# exploreyourarchive mickleham grimreaper

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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We can’t help feeling that Mr Edward Stretton, sexton at parish church in 1893, would have been a mysterious and rather unnerving sight in the graveyard! (9752/1/2/1)

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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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