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An explanation of place names and their Saxon origins like the word 'bury' meaning fortified place which lends its name to Banbury, Shaftsbury, Salisbury. It also covers some county name origins like Essex coming from the East Saxons.
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A description of a chieftain's house and the compound and buildings around it, together with a description of a poorer house and why they kept their animals inside their houses.
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A description of how the Saxons changed from worshipping pagan gods to becoming Christian after Pope Gregory sent a monk called Augustine to convert them.
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A description of a typical village house; what people drank and ate and how they cooked. It also includes where they went to the toilet.
This unique workshop is powerfully educational and utterly entertaining. The first phase of the workshop consists of building a scale model of a Motte and Bailey castle followed then by the construction of Rochester Castle keep and walls. The workshop looks at the development of castles, showing youngsters how castles were built and what the different areas were for etc.
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