National and Local Meetings & Events

See the inside cover of  Withowinde journal  for contact details and confirmation of event details

IT IS WISE TO CHECK THE DAY BEFORE AN EVENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EVENT HAS NOT BEEN CANCELLED.


SCIRGEREFAN (County Representatives)

or Tungerefan (Contact Points)

Essex  Linden Currie

Leicestershire  Alison Skinner

Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire  Roy Bickerstaffe

List of other Local Contact Points

Canterbury: David Hinch

South-West and South London:  Mark Case

Wetherby and York George Roe

South Gloucestershire & North Somerset Hugh Soar

West Cumbria Liz Bell

Ryedale, North Yorkshire Phyllis Wicks

Coastal West Sussex Patrick Marshall

Manchester Martin Singer

North-East Worcestershire Jane Love

Hereford Alison Silver

Bedfordshire  Peter Horn

Southwest Surrey-Godalming Hundred Richard Dean

East Sussex Avril Simmonds

East Anglia   John Chatwin

Wessex (Hamtunscir, Meonware) Peter O’Sullivan

 

 

Wetherby and York    (George Roe has organised the following events

Sunday 2nd June 2013

All Saints Church Otley. Meet at the church at 1.00pm. Guided tour by Margaret Parkin who is a church warden and volunteer at the local museum.

Sunday 7th July 2013

Escomb Saxon Church nr Bishop Auckland. Meet at the Saxon Inn at 12.00pm to eat, explore the village or walk the nearby lake. Guided tour of the church from 1.30pm by Gill Beddow the church visits co-ordinator. A contribution of £2pp is expected to church funds.

Saturday 3rd August 2013

English Companions Summer lectures at St Roberts Conference Centre, Harrogate. Meet at the centre at 12.45pm. Archaeologists Dominic Powlesland and David Johnson will be sharing insights gleaned from their excavations. David Mosley will be talking about Anglo-Saxon coinage – see separate flyer for more details. Tickets £2 members £3 none members in advance from George Roe

Saturday & Sunday 21st -22nd Sept 2013

The Battle of Stamford Bridge Festival. The Companions will be pitching their tent for the weekend!

The following events have been organised by Harry Ball (Events Officer), please contact him for further details.

8th June 2013, Saturday – Breedon on the Hill and Stanton by Bridge, Derbyshire. This is a Companion’s Field Visit .

31st August – 1st Sept – Tamworth Festival – The Companion’s Living History Tent -to be arranged.

LEARNING DAY/FOLCEMOT

The Companions will be holding a Learning Day at Elstow combined with the Folk Moot (AGM) This will be on Sunday, 8th September 2013 at Elstow Playing Fields Hall, ELSTOW near Bedford. All sessions open to the public. Small Fee.

Further details to follow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

August 7th, 2010