Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York, Dodd, Mead and Company · leaf 317
and authority of King Edgar, Benedictine monkswere placed there as at Peterborough and Crowland.The place then became known as Thorney—or the islandof thorns—from the trees that grew luxuriantly upon it,an island by reason of the waters that surrounded it. Itwas considered a specially sacred… … THORNEY St. Ethelwold brought to Thorney, possibly on accountof its secluded position, the body of St. Botulph and manyother relics of English Saints, which had been saved fromdestruction during the Danish wars. Amongst others heis said to have obtained the body of St. Benet Bishopfrom the…
Abbeys -- England · England -- Description and travel
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