Join us on 10th April 2022 – Palm Sunday for our annual commemoration of the Battle of Towton 1461. The walks can be booked here: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/tbs-palm-sunday-event-50229?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb
Are you a hard working club secretary ?, a calendar organiser ?, history group ?etc looking to fill your 2022 programme then this update may just be for you. We are happy to provide speakers to local groups and schools, and can deliver talks online for groups further afield. We can also offer, in addition [...]
We have a full programme of walks arranged for 2022. Here are the dates, please register your intention to attend. Month First walk (date and guide) Second walk (date and guide) January 9th 23rd February 13th 27th March 13th 27th April 10th Palm Sunday 24th May 8th 22nd June 12th 26th July 10th 24th August [...]
It is increasingly important that the known places of battle in our islands should be protected and honoured. There men pitted themselves against the ultimate, not only against the enemy, but also against the final enemy, death. There the greatest courage was shown, and the greatest fear. There the greatest deeds were performed, the greatest [...]
The TBS have a free Visitor Information Centre at the Crooked Billet Pub near Saxton. Ideal for more information about the battlefield, the TBS and see some real life replicas of day to day items from the period. If the centre is not open the bar staff are happy to let you in on request. [...]
As Jill Thorley is no longer our secretary, contact details have changed and are different to stated in previous blog entries. The email address is unchanged, but for post our new contact is Jo Berendt, Membership Secretary. Contact Details are in the GDPR statement, which can be downloaded from the “what we do” menu at [...]
We are pleased to announce that Dr Helen Castor has accepted our invitation to become the Patron of the Towton Battlefield Society. I am sure that most of you will be aware of her contribution to the understanding of the medieval period, her many books, her TV and Radio work and some may have met [...]
We are pleased to announce that we have opened a new shop at Redbubble.com. Redbubble has a wide range of products, from mugs to phone cases to T shirts to notebooks, they even do tank tops and babygrows ! (and more). You can choose your Towton logo and select which product you would like it [...]