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Woolpit (/ ˈ w ʊ l p ɪ t / WUUL-pit [1]) is a village in the English county of Suffolk, midway between the towns of Bury St. Edmunds and Stowmarket. In 2011 Woolpit parish had a population of 1,995. [ 2 ]
Village sign depicting the two green children of Woolpit, erected in 1977 [1] The legend of the green children of Woolpit concerns two children of unusual skin colour who reportedly appeared in the village of Woolpit in Suffolk, England, sometime in the 12th century, perhaps during the reign of King Stephen (r. 1135–1154). The children, found ...
Saint Mary's Church is the parish church of Woolpit, Suffolk, England.Much of the church was built in the fifteenth century. but its most salient feature, the spire, was rebuilt in 1870, thanks to the architect Richard Phipson.
Duke of Kent School is a coeducational, independent school for pupils aged 3–16 in Ewhurst, Surrey, England.It was formed in 1976 through the merger of Vanbrugh Castle School, Greenwich, and Woolpit School, Ewhurst.
The Green Child is the only completed novel by the English anarchist poet and critic Herbert Read. [1] Written in 1934 and first published by Heinemann in 1935, the story is based on the 12th-century legend of two green children who mysteriously appeared in the English village of Woolpit, speaking an apparently unknown language. [2]
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There is also a new paper just out: James Plumtree, 'Placing the Green Children of Woolpit', in Strangers at the Gate! Multidisciplinary Explorations of Communities, Borders, and Othering in Medieval Western Europe , ed. Simon C. Thomson, Explorations in Medieval Culture 21 (Leiden: Brill, 2022), pp. 202-224.
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