Gardeners' World (1968)
S07E12 Nuns in Northumbria - Hartlepool, County Durham
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Season 7
Episode 12
Episode Overview
In 1833, construction workers in Hartlepool, Northumbria, uncovered name stones and skeletons in what had once been the graveyard of Hartlepool Abbey. Time Team delves into the remnants of this monastery, founded by St Hilda, exploring the front gardens and traffic islands of the contemporary town. They discover the foundations of a significant Saxon structure, traces of a high-status medieval building, a book clasp dating back to the monastery's era, and the intact skeleton of a woman who lived between 630 and 770, as determined by later carbon dating. They also create a book featuring an ornate leather cover adorned with a silver lamb medallion, inspired by a mold previously unearthed at the site.
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Season 7 Episodes 13
1.
A Muslim Port In Spain - Denia, Spain
2.
The Mosaic at the Bottom of the Garden - Cirencester, Gloucestershire
3.
One of the First Spitfires Lost in France - Wierre-Effroy, France
4.
An Iron-Age Roundhouse and a Henge - Waddon, Dorset
5.
Hadrian's Wall - Birdoswald, Cumbria
6.
In Search of the Earliest Traces of Mankind - Elveden, Suffolk
7.
The Missing Cathedral and the Diabetic Prior - Coventry, West Midlands
8.
The Royalists' Last Stand - Basing House, Hampshire
9.
A Bronze-Age Barrow and Walkway - Flag Fenn, Cambridgeshire
10.
In Search of the Palace of King Offa - Sutton, Hereford
11.
A Roman Temple in Sight of the Millennium Dome - Greenwich Park, London
12.
Nuns in Northumbria - Hartlepool, County Durham
13.
The Roman Fortress of Eboracum - York, Yorkshire
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