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St. Albans Pageant, 1907: Queen Elizabeth at Gorhambury.

Courtesy of St. Albans Museums.

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The project team produced regular blog posts over the course of the period 2013-2017 (covering the years funded by the first AHRC) grant. These blog posts can be found below.

  • Bury St Edmunds: A natural home for pageantry

    by Thulme June 21, 2014 Comments

    I’ve spent most of this week in the picturesque town of Bury St Edmund’s, Suffolk, carrying out archival research and meeting up with Alan Baxter, who represents Magna Carta 800 – one of our official project partners. I have, of course, also found plenty of time to wander around the extensive and beautifully conserved ruins of the medieval Abbey, and even to savour a pint in (officially!) the smallest bar in the UK – the ...

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