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St Osyth, Essex, 27 February 2005

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Which of these is not a monastery?

 

Why was Phil Harding particularly impressed with the gateway to St Osyth Priory?

 

The name Osyth (also spelt Osgyth, Osith and Ositha) derives from a combination of two Saxon words. The first, from 'os', is god: what is the other?

 

One of the names listed in late 14th-century documents from St Osyth was 'Gauger'. What was he likely to have been gauging?

 

What would two medieval men with the names Chapman and Kaufman have in common?

 

Architectural historian Brenda Watkin was able to date one of the buildings in St Osyth by reference to a 'diminished haunch'. Where did she find it?

 

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