Event Date: Saturday 25 April 2015 – Saturday 25 July 2015 Town: Trowbridge County: Wiltshire Website: www.visitwiltshire.co.uk Magna Carta exhibition – further details of the exhibition to be announced nearer the time.
From the yearly archives: "2014"
King John in Sussex and the Magna Carta story
Event Date: April to October 2015 Town: Pevensey County: East Sussex Website: www.pevenseyvisit.com King John in Sussex and the Magna Carta story will be a special display in the Museum for the whole season
Canterbury in the age of Magna Carta
Event Date: Friday 5th June – Sunday 6th July 2015 Town: Canterbury County: Kent Website: www.canterbury.co.uk ‘Canterbury in the Age of Magna Carta’ at The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge , Canterbury’s stunning new art museum & library in the heart of the city, is being developed in partnership with Canterbury Cathedral Archives, Canterbury […]
Canterbury Cathedral
Part of Trail 4 Location: Canterbury, Kent Visit the Website Canterbury Cathedral forms one third of Canterbury’s UNESCO World Heritage Site. From the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons of Kent to Christianity in 597 and the proclamation of the first Archbishop of Canterbury, it was at the core of religious life and many political disputes with the […]
Cartmel Priory Magna Carta Flower Pageant
Event Date: Friday 25th September – Tuesday 29th September 2015 Town: Cartmel County: Cumbria Website: www.cartmelpriory.org.uk A long weekend of celebration with a central focus on the historical Flower Pageant in the Priory supported by a medieval, living history ‘Encampment, Tournament & Fayre’, Concert Programme and Son et Lumière.
‘Toads on a Tapestry’ Magna Carta Gala Concert
Event Date: Saturday, 6th June 2015 Town: Faversham County: Kent Website: www.favershammusicclub.co.uk Local composer David Knotts brings together professional and amateur performers in a spectacular musical celebration of Faversham’s association with the Magna Carta. With music by David Knotts and words by John Gallas this World Première will be staged in St Mary of Charity […]
Magna Carta lecture: Nick Barratt “1215 and all that”
Event Date: Saturday 20 June 2015 Town: Woking County: Surrey Website: www.surreycc.gov.uk Dr Nick Barratt obtained a PhD in history from King’s College London in 1996, editing the 1225 Exchequer pipe roll and several Exchequer receipt rolls from the 1220s when the National Archives: Public Record Office maintained a site at Chancery Lane. On joining […]
Magna Carta Study Day
Event Date: Sunday 10 May 2015 Town: Woking County: Surrey Website: www.surreycc.gov.uk The study day will provide interactive materials and interesting information, to extend your knowledge on the Magna Carta. The History Centre welcomes Professor Nigel Saul (Professor of Medieval History at Royal Holloway University) and other various speakers, to share their expertise on the […]
Lincoln Magna Carta facsimile exhibition
Event Date: Early January to January 16th 2015 Venue: Surrey History Centre Town: Woking County: Surrey Website: www.surreycc.gov.uk/ An exhibition of the Lincoln Magna Carta facsimile will tour across the Surrey History Centre and Surrey Libraries from early January – March 2015. Get a close up look of the replica document that King John sealed […]
City of London Heritage Gallery
Part of Trail 1 Location: City of London, London Visit the Website The Heritage Gallery showcases important and precious documents from the impressive archives of the City of London Corporation. A changing display of exhibits includes Magna Carta and other medieval documents from the City’s history like the beautifully-illustrated Carta Antiquae (an important legal reference for […]