making History to clarify a local rumour. Did Saint Augustine of Canterbury visit the village in the sixth century and if so why?

Making History consulted the Reverend Professor Matthew Steenberg from Leeds Trinity and All Saints.

The Plague Pits of London
Making History listener Sally Browne recalls stories from her youth about shrubs marking the spot where plague victims were buried in the City of London. Is this true and what was the extent of the burial sites she asks?

Making History consulted Justin Champion Professor of the History of Early Modern Ideas at Royal Holloway College, University of London.

30 minutes

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Tue 7 Oct 2008 15:00

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