Almost 375 years since the notorious ‘Bolton Massacre’, Roundheads and Cavaliers will again descend on Bolton on 7-8 July for an exciting FREE event featuring thrilling battles and fascinating ‘living history’. Click here for more details… Step into our encampment in the grounds of Bolton School and you’ll step back in time to 1644 – but who will you…
Meet the faces of the ‘Storming of Bolton’: Royalist pikeman Conor! Almost 375 years since the notorious ‘Bolton Massacre’, Roundheads and Cavaliers will again descend on Bolton on 7-8 July for an exciting FREE event featuring thrilling battles and fascinating ‘living history’. Click here for more details… Step into our encampment in the grounds of Bolton School and you’ll…
Almost 375 years since the notorious ‘Bolton Massacre’, Roundheads and Cavaliers will again descend on Bolton on 7-8 July for an exciting FREE event featuring thrilling battles and fascinating ‘living history’. Click here for more details… Step into our encampment in the grounds of Bolton School and you’ll step back in time to 1644 – but who will you…
John Callow from the University of Suffolk is the author of a new biography of James Stanley, Earl of Derby, the Royalist officer and Lancastrian magnate who, it was claimed, led the assault on the defences at Bolton in May 1644. John kindly agreed to write for us about Stanley, the so-called ‘King of Mann’, and…
Almost 375 years since the notorious ‘Bolton Massacre’, Roundheads and Cavaliers will again descend on Bolton on 7-8 July for an exciting FREE event featuring thrilling battles and fascinating ‘living history’. Click here for more details… Step into our encampment in the grounds of Bolton School and you’ll step back in time to 1644 – but who will you…
We’re all back home after a brilliant weekend at Newark in Nottinghamshire, battling on the original earthwork defences of the town at the Queen’s Sconce in the blazing hot sun – not even an England game could stop us (though we were very pleased with the score when we got back to camp!). Photos by Andrew…
Almost 375 years since the notorious ‘Bolton Massacre’, Roundheads and Cavaliers will again descend on Bolton on 7-8 July for an exciting FREE event featuring thrilling battles and fascinating ‘living history’. Click here for more details… Step into our encampment in the grounds of Bolton School on 7-8 July and you’ll step back in time to 1644 – but…
Almost 375 years since the notorious ‘Bolton Massacre’, Roundheads and Cavaliers will again descend on Bolton on 7-8 July for an exciting FREE event featuring thrilling battles and fascinating ‘living history’. Click here for more details… Step into our encampment in the grounds of Bolton School on 7-8 July and you’ll step back in time to 1644 –…
Cannon will fire, drums will sound, and swords will clash as the English Civil War returns to Bolton in a fantastic FREE event – almost 375 years since the notorious ‘Bolton Massacre’! Roundheads and Cavaliers will descend on Bolton School on 7-8 July for ‘The Storming of Bolton’ – an exciting weekend of thrilling battles and fascinating…
[vimeo 273409462 w=640 h=360] Cannon will fire, drums will sound, and swords will clash as the English Civil War returns to Bolton in a fantastic FREE event! Roundheads and Cavaliers will descend on Bolton School THIS WEEKEND (7-8 July) for ‘The Storming of Bolton’ – an exciting weekend of thrilling battles and fascinating ‘living history’ The event…