The Birth of the English Parish Church: from Romans to Normans
Frances Hurd
- Region:
- South East
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £80 plus travel expenses @ 50p per mile
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 25th March 2023
Why do we have parish churches at all, and how did they develop? Were there local churches where the Romans were here? Are there any links between the sites chosen for Christian churches, and the pagan sites used for worship in earlier times? All these and many more questions are answered in this fully illustrated talk. Discover what a Saxon church looked like inside and out, and what form worship took for ordinary villagers. This talk is relevant to any part of England but draws most of its illustrations from Hampshire, Sussex and Wiltshire.
Views: 1213 | Enquiries: 5About Frances Hurd
Dr Frances Hurd is a historical researcher living in Chichester. She has worked in publishing, academia and the heritage sector.
Her current research interests are centred around the social and personal impact of the First World War, with a secondary interest in the lives of ordinary people during the 19th century.
She is happy to use Zoom when required.
PLEASE NOTE that she cannot undertake evening talks except in the Portsmouth/Chichester area.
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