The reaserch involves Saint Margaret Clitherow, also known as the Pearl of York, and the mystery behind how the Bar Convent, the UK's oldest living convent.
Detective work by students has shed fresh light on the mystery behind a religious relic - and how it came to be kept at a historic York site.
The reaserch involves Saint Margaret Clitherow, also known as the Pearl of York, and the mystery behind how the Bar Convent, the UK's oldest living convent, in Blossom Street, became custodian of her relic, said to be her hand.
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