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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 March, 2013
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![The Bubble Sermon is organised annually by the London Stationers’ Company and the service is open to all, though very much a Company event, and the associated meal is for […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_1217-115x115.jpeg "London Richard Johnson Service & Bubble Sermon")
London Richard Johnson Service & Bubble Sermon
Posted on March 22, 2013 | No CommentsThe Bubble Sermon is organised annually by the London Stationers’ Company and the service is open to all, though very much a Company event, and the associated meal is for […] -
![In a ceremony now carried out for well over a hundred years, the choir of St John’s College, Cambridge climb up the chapel tower in order to sing Praetorius’ Ascension […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_2177-115x115.jpeg "Cambridge Ascension Day Carol")
Cambridge Ascension Day Carol
Posted on March 22, 2013 | No CommentsIn a ceremony now carried out for well over a hundred years, the choir of St John’s College, Cambridge climb up the chapel tower in order to sing Praetorius’ Ascension […] -
![Church Clipping events are ancient ceremonies where the congregation encircle their church, with origins a little uncertain but probably in luck-bringing for the year ahead; the name comes from an […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Upwey-115x115.jpg "Upwey Clipping the Church")
Upwey Clipping the Church
Posted on March 22, 2013 | No CommentsChurch Clipping events are ancient ceremonies where the congregation encircle their church, with origins a little uncertain but probably in luck-bringing for the year ahead; the name comes from an […] -
![Church Clipping events are ancient ceremonies where the congregation encircle their church, with origins a little uncertain but probably in luck-bringing for the year ahead; the name comes from an […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_4391-115x115.jpg "Wirksworth Clypping the Church")
Wirksworth Clypping the Church
Posted on March 22, 2013 | No CommentsChurch Clipping events are ancient ceremonies where the congregation encircle their church, with origins a little uncertain but probably in luck-bringing for the year ahead; the name comes from an […] -
![Church Clipping (sometimes spelled “Clypping”) events are ancient ceremonies where the congregation encircle their church, with origins a little uncertain but probably in luck-bringing for the year ahead; the name […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_6143-115x115.jpg "Edgmond Clypping Service")
Edgmond Clypping Service
Posted on March 22, 2013 | 2 CommentsChurch Clipping (sometimes spelled “Clypping”) events are ancient ceremonies where the congregation encircle their church, with origins a little uncertain but probably in luck-bringing for the year ahead; the name […] -
![Ladies day is the highlight of the year for the Neston Female Society, which was founded in 1814 and is the only surviving female society of this type in the […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_3080-115x115.jpg "Neston Ladies Day Walk")
Neston Ladies Day Walk
Posted on March 22, 2013 | 11 CommentsLadies day is the highlight of the year for the Neston Female Society, which was founded in 1814 and is the only surviving female society of this type in the […] -
![Choosing Day takes place every December in Brightlingsea at All Saints Church, on the first Monday following St Andrews Day, and it has a heritage dating back at least to […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/choosing_day019-D-LW-MS-at-ch-gate-115x115.jpg "Brightlingsea Choosing Day")
Brightlingsea Choosing Day
Posted on March 22, 2013 | No CommentsChoosing Day takes place every December in Brightlingsea at All Saints Church, on the first Monday following St Andrews Day, and it has a heritage dating back at least to […] -
![The deeds of St Alban are remembered each year at the Cathedral and town named in his honour in Hertfordshire; Alban was beheaded for sheltering Christian priests who were being […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_5077-115x115.jpeg "St Albans Pilgrimage")
St Albans Pilgrimage
Posted on March 21, 2013 | 4 CommentsThe deeds of St Alban are remembered each year at the Cathedral and town named in his honour in Hertfordshire; Alban was beheaded for sheltering Christian priests who were being […] -
![Hyde Park was the setting for an annual cavalcade of around 100 equestrians who gathered for the Horseman’s Sunday service to celebrate riding in the city. Started in 1968, it […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/horsemans-sunday-115x115.jpg "London Horseman’s Sunday")
London Horseman’s Sunday
Posted on March 21, 2013 | 4 CommentsHyde Park was the setting for an annual cavalcade of around 100 equestrians who gathered for the Horseman’s Sunday service to celebrate riding in the city. Started in 1968, it […] -
![The Bradwell Pilgrimage is a walk of approximately 2 miles from St Thomas’ Church in the centre of Bradwell village to the historic Chapel of St Peters on the Wall. […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Bradwell-115x115.jpg "Bradwell Pilgrimage & Festival")
Bradwell Pilgrimage & Festival
Posted on March 21, 2013 | 1 CommentThe Bradwell Pilgrimage is a walk of approximately 2 miles from St Thomas’ Church in the centre of Bradwell village to the historic Chapel of St Peters on the Wall. […]