Eglingham, St. Maurice’s Church
Headstone Summaries
Sometime around AD 738, King Coelwulf of Northumbria founded a church at Eglingham, a document exists from that year recording granting Eglingham church to the monks of Lindisfarne Priory.
Coel the Old was the reputed ruler of Northern England after the Romans left. His memory lives on as “Old King Cole was a merry old soul…”
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