St. Mildred's Statue
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St. Mildred's Statue
Image: © David Anstiss Taken: 24 Oct 2010
On Image The first abbey in the village was founded by St. Domneva, a widowed noblewoman, whose daughter St. Mildred, is taken as the first Abbess. The tradition is that Domneva was granted as much land as a hind could run over in a day, the hind remains the village emblem. (Hence the deer in the statue). In 1027, King Cnut, gave the bones of St. Mildred and the lands of the ruined abbey to the Monks of St. Augustine's in Canterbury. But the Abbot had a great difficulty in claiming the remains. It is recorded, that he organised a raid on the shrine in the middle of the night, and escaped across the water, but was chased by the people of Thanet. Later, her relics were placed in a shrine, behind the high altar. See http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/adversaries/bios/mildred.html for more history of St. Mildred.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.331395
Longitude
1.314333