DEERHURST

c. 700: The beginnings of the minster church and religious community

The church is built in the early 9th century, during reign of King Coenwulf of Mercia (796–821)

802: Æthelmund buried at Deerhurst
c. 804: Æthelric visits Rome and makes his will

Alterations are made in the 10th century, some of fine quality; St Alphege perhaps begins his career here c. 950–960

1016: Kings Edmund and Cnut meet to agree on the division of England

1056: The building of Odda’s Chapel, Odda being one of the most important men in England and who had a residence here

c. 1070: Deerhurst becomes a cell of St Denis near Paris, other parts of its land go to Westminster Abbey

c. 1100: Church damaged by fire, perhaps in baronial revolt of 1088

1056: The building of Odda’s Chapel, Odda being one of the most important men in England and who had a residence here

c. 1180-1200: Arcades inserted into church

1056: The building of Odda’s Chapel, Odda being one of the most important men in England and who had a residence here

c.1320-40: West doorway and some of the aisle windows were rebuilt, and a Lady Chapel and private chantry chapel was built in the north aisle; tower extended in height, possibly after the 1350s.

1443: Deerhurst declared denizen (free of the control of St-Denis)

1467: Deerhurst becomes cell of Tewkesbury

Late 15th – early 16th centuries: Alterations to the nave including new roof, clerestory and benches

1540: The priory is dissolved and Deerhurst becomes a parish church

1620s: Seating installed around communion table, expressing how the Puritan majority wished to worship

1853: Death of the geologist and naturalist Hugh Edwin Strickland of Apperley Court

1861-62: Restoration under the architect William Slater

1885: Discovery of Odda’s Chapel

1960s-1970s: Repairs and archaeological investigations

ENGLAND

c. 650: Kingdom of the Hwicce in the south-west Midlands

c. 720 – c. 820: The age of the Mercian supremacy

c. 780: The Hwicce absorbed into Mercia
789-793: The first Viking attacks

802: Battle of Kempsford & death of Ealdorman Æthelmund

829: The West Saxons defeat Mercia

865: Arrival of the Great Heathen Army

871: Final defeat of armies of Northumbria, Mercia and East Anglia

829: The West Saxons defeat Mercia878: Defeat of the Viking army by King Alfred, followed by the division of England and the establishment of the Danelaw

865: Arrival of the Great Heathen Army

871: Final defeat of armies of Northumbria, Mercia and East Anglia

878: Defeat of the Viking army by King Alfred, followed by the division of England and the establishment of the Danelaw

Cnut the Great of Denmark becomes King of England in 1042: Edward the Confessor is crowned

1066: Battle of Hastings and start of Norman Conquest

Conflict for succession after death of William the Conqueror in 1087

The Third Crusade (1189-1192)

1485: Battle of Bosworth ends the Wars of the Roses

The Reformation and the Dissolution of the Monasteries

Controversy over the liturgy was one of the causes of the English Civil War (1642-1651)

Scientific discovery (The Origin of Species published 1859) and religious revival including the restoration of Gothic churches