Derby Bonnie Prince Charlie Weekend

Where: Formerly Derbyshire: Saturday at Swarkstone Bridge at the Crewe & Harper pub, Sunday in Derby from the Council House on Corporation Street & at Statue
When: Formerly 1st weekend in December
Time: Formerly Saturday from 11 am, Sunday from noon

 

Every December, Bonnie Prince Charlie was remembered in Derbyshire, as Swarkestone Bridge near Derby was the most southerly point reached by his invading army in 1745 . Prince Charles Edward Stuart, as he was also known, was rightful heir to the throne by birth but disbarred from the succession owing to his catholicism, and his attempt to take control ended at Culloden in the following year. Re-enactors took part in parades, wreath laying and recreations of battle on the first weekend of the month, as Prince Charlie was in Derby on December 4th in 1745. The commemorations took place over both days of the weekend with the focus on Swarkestone on the Saturday and in the city of Derby on the Sunday. Visitors could expect actors dressed in period costume, pipe bands, wreath laying at the Cairn at Swarkestone and at the Prince Charlie Statue in Derby, living history encampments and skirmishes with lots of firepower!

Helpful Hints

The 2021 event was the last of its kind, and there are currently no plans to hold it in future.

It was always on the first full weekend of December.

Click here for the Facebook page of the Charles Edward Stuart Society: https://www.facebook.com/The-Charles-Edward-Stuart-Society-329479296972/

and here for the venue at Swarkestone: https://www.facebook.com/The-Crewe-and-Harpur-1045596942147212/

and for the website: https://www.creweharpurpub.co.uk

Thanks to Ross Parish for reminding me about this event!




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