The English Civil War comes to Culcheth! 10am-4pm, 22-23 June – Warrington Road, Culcheth, Warrington WA3 5LA (opposite Raven Inn) Be transported back in time as the English Civil Wars come to Culcheth! Discover the fascinating reality of life in the 17th Century as our tented encampment brings you the sights, sounds and smells of…
Catching up around the campfire, sampling the delights of cider country, sleeping under the stars, and – of course – fantastic battles … what a brilliant Bank Holiday weekend in the sun and mud of Much Marcle with our comrades in the Sealed Knot! The May Bank Holiday kicked our reenactment season off with a…
Ballads, blood-letting, and barging into proceedings – where better to spread our love of history than at HistFest 2024 at the British Library? A detachment of The Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Foote stationed themselves at this fantastic event 13-14 April, kicking things off by ‘interrupting’ the first panel of the event – ‘How To…
Have you ever visited a historic house or castle and wondered what it must have been like to live there? Well last weekend we lived it, taking over the stunning Plas Mawr in Conwy, North Wales; a wonderously intact Elizabethan town built by Robert Wynn, third son of a local landowner, between 1576 and 1585.…
When: Saturday 6 April 2024 Where: Plas Mawr, 22 High Street, Conwy, LL32 8DE, United Kingdom We are delighted to be supporting our friends in Sir John Owen’s Regiment of Foote at their living history event in the stunning setting of Plas Mawr in the ancient medieval town of Conwy, North Wales. Maintained by Cadw,…
When: Saturday 13 April – Sunday 14 April 2024 Where: The British Library, 96 Euston Rd., London NW1 2DB Manchester’s is delighted to be invited to attend HistFest, the festival at the British Library that celebrates the brightest and the best in the world of history, with an exciting weekend of talks, discussions, performance and…
When: Sunday 5 May – Monday 6 May 2024 Where: Rye Meadows Much Marcle, HR8 2LX A full day of interactive history for all the family! Join the Sealed Knot as we explore what it was like to live, and fight, in Herefordshire in the English Civil War. Spend the day exploring our Living History encampment…
What: Golcar Lily Day Where: Golcar Scout and Community Centre, Manor Rd, Golcar, Huddersfield HD7 4QE When: 10am-4pm, 11 May We are delighted to be a part of this annual celebration of life in Golcar. This annual village festival supposedly takes its name from the great Methodist preacher John Wesley, who described the ladies of…
Saturday 27 July – Sunday 28 July 2024 Scrubs Farm, Alresford, Hampshire, SO24 0HR Steep yourself in history with a day out for the whole family this summer. Our Cheriton multi-period event will see re-enactors from the Sealed Knot, the Medieval Knights Society, the Napoleonic Society and the American Civil War Society. A chance to…
Sunday 24 August – Bank Holiday Monday 25 August 2024 Put the date in your diary as this August Bank Holiday will see us mark the 380th anniversary of the Battle of Cropredy Bridge. The Sealed Knot will be returning to the Banbury countryside for our summer bank holiday spectacular. An event that sees hundreds of…