# exploreyourarchive

Did you know medieval pilgrims brought gifts to St Cuthbert’s Shrine in ?

We have an inventory of gifts dated 1383 which lists a unicorn’s horn & griffin's claw. 🦄

Can you guess what these mysterious objects were?

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The Archives often take in new material & were recently given this sketch of a name plaque for the Chapel. It’s from 1882 & lines up with sketches we already have but the Chapel doesn’t depict St Peter or use cherubs around the names

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Our post for is a challenge from our Baldwin Family Papers. Can you decode the message from Rudyard Kipling to his Uncle, Edward Poynter? Sent in 1870, this postcard is written as a mysterious picture code. https://t.co/B3W8GisPl2

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