by chandlerd | Apr 25, 2016 | Events, History blog, Latest News, Uncategorised
The 16th century collided with the 21st century for the Mayor of Eastleigh when she was presented with Road To Agincourt’s innovative augmented reality map at the Hamble Valley Festival of Food on Saturday (April 23). Harry’s Hampshire Interactive Map – which is...
by chandlerd | Apr 18, 2016 | History blog, Latest News, Uncategorised
The Road To Agincourt team were invited to the recent Hampshire Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers workshop last weekend, which is held in Shawford, Winchester. The team went along to film the day, whilst also hoping to find out more about how weaving and spinning...
by chandlerd | Apr 14, 2016 | History blog, Latest News, Uncategorised
Folk Review was a British magazine dedicated to folk music, which was published monthly between 1971 to 1979. In this 1978 edition, a piece about Agincourt folk music was published by John Paddy Browne; which we have reproduced for you below. A scanned version of the...
by chandlerd | Mar 22, 2016 | History blog, Latest News, Uncategorised
Bevis – what a performance! This review was kindly written by author Dr Lynn Forest-Hill, who penned the book of Bevis of Hampton, a translation of the 14th century story. Lynn was present on the VIP night of The Legends of Sir Bevis at The Berry Theatre,...
by chandlerd | Mar 4, 2016 | History blog, Uncategorised
Ordered in 1416, Grace Dieu was completed by in 1418 and at the time was one of the largest ships in England. Her weight was estimated to be 1,400 tons _____________________________________________________ The remains of Grace Dieu suggest that it was built in a hurry...
by chandlerd | Feb 25, 2016 | History blog, Uncategorised
As part of stage two of the Road To Agincourt, From Tree to Sea, the team will be looking at the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt. One of the many exciting projects we have lined up is an archaeological dig around the wreck of the Grace Dieu, a battleship which...
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