Bendigo 2,625 Posted Sunday at 15:35 Report Share Posted Sunday at 15:35 1 hour ago, steve66 said: Is that in south yorkshire by any chance ? its said he laid here before been moved up to Durham cathedral for his funeral No it's on the Lancashire coast 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 31,959 Posted Sunday at 17:27 Report Share Posted Sunday at 17:27 2 hours ago, steve66 said: Is that in south yorkshire by any chance ? its said he laid here before been moved up to Durham cathedral for his funeral Didn’t he die on Farne islands and was initially buried at Lindisfarne before being moved to Durham Cathedral?I went to school in Sunderland and we went to Durham Cathedral a few times. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 30,426 Posted Sunday at 17:48 Report Share Posted Sunday at 17:48 16 minutes ago, mackem said: Didn’t he die on Farne islands and was initially buried at Lindisfarne before being moved to Durham Cathedral?I went to school in Sunderland and we went to Durham Cathedral a few times. Isn’t the myth that the village of Pity Me near Sunderland is where the monks carrying Cuthbert body to Durham, dropped him and the corpse said “ have pity on me” ? I prefer the simpler explanation that “Pity Me” is the anglicised corruption of the Norman French “ Petit Mere” , small lake Cheers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 31,959 Posted Sunday at 17:57 Report Share Posted Sunday at 17:57 6 minutes ago, chartpolski said: Isn’t the myth that the village of Pity Me near Sunderland is where the monks carrying Cuthbert body to Durham, dropped him and the corpse said “ have pity on me” ? That is correct mate,apparently the monks were fleeing from vikings,the legend also goes st cuthberts body hadn’t decomposed a decade after first being buried,or so we were told at school. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bendigo 2,625 Posted Sunday at 19:26 Report Share Posted Sunday at 19:26 ....so are you saying he wasn't in Lancashire? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 31,959 Posted Sunday at 19:56 Report Share Posted Sunday at 19:56 28 minutes ago, Bendigo said: ....so are you saying he wasn't in Lancashire? Not saying him or his corpse never spent a night or two there,just saying where he is buried (Durham Cathedral) and where he was buried before that (Lindisfarne). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 4,094 Posted Monday at 08:24 Report Share Posted Monday at 08:24 Think this explains the mix up CUTHBERT’S HAVEN. Fishlake and the St Cuthbert connection. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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