Banbury Canal Festival As part of The Banbury Canal Festival 2023  visit the 17th Century English Civil War ‘Living History’ Soldiers Encampment; Come visit the soldiers at rest, listen to their stories and that of the civilians, their wives and sweethearts who follow them; see and hear the cannon and the musket fire; watch the […]

Elizabeth Cromwell Remembered- The Sealed Knot comes to Northborough   A salute to Elizabeth Cromwell The sound of drums rolls across the village as the Parliament army returns to Northborough to pay tribute to Elizabeth Cromwell, widow of Oliver Cromwell. March with Colonel John Pickering's Regiment of Foote to St Andrew's Church to lay a […]

The Siege of Crowland Abbey 1643 We are reenacting the Siege of Crowland 1643, which was a confused affair… It started with the kidnapping of a preacher from Spalding, developed into a skirmish between Spalding and Crowland Militias, and the whole sorry business was only settled when Oliver Cromwell arrived with his, and two other […]