Osgyth
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Osgyth was a Mercian noblewoman and prioress, venerated as an English saint since the 8th century, from soon after her death. She is primarily commemorated in the village of St Osyth, in Essex, near C
Gatehouse of the former St Osyth's Priory (later abbey), St Osyth, Essex
Quarrendon
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Quarrendon or Quarrendon Leas is a medieval English village near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England, which has been depopulated since the 16th century and is now a scheduled monument.
Osgyth
…include Sythe, Othith and Ositha. Born of a noble family, she became a nun and founded a priory near Chich which was later named after her. Born in Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire (at that time part of Mercia), she was the daughter of Frithuwald, a sub-king of Mercia in Surrey. Her mother was Wilburh, of the royal…
Ruins of St Peter's parish church