This month sees no official County Day. Yet Cultural England believes all England’s counties and regions should have their official day. A day when everything good about the county can be celebrated.
Cambridgeshire is one of the few remaining counties without its own official day of celebration. However a figure very prominent to the county has its feast day on the 22nd of the month, that of St.Wendreda. This is why Cultural England will be contacting Cambridgeshire Council and the local media requesting this becomes the official county day.
Over the coming year we will be doing the same for the remaining counties who lack their official days. In addition to this we will be promoting official days for England’s traditional regions as we seek to build upon the foundations of our social cultural heritage.
Again as we are still in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, all events on our calendar are likely to be cancelled, but we list them below to demonstrate the scale of activities which can resume after the pandemic. There are possibly more out there waiting to be revived, and as an organisation we hope to assist in raising awareness and bringing these back to life.
1st Andrews Dole
1st Mapleton Bridge Jump
1st Ponteland Wheelbarrow Race
1st Winsbury Dole
5th Curry Rivel Wassail and Ashen Faggot
6th Baddely Cake
6th Bodmin Wassailing (Cornish Festival)
6th Guildford Twelfth Night Wassail
6th Haxey Hood
17th Carhampton Wassailing
29th Peterborough Katharine of Aragon Festival
Late December to mid-January
Wassailing
1st trading day in year
Driffield Penny Scramble
Saturday early in Month
Queen's College Needle & Thread Gaudy
1st Saturday
Bolney Apple Howling
1st Saturday
Muskham Pinkies Plough Play
Monday early in Month
Hubberholme Parliament Land Letting
Near 6th
London Bankside Twelfth Night Celebrations
Saturday nearest 6th
Waldron Wassail
6th (if a Sunday) or Sunday following
Margate Blessing the Seas
Sunday after 6th
Blessing the River Thames
Monday after 6th
Northwold Plough Monday Procession
Monday after 6th
Plough Monday
Monday after 6th
Ramsey Straw Bear
Thursday, Friday & Saturday early to mid Month
Calverton Plough Play
Saturday early to mid Month
Coleby Plough Jag
Saturday early to mid Month
Hinckley Bullockers
Weekend early to mid month
Nottingham Plough Play & Dancing
Sunday early to Mid Month
Morton Plough Sunday
Sunday early to mid Month
Pickering Road Community Orchard Wassail
Saturday mid Month
Goathland Plough Stots
Saturday mid Month
Marshside Gate Inn Wassail
Sunday mid Month
Coventry Wassail
Mid Month Weekend
Chepstow Wassail and Mari Llwyd