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Sacriston è un paese della contea di Durham, in Inghilterra, situato a circa 5 kilometri a nord della città di Durham. Anche se l'area risulta popolata dall'età del bronzo, i primi insediamenti conosciuti risalgono al XIII secolo con il nome Sacristan's Heugh.
Sacriston is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the city of Durham . Bookplate of a Sacriston Wesleyan P.S.A. Book Scheme Prize awarded to George Taylor on 31 December 1898 from an 1890 edition of Gulliver's Travels and Other Works.
v. t. e. A sacristan is an officer charged with care of the sacristy, the church, and their contents. In ancient times, many duties of the sacrist were performed by the doorkeepers ( ostiarii ), and later by the treasurers and mansionarii. [1] The Decretals of Gregory IX [2] speak of the sacristan as if he had an honourable office attached to a ...
Sacristies are usually off limits to the general public. The word "sacristy" derives from the Latin sacristia, sometimes spelled sacrastia, which is in turn derived from sacrista ("sexton, sacristan"), from sacra ("holy"). [3] [4] A person in charge of the sacristy and its contents is called a sacrist or a sacristan.
31 lug 2009 · By David Simpson. Share. THE former mining village of Sacriston, two miles northwest of Durham, has the appearance of a small town. It developed in the mid- 19th century on empty moorland, but...
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Sacriston: Biography of an English village. Monday 24 January, 6.00 – 7.00 pm. The image of the English village anciently rooted in its landscape is a powerful trope in English culture, literature and politics.
