... is to be given by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Evesham in October as a culminating event in the festival marking the 700th anniversary of the death in the battle of Evesham of Simon de Montfort. ...

... At. this I leapt out of bed. FAMILY QUIZ I. Who wrote The Professor 2. Who were defeated at the battle of Evesham ? 3. In what year was the F.A. Cup final first played at Wembley 4. In what year was the British Empire Exhibition held at Wembley 5. ' ...

... council that there is no obligation on its part to repair the lane. The committee's research goes back to 1265 and the Battle of Evesham. There was clearly no bridge across the Avon to allow Simon de Montfort's men to escape because 200 . are said to have ...

... Palace yesterday. Evesham plans for anniversary An historical play, a concert of music by Worcestershire composers. and a special booklet are among plans being considered by Evesham Town Council to the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Evesham. when Simon ...

... Naturally, as I come from Evesham where arrangements to honour Simon on the 700th anniversary of his death in the Battle of Evesham in 1265 are in hand, I was interested to hear why Simon was not so honoured in his birthplace as at Evesham, Kenilworth and Leicester ...

... Archbishop of Canterbury, to lnauguate three months of celebration commemorating de ktontfort's death in the Battle of Evesham in 1265. Mr. J. Hodson. Evesham Borough Surveyor, drew up plans for an obelisk. which a meeting of the council's Simon de Montfort S ...

... about the celebrations in Evesham next year of the 700th anniversary of the death in the Battle of Evesham of Simon de Montfort. Cards will be sent to all the amateurs known to Mr. Harry Barnett. of Lichfield Avenue. Evesham, who has been transmating ...

... Flowers mark seven centuries old battle 14WESHAMS most poignant chapter in history. the 1265 Battle of Evesham and the death of Simon de Montfort. is symbolised with flowers at Evesham Horticultural Society's annual three-day show which opened on Saturday ...

... of The Mount, site of an 11th century Norman castle built by the de Montfort family and probably destroyed after the Battle of Evesham in 1245. At its foot the little River Alne tinkles along part of the boundary between the town's two parishes Henley ...

... another Z2oo—so would a play. entitled Tragedy o/ Evesham, specially written for the occasion. £2,000 starts new Battle of Evesham Birmingham Post Evesham Correspondent THERE is growing opposition in Evesham to the town council's proposal to ...

... strong objections. Evesham Town Council last night decided by ten votes to eight to allocate a sum not exceeding £2,000 for the celebrations in the town next year to mark the 700th anniversary of the death in the Battle of Evesham of Simon de Montfort ...

... There Simon Joined him. Six years after the Battle of Evesham, on a Friday the 13th, the two of them most brutally and sacrilegiously murdered their cousin, Henry of Cornwall. a son of Richard 11, as an act of vengeance . Guy seems to have been ringleader ...