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In the shadowy nave of a small village church in Surrey sits a battered medieval cauldron - but how it came to be there is shrouded in mystery. It is thought the copper vessel was brought to the ...

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An iron cauldron which is believed to have been sealed inside the walls of a Victorian house more than a century ago to ward off evil spirits has gone on display in Leeds. The cauldron was discovered ...

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