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The series was filmed in and around Ealing in West London and the final scene of series six was filmed at the Cerne Abbas giant.
Ælfric no doubt gained some reputation as a scholar at Winchester, for when, in 987, the abbey of Cerne ( Cerne Abbas in Dorset ) was finished, he was sent by Bishop Ælfheah ( Alphege ), Æthelwold's successor, at the request of the chief benefactor of the abbey, the ealdorman Æthelmær the Stout, to teach the Benedictine monks there.
Cerne Abbas is a village located in the valley of the River Cerne, between steep chalk downland in central Dorset, England.
It is notable as the location of the Cerne Abbas Giant, a chalk figure of a giant naked man on a hillside.
The village of Cerne Abbas grew up around the great Benedictine abbey, Cerne Abbey, which was founded there in AD 987.
Cerne Abbas is a tourist village with many attractions, including the river, streets lined with stone houses and the Abbey.
The most famous attraction is the Cerne Abbas Giant, a 55 metre ( 180 ft ) naked figure carved into the chalk hillside.
* School of the Night, a mystery by Judith Cook set in Elizabethan England, contains scenes set in Cerne Abbas, and mentions the Cerne Abbas Giant.
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