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Bardney Abbey: Oswald and the shaft of light
Legend says monks turned away the king's relics.
'Do you come from Bardney?'
It's often said to people who leave doors open, but where does the phrase come from?
Legend has it that relics of King Oswald were left at Bardney Abbey but monks refused to take them in, before divine intervention made them realise the error of their ways.
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