Holy Thorn, Kingsthorn - Midnight, Christmas Eve
Filming the Holy Thorn at Kingsthorn, Herefordshire - and the buds which came into bloom around Midnight, Old Christmas Eve (January 5th). Herefordshire has several holy thorns, which are, by legend, developed from ancient cuttings of the Holy Thorn of Glastonbury
Picture No
13047581
Media ID
46121636
Size
3745px x 5385px
(3.8MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photographs specially taken for The Illustrated London News by Geoffrey Hammonds - January 14, 1950 issue p53
Date
1950
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