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Wulsin (Abbot Ulsinus)

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in an attempt to establish a settlement within the confines of the abbey. According to the Abbey Chronicles, the Abbot Wulsin "… loved the area of St. Albans and the people who lived there and sought to improve it. He made it possible for people to come and live there, bringing them together from the
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and St Michael's, in order to bring traffic through the town centre (the abbey owned the market rights and also charged tolls). This brought traffic up Holywell Hill, which is named after a medieval holy well, and it was along this route that the supplies for the Abbey were transported.
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surrounding areas, adding to and enlarging the market, and also helped those constructing buildings with the cost of timber …" The date given for this activity is 948 although it is now generally considered that Wulsin's floruit was earlier, around
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Towards the end of the 9th century, Wulsin built churches at the three entrances to the town, on the streets now known as St Peter's Street, St Michael's Street and St Stephen's Hill, to welcome pilgrims on their way to the shrine of
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had instructed them to build churches on important pagan sites, this can hardly be a coincidence. The first churches were likely to have been simple timber structures. The town of
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This article about a member of the Christian clergy in the United Kingdom is a
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Wotherspoon, Melissa; Goldsmith, Amy; Gibson, Adrian; Grant, Jonathan (2004).
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lies to the west among the foundations of the old basilica (law-court) of
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The Hill of the Martyr: an Architectural History of St Albans Abbey
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abbot
St Alban's Abbey
England
Matthew Paris
St Albans School
St Albans Market
St Alban
St Peter's
St Michael's
Roman Verulamium
Alban
sending the first missionaries to Britain
Pope Gregory
St Albans
Watling Street
St Stephen's
"The Town That Time Forgot"
Archived
"Market Place"
Archived
A County of Small Towns
Hertfordshire Publications
ISBN
9781905313440
The Hill of the Martyr: an Architectural History of St Albans Abbey
ISBN
9781871199215
"St Michael's: A Brief History"
the original
"18 & 19 George Street, St Albans: Historical Building Appraisal"

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