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Original Text (Annotation: EAW009521 / 1451955)
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Eagle Pond. So named as this is where the monks tossed the Abbey's lectern (in the shape of an eagle) to keep it from the clutches of Henry VIII's men at the time of the Reformation. It was later "rescued" and can now be found in Southwell Cathedral (Notts). '