Rural Life Living Museum, Farnham Uncategorised 28th April 202428th April 2024 15-16 June Imagine it is 1643, Farnham Castle is held by Sir William Waller for Parliament, Sir Ralph Hopton's Royalist Army are advancing across Hampshire and the two will soon meet in Farnham Park... Whilst the real events that saw clashes between Waller and Hopton actually occurred in November, we have chosen
Malmesbury, Wiltshire Future Events 2nd April 202428th April 2024 3-5 May 2024 In 1644 Colonel Nicholas Devereux and his Regiment garrisoned Malmesbury for two years after it was seized for the last time by the Parliamentarians. The current Colonel NicholasDevereux’s Regiment of Foot from the English Civil War Society is celebrating its50th anniversary in 2024 and will be arriving in
Family Fun Day: Pikemen & Musketeers! Uncategorised 24th March 202424th March 2024 Go back in time to the 1600s! See the campsite of Civil War soldiers as they complete their musket shooting drills and do hand-to-hand combat demonstrations. Try on armour and have a go. Visit our Civil War campsite and meet soldiers and civillians! Activities• Watch displays of shooting drills by the Musketeers•
The Civil Wars in Oxfordshire Background research English civil war History News 22nd January 202422nd January 2024 The Civil Wars in Oxfordshire Live and online talk with Professor Andrew Hopper Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum The first of 2024's online talk series with Andrew Hopper exploring people's experience of the Civil Wars in the city of Oxford and the county of Oxfordshire. Drawn from the recently completed Civil War Petitions Project, you'll