Wirksworth Wapentake

Record of the 2008 Event

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The Proclamation

The Mayor of Wirksworth, Councillor Andy Pollock, summoned the Wapentake

at a ceremony on Saturday the 29^th March at

2.00pm at the Great West Door of St Mary’s Church, Wirksworth.

See the proclamation here

The Wapentake Weekend

Programme

Saturday 26^th July

National Stone Centre

12.00 noon to 5.00 pm.

Day tickets £5.00 per person. Children 14 and under free

From 12.00 noon Living History Encampment

1.00 pm Arming the Warrior

2.00 pm Archery Tournament

3.00 pm Battle

4.00 pm Military Games

5.00 pm Close

Saturday 26^th July

National Stone Centre

7.00 pm to 10.00 pm

Evening tickets £4.00 per person. Children 14 and under free

Combined day and evening ticket £8.00. Children 14 and under free

Boat Burning at Wirksworth Great moot Field 26^th July 2008

7.00pm to 8.30 pm Living History Encampment

8.30 pm Preparations for procession

9.00 pm Torchlight procession

9.20 pm Boat Burning

9.45 pm Close

Sunday 27^th July

Wirksworth town centre

9.30 am to 1.00 pm

Free: Donations/Collection

9.30 am A Wapentake service at St Mary’s Church,

Short break after the service

11.15 Army assembles in St Mary’s Churchyard

11.30 am The Wapentake Procession

St Mary’s Churchyard to the Memorial Gardens

12.00 noon The meeting of the Wapentake: Memorial Gardens

The hailing of the Aeldorman and inspection of weapons

1.00 pm Army leaves for Great Moot Field

Sunday 27^th July

National Stone Centre

10.30 am to 4.30 pm

Day tickets £5.00 per person. Children 14 and under free

Saxon-Viking Battle at Wirksworth Great Moot Field

From 10.30 am Living History Encampment

1.30 pm Army returns to Great Moot Field

2.00 pm Arming the Warrior

3.00 pm Battle

4.00 pm Military Games

4.30 pm Close

Photographs courtesy of Geoff Buxton and Diane Sheppard. Copyright

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