Location: Christchurch / Hampshire

Factoid List

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Event ASC  900 A, <901> B, 901 CDG   Ęthelwald 35 seized the estate at Wimborne and Twinham without permission.
Transaction S1741      King Eadred 16 to Dunstan 1; grant of 2 hides at Twinam, i.e. Christchurch, Hants..
Event WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  v.262   Anonymous 10091 had been reduced to a sorry state by the seizing up of the ligaments of his hams that he could proceed only on his knees, looking more like a beast than a man. He set off to Christ's Church, hoping of a miracle, in a hired cart; Malmesbury offered him hospitality as he travelled though. On Saturday night, soon after the feast of St Aldhelm 3, the cripple crept into the church, where he fell as though in trance at the altar, waking up completely healed.
Event WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  v.266-7   Anonymous 10092, a fisherman from the Isle of Wight, suddenly went blind whilst in the sea. Rescued by his mates, we went to Christchurch hoping for a cure. Three years later he was prompted in a dream to go to Malmesbury, which he did. On the eighth day, a Sunday, he was prostate before the crucifix in the church, and his sight returned as blood burst dripping from his eyes. This event increased Aldhelm 3's prestige among the Normans, which resulted in the translation of his relics in the presence of bishop Osmund 23 in 1078.
Possession GDB  38v (Hampshire 1:28) William 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 virgate in Christchurch, Hampshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  38v (Hampshire 1:28) Edward 15 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 virgate in Christchurch, Hampshire (in 1066)