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Exploring Anglo-Saxon times with the life of St Wulfstan
Black Country Bugle
|February 04, 2026
KIDDERMINSTER
Speaker Sally Dickson
Historical Society will be presenting their latest talk this week, with a look back at our Anglo-Saxon roots.Society Secretary Veronica Bradley told the Bugle:
"On Thursday 12th February, Sally Dickson will give a talk entitled 'Itch-ington, Family and Danes: the influences on the young St Wulfstan (c.1008 - 1095).
"St Wulfstan was born at Itchington in Warwickshire during a turbulent period of Danish raiding and weak Anglo-Saxon kingship.
This story is from the February 04, 2026 edition of Black Country Bugle.
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