West Yorkshire Heritage Forum
The West Yorkshire Heritage Forum have been kind enough to showcase TowtonBattlefield Society on their website so we thought we would reciprocate and tell you a little bit about them. Primarily, it is intended to be a meeting place, both physically and on the internet, for all types of groups and individuals who are involved [...]
We Need Your Help
According to the great poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and dreaming dreams, but in active charity and willing service.” This could almost be the watchword for Towton Battlefield Society. With this sentiment in mind, we ask you to take a look at a new TBS website, [...]
Walk Towton 1461 – A Visitor Guide to Battle Related Sites
TBS members Helen Cox and Alan Stringer are pleased to announce the publication of their new book “Walk Towton 1461″. In this book you can follow Edward, Earl of March’s campaign from it’s beginnings in the Welsh Marches to the bloodbath that was Towton. For more details please the the flyer below Walk [...]
Battle of Wakefield Event – Saturday March 24th 2012
TBS members Helen Cox, Alan Stringer and Tim Sutherland will be starring at Wakefield Historical Society’s major event on Saturday 24th March between 11.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. and we hope you will be able to go along and lend your support. Thousands of men died just outside Sandal Castle, at the Battle of Wakefield, [...]
BULLETS BOOTS AND BANDAGES – Episodes 2 and 3
This is a series on BBC 4, beginning on Thursday 2nd February at 21:00. The first programme features the Siege of Harfleur and both Tim Sutherland and Helen Cox have been involved in the making of the series. The dates and times of Episodes 2 & 3 of’ Bullets, Boots & Bandages.’ 9th February, 9pm, BBC4 [...]
Sheriff Hutton ‘s Richard III Weekend, 20 21 October 2012
They say that some of the best things on life are a well-kept secret and perhaps this applies to the St. Helen and the Holy Cross church at Sheriff Hutton. Did you know that there is supposedly an effigy of Richard’s son, Edward Prince of Wales there? Not to mention medieval furniture and a chantry [...]
YOUR CHANCE TO SHINE
Was it Robert Genn that said “In life and art it’s better to be an enthusiastic amateur than a jaded professional”? Well, that should be encouragement enough for talented TBS members to put pen to paper and enter the Richard III Foundation’s John Davey Research Grant for Medieval Studies. This research grant is specifically aimed [...]
Palm Sunday 2012 – Updated Visitor Information
Attached below is the new Visitor Information Sheet for Palm Sunday 2012 Palm Sunday Visitor Information pdf Towton 2012 pdf
BATTLEFIELD WALKS IN 2012
These are the dates for our programme of regular Battlefield Walks for the first half of 2012 . All walks begin at the Rockingham Arms in Towton at 10.30am and all are on a Sunday. You do not have to be a member of the TBS to come along, we don’t make a charge but any [...]
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