So much for Augustine. Aidan to the rescue! He was determined to go out and convert the Anglo-Saxons. He set up a monastery on Lindisfarne in 634 and from there did something amazing, something ...

This demonstrates that individuals were receiving medical attention and care at the monastery over successive generations.

The newly-converted Anglo-Saxons would have recognised the plant or tree image because it had a sacred place in their pagan religion. This sculpture shows how closely linked the monastery was to ...

Archaeologists have started their next phase of works to excavate an 8th Century monastery. The team from the University of Reading first discovered the Anglo-Saxon site in Cookham, Berkshire ...