Sealed Knot English Civil War Re-enactment

The Siege of Newstead Abbey (English Civil War re-enactment) presented by The Sealed Knot from Saturday 2 until Monday 4 June 2012.

Cannons roar, cavalry charge, the Cavaliers fight the Roundheads in one of the largest English Civil War battle re-enactments this summer.

From the 2nd to the 4th of June come to Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire to smell the camp fires and black powder, see massed blocks of pikemen crash and smash into each other and re-live a time when the Civil was was anything but civil!

 

 

The Sealed Knot living history organisation will be presenting a weekend of 17th Century Living and Battle displays with nearly 2000 re enactors taking part.

From 10 am until 5pm each day the Living History camp will be open to the public allowing full interaction with the armies, discover how families lived through battles and supported the armies.

At 12 midday each day there will be a pre battle display, with the main battle starting at 2.30pm lasting for up to 2 hours.

Charges will be £5 per car, plus £1 for children and £2 for adults, there will also be a collection point to raise funds for the Forces Children's Charity

Location:
Newstead Abbey Historic House & Park
Ravenshead, Newstead
Nottinghamshire
NG15 8NA

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Wedding Fair At The Abbey

On Sunday 27th May was the Spring Wedding Fair which hundreds of people turned up to get hints, tips and ideas for there future special day when they commit to the deed to start something very special. The day turned out very well in terms of weather and guest popularity and all the stall holders seemed very happy.

Below are some photos of the day

 

Flowers With Love

Fireworks With Love

Or Hire the Suit To Enjoy Your Special Day In

Classy Photographer

Or Kev’s Photography

Cost Effective Extraordinary Cakes

Helen King and Her Photographic Delights

Those who felt peckish

Brian Marshall Has A Brilliant Voice and a Talented Guitarist

Or Divulge in a chocolate delight which i did and i must admit you cannot beat a good chocolate fountain

 

The day went with out hitch and was extremely popular, all though there was a vast amount of picnickers the day must have gone well as i went to buy an ice-cream at 4pm and they had sold-out in all shops completely.

Spring Fair At The Abbey

On Sunday 20th May there was a fabulous day with the spring fair, Lots of choccies flowers jewellery and cakes lots to enjoy whatever your tastes.

Below will be a few photos taken at the event to show you the kind of thing you missed if you wasn’t able to make it.

Above a nice selection of hand-crafted Jewellery

A Selection Of Fruit and Nut Cakes for all occasions

Handmade soaps and cream sets for all occasions

Glass Art for the Culturists

Selection of Stone and Gem Jewellery

And Last the Colourful array of the Florists

The event was a complete success and enjoyed by all ages especially the cakes and the kids.

Entry was at £6 per car instead of the previous prices selected by the person who entered making incredible savings on entry fees.

With the cafe there was lots of choice in Cakes, Drinks and a Beautifully Selected Array of Hot Meals from Soups to Breakfast Brunches, Hot Red Peppers with Cous Cous to Mediterranean Vegetable Quiche.

Welcome To Discover Newstead Abbey

First of all welcome,

The reasoning behind this blog is because i am on a personal level of getting fed up with people slating Newstead Abbey in blogs because of all its bad points, throughout my journey however long this blog lasts i will try to stay positive no matter how many bad points are made and prove to you there is more to Newstead Abbey than all the negativity in the current populating blogs.

As you all know there have been lots of bad publicity in the press because of council cutbacks and thefts of the lead down piping, but with that aside i will delve into, The Good The Brilliant and The Excellent with all the future events that they will be holding.

So with that in mind lets get this journey started.