Date:1913
Description:Studio photograph of Mr Percy Edgar in St. Bertelin pageant costume. The costume was made for the Millenary Pageant, performed in the castle fields to celebrate 1000 years of Stafford's history from its founding in 913 AD by Aethelfleda. St. Bertelin chose Stafford for his hermitage in the eighth century. A wooden chapel was dedicated to him. This chapel was replaced by a stone one on the same site in the eleventh century. The site of the chapel, at the west end of St. Mary's Church, was excavated in 1954; the outline of the foundations can now be seen traced in stone.
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Donor ref:P96.06.0118 (18/2677)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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