THE 12TH-CENTURY BOLDON BOOK - SOUTH SHIELDS MUSEUM The book – which is the earliest surviving manuscript of the survey of the Bishop of Durham’s estates in Durham and Northumberland – was made in 1183 and has been loaned to the borough by the British Museum and The British Library. GEOFF WOODWARD, manager for North and South Tyneside museums at Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums, said: “The book is part of a much larger document, written in Latin and full of insights into everyday life at the time. The work, which is placed in a glass cabinet, records how some people paid their rent by supplying chickens and eggs and how everyone was given 13 days holiday over Christmas. The book is one of a number of relics going on display which will form South Tyneside Council’s three-year ‘Treasures Programme’, which celebrates the area’s cultural and religious identity.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 17:37:34 +0000
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