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The Etheldreda banner, made by Miss Yams of Bayswater, 1910.
The Etheldreda Banner was worked in 1910 by Miss Yams of Bayswater. St. Etheldreda (Æthelthryd, or Audrey) was the daughter of King Anna of East Anglia. She founded the abbey church of Ely in 672. She died in c. 680 from a tumour in the neck; after that, on St. Audrey's day (23 June), (cheap) lace necklaces were sold (Saint St. Audrey's lace), hence the word 'tawdry'. The banner is still used during processions at Ely Cathedral.
The banner shows the coats of arms of the See (top left); that of Cambridge University (bottom left); that of the Dean and Chapter of Ely (top right); and that of the Borough (now City) of Cambridge (bottom right). In the centre, at the top, is the coat of arms of Frederick Henry Chase, Bishop of Ely, 1905-1924.
Source: ANON. The Story of Ely Cathedral. Download here.
Digital source of illustration (retrieved 1 November 2016).
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