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• Aug 2026

  Formation of Friends of St Rufin’s

  As uncertainty over the future of the Chapel became apparent, the village came together. The organisation allows us to effectively channel all of the affection and energy from both the…
• ~665 AD

  Filicidal Slaying of Rufinus

  According to local 7th-century legend, Saint Rufin (or Rufinus)—the Saxon prince of Mercia—was hunted down and slain by his pagan father, King Wulfhere, in the village of Burston, Staffordshire around…