Anglo-Saxon Malmesbury proved a great hit and a wonderful conclusion to our month of Athelstan 1100 events this summer. Regia Anglorum created an immersive and memorable Anglo-Saxon village for a weekend on the town's beautiful St Aldhelm's Mead, which was visited by hundreds of engaged visitors and, of course, there was a demonstration of shield walls clashing each afternoon.
This Saturday the 20th and Sunday 21st of July around 200 re-enactors from Regia Anglorum will be living in an Anglo-Saxon village in Malmesbury's beautiful St Aldhelm's Mead. Come and visit between 10:00am and 4:30pm for hands on experiences, demonstrations of Anglo-Saxon life and, at around 3:00pm each day, witness a battle re-enactment! Anglo-Saxon Malmesbury is free to attend.
The first two editions of 'The Malmesbury Times' are out now. All the news from 924 to 939.
Pick up your free copies at The Anglo-Saxon Style Market in Malmesbury this Saturday from 10:00am to 4:00pm, Athelstan's Big Picnic this Sunday from 12:00 to 4:00pm and
Over 150 first time archaeologists and hundreds of visitors experienced archaeology in practice as part of Malmesbury's Big Athelstan Dig. Thirteen test pits were dug at sites all over Malmesbury under the guidance of professional archaeologists from Cotswold Archaeology while visitors could see the digs progressing and the finds being brought back to the Finds Centre in the Town Hall.
At the same time an important announcement was made about recent finds during development work in the centre of Malmesbury. This revealed an unexpected graveyard with dating and finds which Malmesbury based historian and author Tony McAleavy described as 'literally transforming our understanding of the birth of Malmesbury Abbey in the seventh and eight centuries. The BBC report is
DETAILS of 13 sites where archaeological digs will take place this coming weekend in Malmesbury have been revealed as Malmesbury’s Big Athelstan Dig begins. Three other sites of archaeological interest will also be open to visit.
Archaeologists from Cotswold Archaeology will be in Malmesbury preparing the various test pit sites for excavation on Thursday and Friday this week with support of students from Malmesbury School who will be learning about the skills and discipline of a dig, the finding, preservation and recording of finds.
Each site will be open to the public from 10.30am to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday (July 6 & 7).
The sites
Hot on the heels of a week long series of features on Ben Prater’s BBC Wiltshire’s Breakfast Show - which has now been summarised into eight delightful minutes,
Hot ticket news!
Acclaimed historian Tom Holland is coming to Malmesbury on Sunday the 30th June to open the Athelstan Pilgrim Way and will be delivering a brand new talk ‘On the trail of the first king of England: Why Athelstan deserves pilgrims’ at 2:00pm. Tickets for his talk are on sale priced £10.00.
Tickets are now available for our great live performances at Malmesbury Abbey, ‘Oh! Athelstan’ on the 29th June and ‘Athelstan – A United Kingdom’ on the 13th and 14th July.
We are very pleased to announce Barn Owl Books, our local bookshop in Malmesbury, as our book partner for the Athelstan 1100 celebrations.
We're excited about the bunting that is starting to be made for display in Malmesbury town centre this summer as part of the Athelstan 1100 celebrations!
Athelstan 1100 Speaker Programme tickets are on sale now!
Ten great speakers in super venues with topics that will appeal to all.
We are really excited to see Athelstan 1100 becoming part of the fabric of Malmesbury!
Material featuring our very own Athelstan is now available at the Fabric Shack, 43a High Street, Malmesbury.
We are aiming to have 50 banners celebrating Athelstan 1100 from mid May to October, with 30 including contributions from across our whole community. Could one of them be yours?