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Lastingham is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 which lies in the Ryedale
Ryedale

Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district of the shire county of North Yorkshire in England. Settlements include Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, North Yorkshire, Norton-on-Derwent, Pickering, North Yorkshire, and Terrington....
 district of North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a shire county or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial counties of England in that region and also partly in North East England....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. It was the home of the early missionaries to the Saxon
Anglo-Saxons

Anglo-Saxons is the term usually used to describe the invading tribes in the south and east of Great Britain starting from the early 5th century AD, and their creation of the English nation, lasting until the Norman conquest of England of 1066....
s, such as St. Cedd and his brother, St. Chad.

e is reason to believe that the original name for Lastingham was Lęstingau. Lęstingau first appears in history when King Ethelwald of Deira (651-c.655) founded a monastery
Monastery

Monastery , a term derived from the Greek language word ???ast?????, neut. of ???ast????? - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of Monk, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in Cenobium or alone ....
 for his own burial. Bede attributes the initiative to Ethelwald's chaplain Caelin
Caelin

Caelin was one of four brothers named by Bede as active in the early Anglo-Saxon Church. The others were Cedd, Chad of Mercia and Cynibil.Bede portrays Caelin as a chaplain at the court of ?thelwald of Deira, a nephew of King Oswiu of Northumbria....
, a brother of Cedd
Cedd

Saint Cedd was the Evangelism of the Middle Angles and Kingdom of Essex in England....
, Chad
Chad of Mercia

Saint Chad of Mercia was a 7th century Anglo-Saxons churchman, who became abbot of several monasteries, Bishop of York and later Bishop of Lichfield....
 and Cynibil
Cynibil

Cynibil was one of four Northumbria brothers named by Bede as prominent in the early Anglo-Saxons Church. The others were Chad, Cedd and Caelin....
.






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Lastingham is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 which lies in the Ryedale
Ryedale

Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district of the shire county of North Yorkshire in England. Settlements include Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, North Yorkshire, Norton-on-Derwent, Pickering, North Yorkshire, and Terrington....
 district of North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a shire county or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial counties of England in that region and also partly in North East England....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. It was the home of the early missionaries to the Saxon
Anglo-Saxons

Anglo-Saxons is the term usually used to describe the invading tribes in the south and east of Great Britain starting from the early 5th century AD, and their creation of the English nation, lasting until the Norman conquest of England of 1066....
s, such as St. Cedd and his brother, St. Chad.

History

There is reason to believe that the original name for Lastingham was Lęstingau. Lęstingau first appears in history when King Ethelwald of Deira (651-c.655) founded a monastery
Monastery

Monastery , a term derived from the Greek language word ???ast?????, neut. of ???ast????? - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of Monk, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in Cenobium or alone ....
 for his own burial. Bede attributes the initiative to Ethelwald's chaplain Caelin
Caelin

Caelin was one of four brothers named by Bede as active in the early Anglo-Saxon Church. The others were Cedd, Chad of Mercia and Cynibil.Bede portrays Caelin as a chaplain at the court of ?thelwald of Deira, a nephew of King Oswiu of Northumbria....
, a brother of Cedd
Cedd

Saint Cedd was the Evangelism of the Middle Angles and Kingdom of Essex in England....
, Chad
Chad of Mercia

Saint Chad of Mercia was a 7th century Anglo-Saxons churchman, who became abbot of several monasteries, Bishop of York and later Bishop of Lichfield....
 and Cynibil
Cynibil

Cynibil was one of four Northumbria brothers named by Bede as prominent in the early Anglo-Saxons Church. The others were Chad, Cedd and Caelin....
. Bede records that Cedd and Cynibil purified the site of its former wickedness by means of a strict fast. It is possible that this indicates the existence of an earlier pagan cult
Cult

This article does not discuss "cult" in the original sense of "veneration" or "religious practice"; for that usage see Cult . See Cult for more meanings of the term "cult"....
 centre. Cedd
Cedd

Saint Cedd was the Evangelism of the Middle Angles and Kingdom of Essex in England....
 ruled the monastery as the first abbot
Abbot

The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery....
 until his death, combining this position with that of missionary bishop to the East Saxons
Kingdom of Essex

The Kingdom of Essex , was one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the so-called Anglo-Saxons Heptarchy) was founded around 500 AD and covered the territory later occupied by the Counties of England of Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex....
. In 664, shortly after the Synod of Whitby
Synod of Whitby

The Synod of Whitby was a seventh century Northumbriansynod where King Oswiu of Northumbria ruled that his kingdom would calculate Easter and observe the monastic tonsure according to the customs of Rome, rather than the customs practiced by Iona and its satellite institutions....
, in which he was a key participant, St. Cedd died of the plague at Lęstingau, and was buried in the monastery. Bede records that a party of monk
Monk

A Monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, the unconditioning of mind and body in favor of the realization of one's true nature, and does so living either alone or with any number of like-minded people, whilst always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose....
s from Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
 came to mourn him and were all wiped out by the plague
Plague

Plague may refer to:...
. His brother St. Chad
Chad of Mercia

Saint Chad of Mercia was a 7th century Anglo-Saxons churchman, who became abbot of several monasteries, Bishop of York and later Bishop of Lichfield....
 took his place as abbot. The crypt
Crypt

In terms of European architecture, a crypt is a stone chamber or vault beneath the floor of a church usually used as a chapel or burial vault possibly containing sarcophagus, coffins or relics....
 of the present parish church
Parish church

A parish church, in Christianity, is the local church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopalian church governance churches....
 remains a focus for veneration of Cedd. Knowledge of following events is scarce. It is known however that the monastery was destroyed by the Danes
Danish people

The term Dane may refer to:* People with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity, whether living in Denmark, emigrants, or the descendants of emigrants....
 in 870
870

Events...
, and most likely remained that way until 1078. The monastery was rebuilt by Stephen, abbot of Whitby and a band of monks he brought with him, who had left Whitby
Whitby

Whitby is a town and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire on the north-east coast of England. Nowadays it is a fishing port and tourist destination....
 due to a disagreement with William de Percy, who was lord of Whitby at the time.

They received support from the king and Berenger de Todeni in the means of one carucate
Carucate

The carucate was a unit of assessment for tax used in most Danelaw counties of England, and is found for example in Domesday Book. The word derives from the Medieval Latin caruca, meaning plough....
 of land in Lastingham, six carucate
Carucate

The carucate was a unit of assessment for tax used in most Danelaw counties of England, and is found for example in Domesday Book. The word derives from the Medieval Latin caruca, meaning plough....
s at Spaunton
Spaunton

Spaunton is a hamlet and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near Lastingham and about 5 miles north west of Pickering, North Yorkshire....
, and other lands in Kirkby
Kirkby, North Yorkshire

Kirkby is a village and civil parish in Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, near Great Busby and 1 mile south of Stokesley....
 etc. They only remained for four years however, after which they moved to York
York

York is a walled city, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire and River Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city status in the United Kingdom is noted for its rich heritage and it has played an important role throughout much of its almost 2,000 year existence....
, founded St. Mary's Abbey to which they annexed the lands of the monastery at Lastingham.

Notable Citizens

  • Cedd
    Cedd

    Saint Cedd was the Evangelism of the Middle Angles and Kingdom of Essex in England....
     (620–664), Saint
  • Chad
    Chad

    Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west....
     (634–672), Saint
  • John Jackson
    John Jackson (painter)

    John Jackson , was an English people painter.Jackson started his career as an apprentice tailor to his father, who opposed the artistic ambitions of his son....
     (1778–1831), British painter


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