Viking invaders help bring curtain down on celebrating 1100 years of the ancient “cyty” of Thelwall
VIKING invaders helped bring the curtain down on the final weekend of celebrating 1100 years of the ancient “cyty” of Thelwall. Thanks to more than £37,000 funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, organisers of the Thelwall 1100 Festival have been delivering a programme of celebration events between 9 – 24th September, supporting a range of commemorative projects and legacies for the community over the next two years. Thelwall celebrated 1100 years of ‘cyty’ status by marking the occasion with Viking Re-Enactment and Living History, setting up camp on Chaigeley field. Living history displays included crafts, food, medicines, clothing and battles. A fortified village was established at Thelwall in 923, in the reign of King Edward the Elder, which is mentioned in two very early sources, including the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. King Edward made Thelwall a “Cyty.”
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Location: Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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