Acle Early Medieval Re-enactors
Acle’s Saxon village demonstrates life just before the founding of Gisborough Priory. Activities include Combat, including ‘kid’s combat’, Cooking, Coin Striking, Weaving, Spinning and Carding, Beekeeping and Beeswax crafts, as well as many others!
Before the founding of Gisborough Priory in 1119, Guisborough was a Saxon settlement, and Acle Early Medieval Re-enactment Society are setting up a village in the Priory grounds to show what life was like at that time. Food for our hungry Anglo Saxons is authentically cooked on an open fire using authentic ingredients from the early Medieval period, giving you the chance to learn about the food that was enjoyed. Our villagers quenched their thirst with mead and ale. Learn more about how these were brewed. From carding the wool, to spinning and then weaving the threads, villagers demonstrate the meticulous process of creating fabric used to make their clothes. Bees were extremely useful to early medieval people because of the different uses of honey and beeswax, villagers use skeps to demonstrate how this may have been done. Learn about the process of beekeeping and it’s links to religious orders.
Villagers have their own coin mint where, for a small charge, you can strike your own coin and take it home.
Other aspects of Saxon life will also be on display. The Harrying of the North was an attempt to wipe out the Saxons by William the Conqueror. The warriors of Acle will be demonstrating combat from the early Medieval period, with displays of tactics and formations as well as how each weapon may have been used. The warriors also teach ‘Kids combat’ in which children will learn how to form a shield-wall and have the opportunity to fight the warriors of Acle.
Date
- 14 - 15 Sep 2024
- Expired!
Time
Open till 6:00pm on Saturday.- 10:00 pm
Location
- Church St, Guisborough
Organizer
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Gisborough Priory Project
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Phone
07391 351757 -
Email
enquiries@gisboroughprioryproject.org.uk