Wimborne History Festival – 16th & 17th July
History lives in Wimborne this summer! Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Wimborne History Festival will be bringing thrilling reenactments to the town’s pretty streets, a Crime and Punishment...
View Article18 PICTURES: Musket fire fills air at Otley civil war re-enactment
THE sounds of 17th century battle have echoed across Otley as some 200 English Civil War Society members donned uniforms to recreate a battle, featuring muskets, pikes and cannon. Large crowds were...
View ArticleBradford on Avon hosts English Civil War re-enactment weekend
Hundreds of people gathered in the nearby town of Bradford on Avon this weekend where a piece of England’s history caught up with itself. The Bradford on Avon Town Council organised an English Civil...
View ArticleEnglish Civil War Society Weekend at Basing House 1st & 2nd October
On the 1st & 2nd October the Marquess of Winchesters Regiment of English Civil War Society joins us at Basing House, the historically important site for the English Civil War for a weekend of civil...
View ArticleThe Battle of Dunbar ECWS Major Muster September 17th – 18th 2016
By Andrew Carrick Gow – www.tate.org.uk, Public Domain A re-enactment and living history spectacular of the 17th Century. Large battle re-enactment, Drill Displays and Living History by the English...
View ArticleReconnecting with our past 3rd September
Reconnecting with our past Devereux’s coming ‘home’ to Malmesbury Saturday 3rd of September will have the pounding of marching feet echoing through the streets of Malmesbury as members of Colonel...
View ArticleGreat Chalfield Manor – 5th & 6th August 2017
Background to Civil War Activity. Great Chalfield Manor was the property of the prominent Royalist Sir Richard Gurney, Lord Mayor of London. He had bought a mortgage on it in 1631 as an investment...
View Article24th to the 26th March, The Reiver Festival Hawick
In 2002 a group of individuals came together under the guidance of The Hawick Partnership – an organisation which had been set up to support regeneration in the town – to look at the possibility of...
View ArticlePikes and Plunder Newark 1st Maybank Holiday
Re-enactors will fight pitch battles and stage living history displays in Newark over May Bank Holiday for the 3rd Pikes and Plunder event Newark will be transported 370 years back in time on 30 April...
View ArticleLate May Bank Holiday ECWS Major Muster at Valence House on May 28th – May 29th
The English Civil War Society in partnership with the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is very pleased to present this Major Muster, featuring scenes based upon Events in June 1648 where London...
View ArticleThe Roundhead Association
The Roundhead Association is part of The English Civil War Society, which is dedicated to the re-enactment of life during the English Civil War period. The Roundhead Association represent the...
View ArticleThe Kings Army
The King’s Army is an organisation of enthusiasts who gather together at ‘musters’ throughout the country during the ‘campaigning season’, which lasts from March to October, to re-enact events of the...
View ArticleOur Event List
Picture Courtesy of Jac Le Roux New events will be added as they become confirmed. Please click on an event name to view the blog post about it, unless it is listed in italic letters, which indicates...
View ArticleJoining the ECWS
Roundhead or Cavalier? Musketeer, pikeman, artilleryman or horse trooper? Or perhaps you would prefer a non-combat role as a drummer or campfollower or demonstrator of a 17th century trade or craft?...
View ArticleContact Us
For membership enquiries please visit the Joining the ECWS page or if you want to make an enquiry about staging an event please use the Information for Clients page. For all other enquiries please...
View Article29th January 2017, Commemoration of the Execution of Charles Ist
By kind permission of the Royal Parks Department, the King’s Army Annual March and Parade will again follow the route taken by Charles I from St James Palace on the Mall to the place of his untimely...
View ArticleNewbury 23rd – 24th June 2018
ECWS Major Muster at Newbury on the 23rd & 24th June Organised by – The Marquess of Winchester’s Regiment News to follow as it arrives…
View ArticleHylton Castle – ECWS Major event for the August Bank Holiday 2018
Hylton Castle was built by Sir William Hylton as his principal residence in about 1400. The rich Hylton family had estates in Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland and by the 13th century had assumed...
View ArticleThe English Civil War comes to Tonbridge May 5th – 6th
The English Civil War comes to Tonbridge 1643 May 5th – 6th Civil War Kent is often assumed to be solidly behind the Parliament in its struggle against King Charles I, but this is an...
View ArticlePikes and Plunder 2 at Queen’s Sconce and Newark Castle
Pikes and Plunder Annual Civil War Festival Text – from the National Civil War Centre website Sunday 6th – Monday 7th May Over 300 civil war re-enactors will descend on Newark during early May...
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