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 […]
Event Date: Saturday 23rd May to Sunday 28th June 2015 Town: Faversham County: Kent Website: www.faversham.org The historic market town of Faversham in Kent mentioned in The Domesday Book will be part of the commemorative events with the staging of this major exhibition. The centrepiece for visitors will be the display of the Magna Carta […]
Event Date: June Saturday 13th – Monday 15th 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.salisburycathedral.org To celebrate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta,Salisbury Cathedral will be holding a Gala Weekend. Saturday June 13: A Gala concert with a brand new, Magna Carta based, musical commission by Tarik O’Regan, http://www.tarikoregan.com/. Sunday June 14: […]
Event Date: June 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.salisburycathedral.org A trail of statues, sponsored by local businesses and created and painted by a wide range of artists and community groups, placed throughout the streets of Salisbury. The statues will be auctioned off to raise money for the Trussell Trust. Produced by Wild in Art, […]
Event Date: June-September 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.salisburycathedral.org Enlightenment: an interactive lighting projection in the Cathedral’s North Porch and an interactive word and light based projection in the Morning Chapel, produced by Squid Soup. Also: inscribed clay tiles with thoughts inspired by Magna Carta produced by prisoners from Erlestoke Prison displayed in the […]
Event Date: March – June 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.salisburycathedral.org A programme of Magna Carta themed lectures given by leading experts in their fields, starting with Neil Macgregor, Director of the British Museum on 6 March 2015. The lectures will include discussions around law and public affairs, history and the charters of King […]
Event Date: Thursday June 18th – Monday June 22nd 2015 Town: Lincoln County: Lincolnshire Website: www.visitlincoln.com A feast of English music at Lincoln Cathedral performed by three choirs and other classical performers. The choirs of Lincoln, Peterborough and Southwell Cathedrals will come together for a feast of mainly English music over four days in June […]
Event Date: Monday June 15th – Thursday October 1st 2015 Town: Lincoln County: Lincolnshire Website: www.visitlincoln.com Discover the heroes of Lincolnshire at museums across Lincoln including Magna Carta, the birth certificate of Australia and other rare artifacts from around the world. As part of the celebration of Magna Carta’s 800th anniversary, a blockbuster exhibition will […]
Event Date: Friday June 5th 2015 Town: Lincoln County: Lincolnshire Website: www.lincolncathedral.com/magna-carta-dinner/ As part of the national and international Magna Carta 800th Anniversary celebrations, the Cathedral are pleased to announce that they will be holding a ‘Magna Carta Dinner’ in the magnificent Nave on Friday 5th June, 2015. The dinner is a fundraising event and […]
Event Date: 13th/14th/15th June 2015 Town: Huntingfield County: Suffolk Website: www.huntingfield.org Over the weekend of 13th/14th/15th June 2015 there will be a programme of activities. – On 13th June there will be a Medieval Fayre including, a commissioned drama based on the Magna Carta, music, archery, jousting in wheelbarrows! Morris Dancing, Maypole Dancing and many […]