St Eanswith in Brenzett
St Eanswith in Brenzett was built in the 12th century with additions in the 13th and 14th century.Brenzett comes from the Old English ‘berned’ meaning ‘burnt’ and ‘set’ as a ‘dwelling, camp, stable, fold’; therefore, a ‘burnt fold or stable’. The Domesday Book records Brenzett as Brandet and Brensete. The church is dedicated to Saint Eanswith, the grand-daughter of King Aethelberht, who welcomed St Augustine who subsequently converted him to Christianity. Eanswith served her noviciate in Normandy and became the founder and Abbess of the first nunnery in England, of Peter and Paul, built in Folkestone in 630AD. She is credited with performing a miracle during the building of the nunnery, when, by prayer alone, she caused a wooden beam, cut too short, to be extended to the correct length!
St Eanswith in Brenzett
St Eanswith in Brenzett was built in the 12th century with additions in the 13th and 14th century.Brenzett comes from the Old English ‘berned’ meaning ‘burnt’ and ‘set’ as a ‘dwelling, camp, stable, fold’; therefore, a ‘burnt fold or stable’. The Domesday Book records Brenzett as Brandet and Brensete. The church is dedicated to Saint Eanswith, the grand-daughter of King Aethelberht, who welcomed St Augustine who subsequently converted him to Christianity. Eanswith served her noviciate in Normandy and became the founder and Abbess of the first nunnery in England, of Peter and Paul, built in Folkestone in 630AD. She is credited with performing a miracle during the building of the nunnery, when, by prayer alone, she caused a wooden beam, cut too short, to be extended to the correct length!