WS members are planning to meet up at two forthcoming events: On 9th September, we will be attending the Frome Agricultural and Cheese Show. Go to the website for tickets. The show starts at 9am. and there is a free shuttle bus from the station. Malmesbury has a Wessex Week in the week before KingContinueContinue reading “Forthcoming events”
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St Ealdhelm’s Day visit 2022
This year’s St Ealdhelm’s Day visit is to Butser Ancient Farm in Hampshire, a recreation of an Anglo-Saxon working farm. The event will take place this coming Saturday, 21st May 2022. We will meet at the farm at 11.30 am, and there will be a re-enactment of a battle between Saxons and Britons at 2.00ContinueContinue reading “St Ealdhelm’s Day visit 2022”
AGM, Longbridge Deverill
On 23rd October, the nearest Saturday to King Alfred Day, a handful of us met to visit the churches at Longbridge Deverill and Kingston Deverill, near Warminster. Kingston Deverill’s Alfred connection is that it is a possible site of Ecgbert’s Stone, where Alfred mustered the men of Wiltshire, Somerset, Hampshire and possibly Dorset against theContinueContinue reading “AGM, Longbridge Deverill”
Next meeting: Alfred Day 2021
Our first in-person meeting since the start of lockdown will be our AGM on Saturday 23rd October 2021. The meeting will be held at the George Inn, Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire. We will meet at 11am in the pub car park for a walk around the village before lunch at noon, and the AGM proper willContinueContinue reading “Next meeting: Alfred Day 2021”
Barnes Day 2020
At our last meeting, we agreed to hold meetings/events on the closest Saturday to Barnes Day (22nd February), St Ealdhelm’s Day (25th May), and King Alfred Day (26th October). Barnes Day falls on a Saturday this year, and we will be meeting in Nailsea, where Barnes married Julia Miles in 1827. Assembling at Holy TrinityContinueContinue reading “Barnes Day 2020”
St Ealdhelm’s Day 2019
Wantage Morris Men flying the Wessex flag in Oxford on Mayday morning The image above comes courtesy of Chris McDowell. It is good to see the wyvern being flown earlier this month on Icknield Way. It serves as a nice appetiser for our annual St Ealdhelm’s Day event, which this year takes place in LacockContinueContinue reading “St Ealdhelm’s Day 2019”
Many meetings
Just a short note that there will be a change to the way our meetups are being organised in future. The Wessex Regionalists have decided to move from one annual general meeting, plus special general meetings organised on an ad hoc basis, to quarterly meetings. Since so many Society members are also members of theContinueContinue reading “Many meetings”
St Ealdhelm’s Day 2018: a report
Wessex Society’s annual St Ealdhelm’s Day celebration started out as a pilgrimage to sites associated with the saint. Over the years, it has changed into more of an annual walking tour around sites of general historical interest within Wessex, ably escorted by Jim Gunter, But this year, we decided to return to our roots. WhilstContinueContinue reading “St Ealdhelm’s Day 2018: a report”
St Ealdhelm’s Day 2018
This year marks 19 years since Wessex Society adopted St Aldhelm (spelled Ealdhelm in the West Saxon dialect of Old English) as the Patron Saint of Wessex and started to raise awareness of the saint and his day as the Day for Wessex. Since then St Ealdhelm’s day (25th May) has been officially recognised asContinueContinue reading “St Ealdhelm’s Day 2018”
Don’t let the bustards grind you down
About 13:45 on Sunday 8th April Derek Pickett, Jim and Emma Gunter, Mark Godwin and Peter and Marion Spencer met up with Lynne of the Great Bustard Group at Enford Village Hallf for a booked visit to the Great Bustard release site. The Great Bustard features on the Wiltshire County flag and on the WiltshireContinueContinue reading “Don’t let the bustards grind you down”
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