Portal:England/Did you know/08 2008


 * ... that one Prior of Ecclesfield (priory pictured), near Sheffield in England, was accused by Benedictine authorities of "embezzlement of the priory's goods" and of living an "evil life"?
 * ... that a word square found in Mamucium, a Roman fort in Manchester, may be one of the earliest examples of Christianity in Britain?
 * ... that Cinimod Studio in London, United Kingdom, designed a virtual sky ceiling for a Snog frozen yogurt outlet with clouds whose speeds and colors depend upon the time of day?
 * ... that Richard Tapper Cadbury helped his son John start a tea and coffee business that would become Cadbury plc?
 * ... that an extension of Ferrybridge Henge in West Yorkshire was discovered when surveying an area in preparation to erect a row of houses?