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Home The Regiment Today Taking Part & Joining Information Request Roles - Pikeman Photo Galleries 2009 Event Calendar Members |  English civil war Reenactment with the Marquess of Winchesters Regiment.
Over years the regiment has grown through the hard work of its members producing the “company” of foot you see today. Well respected for its appearance and re-enactment performance the regiment is busy throughout the country displaying the many aspects of the period to the public. In addition to military side with pikemen and musketeers, we have a growing core of members who are taking on civilian roles at our living history events. These roles include a brewer, sutler, armourer – providing shot and match, washer women, herbalist and carpenter whom all can be seen at our large living history reenactment displays. The Marquess of Winchesters Regiment has a membership that covers Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Hampshire, and Buckinghamshire with large numbers of members in the Newbury, Oxford and Aylesbury areas. So wherever you live we are pretty sure there would be a member of the regiment nearby to contact and ask about our re-enacting hobby. If you are interested in becoming a reenactor and taking part in our english civil war reenactment events either as a musketeer, pikeman or another role then please don't hesitate to get in touch.We have a fantastic introductory membership offer with plenty of battles, living histories, drill displays and friends to make your 1st and subsequent events unforgettable weekends away. |
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Every year, on the last Sunday in January, the Marquess of Winchesters Regiment along with the rest of the King's Army is privileged to be allowed to commemorate the execution of King Charles I with a parade along the route taken by the king from the St James' Palace to his place of execution outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall. The event takes place on Sunday, 31st January this year. The Army will assemble in The Mall in front of St James Palace from 11.00am. Starting at about 11.30am, the Army proceeds to march at a funeral pace along The Mall, across Horsguards Parade and, crossing over Whitehall into Horseguards Avenue, assembles for a short ceremony alongside the Banqueting House.
The regiment is therefor offering free
temporary membership for your 1st re-enactment for you and your family, with clothing and all the weapons loaned to you by the regiment.
This is the 1st opportunity for Winchester’s Regiment to get together for the first Regimental social event for the 2010 season. At the Banquet we will have the “Rum & Kidney Band” playing! Make & Mend – The aim is for people to do some work on Saturday and Sunday to maintain and improve the Regiment’s kit, as well as having a good time. At Batts Farm there is plenty of covered space available for all work activities. |
In 2009 Basing house in Hampshire was awarded £1 million lottery grant to improve the access, facilities and to restore & repair parts of the remaining buildings. In October 2009 the site was closed and will remain so until late 2010 to allow the works to be completed. There is a blog which keeps us informed of the latest news on the progress of the development. Recent update The exceptional wintry conditions in early January meant the loss of several days’ work, and the continuing low temperatures have prevented resumption of the repairs to the brickworks on the citadel. Sadly the frost has caused new damage, so the priority areas for repair now have to be re-assessed. However, good progress is now being made on other things. Drains, paths and fences at Grange Farm and the site car park have been completed. The concessionary footpath around the Duke of Bolton’s field re-opened in mid December, and a small amount of work to improve accessibility on the riverside path was started and finished on 26 January. The driveway inside Garrison Gate has been resurfaced, and work continues on refurbishing the old W.C. block there. The old farmyard at Grange Farm is now being levelled and resurfaced, and work has begun on converting the outshot (or “lean-to”) into a staff room and storage area. More news can be found here at the Basing House Blog Basing House official website here- Basing House A Flickr photo stream here - Flickr |
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