Coronation coincidence is reason to vote for Somerset Day
IN the January 8 issue, you supported the proposal from Passion for Somerset to create an annual Somerset Day and readers were encouraged to vote for one of three nominated days.By a happy coincidence, there is more reason to vote for May 11 than the start of King Alfred’s campaign to remove the Danish invaders. This is the date in 973 AD of the coronation of King Edgar in Bath Abbey.The coronation service, for the man who would be the first king of a united England, was devised and conducted by…

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Author: Central Somerset Gazette