Welcome to Calendar Customs!
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 December, 2015
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Richmond Christmas Shilling Audit Money
Posted on December 3, 2015 | 4 CommentsEach December, specially minted coins are distributed at a ceremony in the Town Hall at Richmond (the Yorkshire one). The origins of the custom lie in the sixteenth century, when […] -
Hastings Catterning and Clemening
Posted on December 3, 2015 | 2 CommentsThe feast days of St Catherine and St Clement fall on the 23rd and 25th of November and in olden times it was common for folk to tour their district […]