A dozen Northern Dalers and Merlin the dog zoomed over the grey murk of Stainmore to Penrith to commemorate 22nd August alongside members of the North Lakes/Penrith Richard III group. Marjorie Smith guided us around the history of the town - ancient streams, hilltop beacons and pele towers - before a tour of St Andrew's…
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"…it was shown by divers persons, especially by John Sponer sent unto the field of Redmoor to bring tidings from the same to the city, that King Richard, late lawfully reigning over us, was…piteously slain and murdered, to the great heaviness of this city…" - York Civic Records
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So, as our commemoration of Bosworth approaches, and a NDRIIIG trip this coming Thursday to Penrith to see the Ricardian sites and meet up with Cumbrian Ricardians, we also took delivery this very hour of exceedingly lovely tote bags with our logo: these will be available for purchase in due course, and of course on…
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Read More...Just a hop, skip and jump over the Stang and Redmire Moor this August .... prior to the Medieval Music in the Dales festival on the 6th-8th September.
We are hosting two Tavern Nights at Bolton Castle this year to warm ouselves up for the big event on 6th-8th September. The Tavern Nights will take place on 1st and 8th of August and will be an atmospheric evening of medieval music, song and comic tales all served up with a tasy broth and…
Read More...Today we remember the coronation of King Richard III and his queen Anne Neville - 6th July 1483 - https://murreyandblue.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/the-coronation-feast-of-king-richard-lll/?fbclid=IwAR3Ak872QenitFn7ZZhITzDn0iWHJSVyJRt7yktgnaoIdKAImAMrjGEdegs
Westminster Hall venue of the King Richard lll and Queen Anne Neville’s Coronation Feast. Queen Anne and King Richard from the Rous Roll. Anne is wearing the Crown of Queen Edith and Richard…
Read More...On an unseasonably murky and damp June evening, 15 Northern Dalers, undeterred, arrived at Wycliffe and approached through a beautiful archway set with rambling roses the low-set ancient church located beside the Tees River. Whilst the light was still good we were guided by churchwarden Keith Miller around the stunning recently restored late C13th/C14th stained…
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Regular visitors to this page may remember that some time ago we a) linked you to a SurveyMonkey survey about the kinds of heritage access you appreciated in visiting St Mary’s Barnard Castle, and b) pointed towards the scheme raising money to help restore the clerestory windows (created with money that Richard donated to the…
Read More...The Northern Dales RIII Group will be meeting/gathering this coming Monday (24th June) at 7pm at Wycliffe Church, for a tour and talk on this C13th church by churchwarden Keith Miller. Please meet with cars for car-sharing in the Barnard Castle car-park opposite St Mary's Parish Hall (the "Hole in the Wall" car-park), ready to…
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This post is shared from a post by Ricardian author and historian Matthew Lewis " There is a legal power to reverse the grant of planning permission to Horiba Mira to build a car test track over part of the registered battlefield site. A petition has been created and accepted by the UK government's petition…
The Battle of Bosworth in 1485 was a critical point in history, ending Plantagenet rule and ushering in the Tudor dynasty. Planning permission has been granted to Horiba Mira to build a car test track across part of the registered battlefield site, destroying not only archaeology and the landscape.
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Northern Dales Richard III Group
Focusing on the reign and reputation of Richard III and his links in the North