Puzzle solved
SIR – I would like to congratulate David Keys for his article “The return of St Eanswythe” (Cover story, March 13). My husband had an Aunt Eanswythe, who passed away in 2004 aged 95. He also had a Great Aunt Eanswythe, living in Canada and we have wondered for years why they received this name. My husband and I both had Anglican fathers and Catholic mothers and were raised as Catholics. My husband's Grandfather and Great grandfather were both vicars. Rev Russell Edward Brown, the grandfather, had a parish in Caterham, Kent, before his final parish at Silver End, near Chelmsford Essex. My husband attended St Edmund's School, in Canterbury, having his Catholic Instruction from a very kindly Miss Cahill, who lived in a basement flat in the precincts of Canterbury Cathedral. Learning that St Eanswythe played an important part in the conversion of England to Christianity and lived in Kent, now explains how this family name was chosen. Evelyn Brown Llandrindod, Powys
