Vetusta Monumenta: Ancient Monuments, a Digital Edition

Plate 1.8 Interactive Transcription and Translation n.44

Transcription: Burgus St Albani ubi olim Sylva Holmshurst. Anglorum Proto-martyris (sub Dioclesiano) morte clara

Translation: City of St Alban’s where there was once a Forest, Holmhurst [Holywell Hill], famous for the death of the first Martyr of England under Diocletian

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