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St Etheldreda's staff
Her staff took root.
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Her staff took root.
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Parish church, usually open in daylight. Check before you go.
A staff that became a tree.
Etheldreda was fleeing her husband, King Ecgfrith. She stopped to rest and pushed her staff into the ground. When she woke it had become a leafy ash tree. A Victorian window in Stow Minster shows the story.