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The first four Tuesdays of the month will feature piano recitals by accomplished professional concert pianists.
A couple from Romsey will celebrate their platinum wedding anniversary this month, a rare milestone in marriage.
The Romsey Abbey peregrines are thought to have established a nest in March An abbey has recorded its first-ever peregrine falcon eggs, experts have said. Romsey Abbey in Hampshire suspended flag ...
For the past few months, archaeologists have been testing a full head of hair found in a coffin. Is it the hair of a saint?
ROMSEY Abbey clocktower will be lit green in memory of two babies who passed away from a fatal disease. Ellie Mae Muir and Alesha Vincent both passed away before reaching the age of one from ...
Romsey Abbey is marking its 900th anniversary of the present Norman church which is believed to have been started in c1120. The Abbey itself has a much longer history, going back to c907 ...
Romsey Abbey dates from the year 907, when the Saxon King Edward the Elder, a son of Alfred the Great, built a home for a religious community of nuns that included his daughter, Elflaeda.
Romsey Abbey was originally built as a convent. It was founded in 907 by a son of Alfred the Great, and refounded in about 960 under the rule of St Benedict. In about the year 1000 the abbess was one ...
Economist, scientist and philosopher Sir William Petty, who was a supporter of Oliver Cromwell, was also buried at Romsey Abbey after his death in London in 1687. Related articles.
Romsey Abbey in Hampshire suspended flag-flying in March to allow a pair of falcons to nest undisturbed on the roof. Two eggs have been laid, Hampshire Ornithological Society confirmed.