read on for an overview of some of the most popular Christmas hymns around. As Hayes shares, St Ambrose, then Archbishop of Milan, penned such hymns such as Veni Redemptor Gentium. “ ...

This tune is one of the best known of all Christian melodies and gets its name, “Old Hundredth”, from its association with Kethe’s translation. A popular hymn for children and well-known by ...

A popular hymn for children hymn and well-known by two ... This is one of Charles Wesley’s best-known texts and was written in 1738 soon after his conversion to Christianity.

“It’s pretty rare – even the British Library doesn't have a copy. “What is so fascinating is that hymn-singing was not the best known feature of Chartism.” Three items in the Chartist newspaper the ...

How did the famous hymn come to be written in a Buckinghamshire market town? Long known for hosting the world's oldest pancake race, Olney also has an association with one of the world's best ...