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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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![Moulton in Northamptonshire is the setting each May for a traditional village festival involving dance, processions and a decorated May Cart to convey the May Queen around the streets. The […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_6004-115x115.jpg "Moulton Village Festival")
Moulton Village Festival
Posted on February 7, 2011 | 14 CommentsMoulton in Northamptonshire is the setting each May for a traditional village festival involving dance, processions and a decorated May Cart to convey the May Queen around the streets. The […] -
![Green Man Day or Pilton Festival is a celebration every July with a play in which the Green Man, as ancient pagan fertility figure, meets the Prior and is subsequently […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_6345-115x115.jpg "Pilton Green Man Day")
Pilton Green Man Day
Posted on February 7, 2011 | 2 CommentsGreen Man Day or Pilton Festival is a celebration every July with a play in which the Green Man, as ancient pagan fertility figure, meets the Prior and is subsequently […] -
![Hepworth Feast is a commemorative event giving thanks for the cessation of plague, with its origins in the 1665 outbreak which claimed many lives locally. In earlier times there were […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_2337-115x115.jpg "Hepworth Feast & Plague Commemoration")
Hepworth Feast & Plague Commemoration
Posted on February 7, 2011 | 1 CommentHepworth Feast is a commemorative event giving thanks for the cessation of plague, with its origins in the 1665 outbreak which claimed many lives locally. In earlier times there were […] -
![Trooping the Colour takes place in June each year to mark the reigning monarch’s Official Birthday. It’s one of the great spectacles that overseas tourists love to see! His Majesty […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Trooping-the-Colour-115x115.jpg "London Trooping the Colour")
London Trooping the Colour
Posted on February 7, 2011 | No CommentsTrooping the Colour takes place in June each year to mark the reigning monarch’s Official Birthday. It’s one of the great spectacles that overseas tourists love to see! His Majesty […] -
![The Knollys Rose Ceremony is a revival of a custom in which a rose was given as payment for a fine. Back in 1381 a footbridge was erected without permission […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_8697-115x115.jpg "London Knollys Rose Ceremony")
London Knollys Rose Ceremony
Posted on February 7, 2011 | 8 CommentsThe Knollys Rose Ceremony is a revival of a custom in which a rose was given as payment for a fine. Back in 1381 a footbridge was erected without permission […] -
![The Maypole at Barwick in Elmet is one of the tallest poles in the country and is the focus of major celebrations triennially. The pole is taken down on Easter […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_8363-115x115.jpg "Barwick Maypole Celebrations")
Barwick Maypole Celebrations
Posted on February 7, 2011 | 8 CommentsThe Maypole at Barwick in Elmet is one of the tallest poles in the country and is the focus of major celebrations triennially. The pole is taken down on Easter […] -
![Blessing the Sea ceremonies used to be relatively common in coastal areas and one of the few survivors was the Blessing of the Fleet at Brixham, which until recently formed […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Brixham-Harbour-115x115.jpg "Brixham Blessing the Fleet")
Brixham Blessing the Fleet
Posted on February 7, 2011 | No CommentsBlessing the Sea ceremonies used to be relatively common in coastal areas and one of the few survivors was the Blessing of the Fleet at Brixham, which until recently formed […] -
![Hastings in Sussex is the home of one of the few survivors of the once widespread custom of Blessing the Sea in Rogationtide, though it’s moved date in recent times. […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Hastings-Harbour-115x115.jpg "Hastings Blessing the Sea")
Hastings Blessing the Sea
Posted on February 7, 2011 | No CommentsHastings in Sussex is the home of one of the few survivors of the once widespread custom of Blessing the Sea in Rogationtide, though it’s moved date in recent times. […] -
![Ascension Day was a popular choice for parish boundary marking customs and in Lichfield a ceremony took place in the Cathdral Close. The houses all had greenery pushed through their […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Lichfield Beating the Bounds")
Lichfield Beating the Bounds
Posted on February 7, 2011 | 2 CommentsAscension Day was a popular choice for parish boundary marking customs and in Lichfield a ceremony took place in the Cathdral Close. The houses all had greenery pushed through their […] -
![Most Ascension Day customs are associated with marking church parish boundaries, but one in London marks the boundaries of the Liberty of the Tower of London. The adjoining boundaries of […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_8546-115x115.jpg "London Beating the Bounds")
London Beating the Bounds
Posted on February 7, 2011 | 2 CommentsMost Ascension Day customs are associated with marking church parish boundaries, but one in London marks the boundaries of the Liberty of the Tower of London. The adjoining boundaries of […]