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This site aims to list the wide variety of traditional and unusual events that take place each year in the UK and to help visitors take part in them. Each event has its own page giving details of its timing and location, as well as a very brief history and notes on what to expect. Enjoy!
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Archive for February, 2011
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![Wareham Court Leet is a survivor from medieval times; the Court was founded to regulate local trade and ensure that high standards were maintained in the town. During late November […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_4320-115x115.jpg "Wareham Court Leet")
Wareham Court Leet
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 2 CommentsWareham Court Leet is a survivor from medieval times; the Court was founded to regulate local trade and ensure that high standards were maintained in the town. During late November […] -
![Kilburn Feast is held each July and is today a local event for villagers rather than the big horse-fair and show that it was in the past. There are childrens […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/kilburn1-115x115.jpg "Kilburn Feast")
Kilburn Feast
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 5 CommentsKilburn Feast is held each July and is today a local event for villagers rather than the big horse-fair and show that it was in the past. There are childrens […] -
![Comrie on Tayside hosts a unique Hogmanay custom, the Flambeaux Procession. Each December 31st a group of select locals gather just before midnight near the Royal Hotel, bearing 10-foot poles […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_5014-115x115.jpg "Comrie Flambeaux Procession")
Comrie Flambeaux Procession
Posted on February 28, 2011 | No CommentsComrie on Tayside hosts a unique Hogmanay custom, the Flambeaux Procession. Each December 31st a group of select locals gather just before midnight near the Royal Hotel, bearing 10-foot poles […] -
![The centre of the British liquorice industry was Pontefract (remember those little black sweeties called Pontefract or Pomfret Cakes?) and the annual festival celebrates the town’s liquorice growing heritage. Originally […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_1325-115x115.jpg "Pontefract Liquorice Festival")
Pontefract Liquorice Festival
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 14 CommentsThe centre of the British liquorice industry was Pontefract (remember those little black sweeties called Pontefract or Pomfret Cakes?) and the annual festival celebrates the town’s liquorice growing heritage. Originally […] -
![Great Wishford in Wiltshire was the setting for one of Britain’s unusual annual property auctions, for the summer grazing of two water-meadows. Just before sunset, bidders assembled at the church […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Key-115x115.jpg "Wishford Key Auction")
Wishford Key Auction
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 5 CommentsGreat Wishford in Wiltshire was the setting for one of Britain’s unusual annual property auctions, for the summer grazing of two water-meadows. Just before sunset, bidders assembled at the church […] -
![Stowell Mead is a pasture at Tatworth in Somerset and the right to use it is contested annually at the Candle Auction. A short candle is lit on a board […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/candleflame-115x115.jpg "Tatworth Candle Auction")
Tatworth Candle Auction
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 6 CommentsStowell Mead is a pasture at Tatworth in Somerset and the right to use it is contested annually at the Candle Auction. A short candle is lit on a board […] -
![Bourne in Lincolnshire is the setting for an unusual property auction in April each year. Whitebread Meadow is a small pasture and an auction is held for its grazing rights […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_2644-115x115.jpg "Bourne Whitebread Meadow Running Auction")
Bourne Whitebread Meadow Running Auction
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 3 CommentsBourne in Lincolnshire is the setting for an unusual property auction in April each year. Whitebread Meadow is a small pasture and an auction is held for its grazing rights […] -
![Wirksworth in Derbyshire is the setting for the last remaining Great Barmote Court; these courts were set up in the twelfth century to regulate the lead-mining industry and the survivor […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_5192-115x115.jpg "Wirksworth Great Barmote Court")
Wirksworth Great Barmote Court
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 10 CommentsWirksworth in Derbyshire is the setting for the last remaining Great Barmote Court; these courts were set up in the twelfth century to regulate the lead-mining industry and the survivor […] -
![This event is reported so frequently in literature and websites that I’ve included it here even though members of the public cannot attend. Robert Baddeley left a bequest in 1794 […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Theatre-Royal-115x115.jpg "Baddeley Cake")
Baddeley Cake
Posted on February 28, 2011 | No CommentsThis event is reported so frequently in literature and websites that I’ve included it here even though members of the public cannot attend. Robert Baddeley left a bequest in 1794 […] -
![Wakefield was traditionally a centre of rhubarb growing and the modern foodie festival celebrates this heritage each February. The Rhubarb Triangle is the Wakefield-Leeds-Morley area in which the fruit has […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Wakefield-Rhubarb-115x115.jpg "Wakefield Rhubarb Festival")
Wakefield Rhubarb Festival
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 11 CommentsWakefield was traditionally a centre of rhubarb growing and the modern foodie festival celebrates this heritage each February. The Rhubarb Triangle is the Wakefield-Leeds-Morley area in which the fruit has […]