St Peter's Parish News
Thursday 1 January 1970
St Thomas
On Monday it was the 855th anniversary of the martyrdom of St Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury on 29 December 1170. A special Memorial Service for the Martyrdom of St Thomas was held at Canterbury Cathedral. Here in Berkhamsted, we remember Thomas with thanksgiving for his work on the development of Berkhamsted Castle in the 1150s.
“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”
– Henry II








