Portal:England/Did you know/08 2008

... that one Prior of Ecclesfield (priory pictured), near Sheffield in England, was accused by Benedictine authorities of "embezzlement of the priory's goods" and of living an "evil life"?
... that a word square found in Mamucium, a Roman fort in Manchester, may be one of the earliest examples of Christianity in Britain?
... that Cinimod Studio in London, United Kingdom, designed a virtual sky ceiling for a Snog frozen yogurt outlet with clouds whose speeds and colors depend upon the time of day?
... that Richard Tapper Cadbury helped his son John start a tea and coffee business that would become Cadbury plc?
... that an extension of Ferrybridge Henge in West Yorkshire was discovered when surveying an area in preparation to erect a row of houses?