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Rumboldswhyke and how the parish came by its full name
The parish of Rumboldswhyke, known to many simply as the shortened version Whyke, takes its name from its connections to St Rumbold.
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The latter part of the name Whyke came to mean a village, or, in the Middle Ages, a village outside a walled city.
The parish is referred to as the ‘town of St Rumbold’ as early as 1262. It is said that pilgrims travelled to the then parish church of St Rumbold’s Church, now known as St Mary’s Church, to visit a shrine where the relics of St Rumbold were supposedly held.