Mark Bateson from Kent Archives reads to us a letter from the collection, the Osbourne Deeds. He talks us through the changes and resistance to the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in 1752, which caused a loss of 11 days in September, raising concerns around where the "real Christmas day" should fall...

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The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Days in Britain by Ronald Hutton is available to reserve from the Kent Libraries catalogue. Search at https://bit.ly/ReserveATitle

You can view a transcript of this talk at https://bit.ly/3m4e1xn

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