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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 July, 2014
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![The border reivers were the folk who inhabited the “debateable lands” on the frontier of England & Scotland in the days before the Union; their quarrelsome ways and aggresive habits […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMG_5467-115x115.jpg "Hawick Reivers Festival")
Hawick Reivers Festival
Posted on July 7, 2014 | 4 CommentsThe border reivers were the folk who inhabited the “debateable lands” on the frontier of England & Scotland in the days before the Union; their quarrelsome ways and aggresive habits […] -
![Nicholas Chamberlaine was the local landowner and rector at Bedworth for over fifty years during the late seventeenth century. Amongst other charitable concerns, he founded almshouses and schools whose legacy […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bedworth-115x115.jpg "Bedworth Bun Day")
Bedworth Bun Day
Posted on July 7, 2014 | No CommentsNicholas Chamberlaine was the local landowner and rector at Bedworth for over fifty years during the late seventeenth century. Amongst other charitable concerns, he founded almshouses and schools whose legacy […] -
![On August 4th 1265 the Battle of Evesham took place in which royal forces defeated those of rebel Simon de Montfort, who was killed bravely fighting in the fray. Each […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMG_3520-115x115.jpg "Battle of Evesham Festival Weekend")
Battle of Evesham Festival Weekend
Posted on July 7, 2014 | No CommentsOn August 4th 1265 the Battle of Evesham took place in which royal forces defeated those of rebel Simon de Montfort, who was killed bravely fighting in the fray. Each […] -
![Well dressing is an ancient Christian custom with its origins lost in the mists of time; what is certain is that it is a thanksgiving for a supply of clean […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMG_5431-115x115.jpeg "Buxton Well Dressing Festival")
Buxton Well Dressing Festival
Posted on July 7, 2014 | No CommentsWell dressing is an ancient Christian custom with its origins lost in the mists of time; what is certain is that it is a thanksgiving for a supply of clean […] -
![Well dressing is an ancient Christian custom with its origins lost in the mists of time; what is certain is that it is a thanksgiving for a supply of clean […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/der-tissington-welldressing-115x115.jpg "Tissington Well Dressing")
Tissington Well Dressing
Posted on July 7, 2014 | 2 CommentsWell dressing is an ancient Christian custom with its origins lost in the mists of time; what is certain is that it is a thanksgiving for a supply of clean […] -
![The Rushbearing custom at Great Musgrave is one of only a handful which still survive; the origins of the custom lie in the days when the church floor would be […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_3706-115x115.jpg "Great Musgrave Rushbearing")
Great Musgrave Rushbearing
Posted on July 5, 2014 | No CommentsThe Rushbearing custom at Great Musgrave is one of only a handful which still survive; the origins of the custom lie in the days when the church floor would be […]