St Thomas of Canterbury Brentwood Town Pilgrimage Children's Version Welcome to your very own pilgrimage. Brentwood’s church is named after St Thomas of Canterbury. St Thomas was made a Saint after he was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral. Christians look up to St Thomas as a very holy and good person. After his death more than 800 years ago, Christians used to walk to Canterbury in his honour. They were called pilgrims. The pilgrims used to stop in Brentwood on their way. To help them, a chapel was built in Brentwood 800 years ago. You can still see the ruins in front of the Baytree centre. You can walk your own pilgrimage around Brentwood this summer. Look out for the stops on the way and learn more about towns on the route between York and Canterbury. Mark your journey on the map and see how far the pilgrims had to walk by adding up all the numbers on the location signs. Don’t worry, our pilgrimage is much shorter! Start at A - York York is halfway between London and Edinburgh in Yorkshire. It has a beautiful Cathedral, called York Minister, built more than 1000 years ago. 1. Edinburgh is the capital city of which country? 2. The choristers at York Ministers wear red robes. What colour robes do the choristers at St Thomas’ wear? If you go to Brentwood Cathedral, what colour robes do they wear? Stop B - Selby Selby has an Abbey which was built more than 900 years ago. Monks, who devoted their life to serving God, used to live in the monastery at the Abbey. The Abbey has a famous window called the Washington window in memory of John Washington who was related to George Washington, the first President of the USA. 3. Can you see parts of the USA’s flag in the Washington Window? 4. What is the USA’s flag often called? @StThomasBrentwood www.st-thomas.org.uk. 01277 201094 Use #pilgrimstrailstthomas to share your journey on Social media Page 2 Stop C - Gainsborough More than 1000 years ago, Gainsburgh was the capital of England and Denmark. It didn’t last long – after five weeks, the King died and his son moved somewhere else. 5. What city is the capital of England today? 6. What is the name of the river that flows through it? 7. What is the name of the castle by Tower Bridge? Stop D - Lincoln The Cathedral at Lincoln was the tallest building in the world for over 200 years (1300–1549) but the central spire fell down in the sixteenth century and was not rebuilt. Lincoln is known for its cloth and wool, and Lincoln weavers produced Lincoln Cloth that was dyed "scarlet" and "green". 8. Can you think of someone who used to wear clothes of ‘Lincoln green’? 9. Who was his religious friend? Lincoln City Football team are nicknamed the Imps after a carved stone figures inside Lincoln Cathedral. Stop E - Grantham Grantham is a market and industrial town in Lincolnshire, also on the river Witham. St Wulfram's Church, Grantham, is a parish church in the Church of England in Grantham and its chief feature is the slender spire which stands 282.5 feet (86.1 m) high. The spire is the sixth highest in the country. 10. Isaac Newton went to school in Grantham. Which fruit is linked to his discovery of Gravity? @StThomasBrentwood www.st-thomas.org.uk. 01277 201094 Use #pilgrimstrailstthomas to share your journey on Social media Page 3 Stop F - Stamford The name Stamford means "stony ford". Stamford has been an important town since Roman times and it was the Romans who built Ermine Street, which crossed the River Welland to the west of the town, and runs as far as Lincoln. William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey started the annual Bull run after he had seen two bulls fighting in the meadow beneath his castle. One of the bulls escaped from the meadow and the Earl rode after it to catch it. He enjoyed this so much that he started the annual Bull Run which ran for over 600 years 11. A bull is male. What is the name of the female of the same species? 12. What item of ‘jewellery’ does a Bull often wears through its nose? Stop G - Peterborough Peterborough is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea 30 miles (48 km) to the north-east of the town. The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the West Front, was founded as a monastery in AD 655 and re-built in its present form between 1118 and 1238. Two Queens are buried at Peterborough Cathedral: Catherine of Aragon and Mary, Queen of Scots. 13. Who was Catherine of Aragon married to and which of his 6 wives was she? 14. What happened to her? @StThomasBrentwood www.st-thomas.org.uk. 01277 201094 Use #pilgrimstrailstthomas to share your journey on Social media Page 4 Stop H - Huntingdon Huntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England, chartered by King John in 1205. The name means "The huntsman's hill" or possibly "Hunta's hill". It was a well- known stop for coaches in the 18th and 19th centuries, particularly the George Hotel. The George Hotel was named after Saint George of England in 1574 and a famous highwayman is said to have been a customer. 15. Do you know the name of the highwayman? 16. Do you know what the name of his horse was? Stop I - Cambridge Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, on the River Cam. The University of Cambridge was founded in 1209 by Oxford students fleeing from hostility. The oldest existing college, Peterhouse, was founded in 1284. The buildings of the university include King's College Chapel, Cavendish Laboratory, and the Cambridge University Library The River Cam running through the city centre is used for boating and the University and its colleges are well known for rowing. 17. Who takes part in the famous annual Boat Race? 18. What are members of the crews traditionally called? Hint: it is a colour. Don't forget to add up how many miles the pilgrims walked... You will need the total to claim your treat at St Thomas' Church @StThomasBrentwood www.st-thomas.org.uk. 01277 201094 Use #pilgrimstrailstthomas to share your journey on Social media Page 5 Stop J - Saffron Walden Saffron Walden is a market town in north Essex. People have lived in the area from the Stone Age period. After the Norman invasion of 1066, a stone church and castle were built. Walden Castle dates from about 1140. St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden was built at the end of the 15th century. It is now the largest parish church in Essex. The town is best known for the saffron crocus that was widely grown locally. The stigmas of the flower were used in medicines, as a condiment, in perfume, as an expensive coloured dye called Saffron. 19. Saffron makes a dye. Do you know what colour it makes? Stop K - Chelmsford There has always been a settlement in and around Chelmsford since ancient times. In AD 60, a Roman fort was built and a civilian town grew up around it. The town was given the name of Caesaromagus (Caesar's field or Caesar's marketplace). Chelmsford is known as the birthplace of radio. In 1899, Guglielmo Marconi opened the world's first "wireless" factory under the name 'The Marconi Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company. In June 1920 the factory was the location of the first official publicised sound broadcast in the United Kingdom featuring Dame Nellie Melba, using two 450- foot (140-metre) radio broadcasting masts. The church of St Mary the Virgin was probably first built along with the town around 1200. It became a cathedral when the Anglican Diocese of Chelmsford was created in 1914 and is the seat of the Bishop of Chelmsford. It is officially the second smallest Cathedral in England behind Derby Cathedral. @StThomasBrentwood www.st-thomas.org.uk. 01277 201094 Use #pilgrimstrailstthomas to share your journey on Social media Page 6 20. Chelmsford has a prison for men. A popular TV comedy series filmed a special episode there. Do you know what the TV series was called? Hint: You might eat this cereal for breakfast, especially during the Winter. 21. What is the river called that goes through Chelmsford? Stop L - Brentwood Brent was middle English for “burnt”. This area was covered by a large forest and a major occupation was charcoal burning. The town was on a crossroads where the Roman road from Colchester to London crossed the route the pilgrims took over the River Thames to Canterbury. Thomas Becket, (also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket), was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170 in Canterbury Cathedral by followers of the King. A chapel was built in Brentwood on or around 1221 and became a popular stopping point for pilgrims on their way to Canterbury. Pilgrims Hatch, or 'Pilgrims' gate', was probably named from pilgrims who crossed through on their way to the chapel. 22. Do you know where you can find a statue of Thomas Becket with a sword through his head? Stop M - Tilbury Tilbury is a town in Essex on the north bank of the river Thames. It has a 16th-century fort and an ancient cross-river ferry which was important to the early Pilgrims traveling to Canterbury.