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20 December 2024

Feasts, Parties and Celebrations: The Twelve Days of Christmas

How do you celebrate Christmas? Most, if not all, families will have their Christmas traditions; the food they eat, the family members they see, the church services they attend, the…

Zachary Peatling

snow covered late-Medieval buildings, traditional historic scenery

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9 December 2024

Winter Warming: Ritual Year Traditions in the First Season

In the Ritual Year, the year is divided into the four seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn. This roughly maps onto the monthly divisions too. Winter is December, January, February; Spring…

Zachary Peatling

frosty Christmas ivy on a traditional historic wall

Museum News

18 November 2024

Christmas Through the Ages

How do you celebrate Christmas? You might have traditions that are unique to you and your family, your cultural heritage or national identity. In Britain, Christmas as we know it…

Zachary Peatling

Toll House fireplace at the Weald & Downland living Museum

Museum News

13 November 2024

The Heart of the Home: A History of the Hearth

What does the household revolve around? What is the centrepiece of the home? For millennia, it has been the hearth. Indeed, the modern world ‘hearth’ comes from the Old English…

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5 November 2024

Blod-Monath: Winter Survival & Celebration

November, the month of Guy Fawkes, bonfires and autumn leaves, went by a different moniker during the Early Medieval period. It was known, rather descriptively, as ‘Blod-Monath’, or ‘Blood Month’…

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30 October 2024

Ghostly Trick or Pious Treat? The Origins of Halloween

As soon as the leaves start to change colour, and the blanket of them begins to crunch under foot, our minds usually turn to Halloween. This is the night where,…

wealddown

Museum News

18 October 2024

Cultivating Sustainability: A Gardening Way of Life

In an increasingly eco-conscious world, sustainability is no longer just a buzzword - it’s a way of life. From nurturing soil health to promoting biodiversity, each step we take towards…

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Museum News

18 October 2024

Welcome to our Museum Director

Tilly Blyth steps into Director role to lead an exciting new chapter at the Weald & Downland Living Museum The Weald & Downland Living Museum is delighted to announce…

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Museum News

15 October 2024

Keeping a Good Table: Tudor Food

When you think of Tudor food, you probably head straight for the images of whole-roasted swans, pigs with apples in their mouths or feast tables laden with more decoration than…

wealddown

Museum News

11 October 2024

A Victorian Deep Clean

Learning from the Past to Clean the Present Deep cleaning is often a job we dread as comfortable moderns; even with all our foamy soaps and vacuum cleaners. But here…

wealddown

Museum News

2 October 2024

A New Archive Facility

We have embarked on an ambitious project to digitally archive our vast collection of photographic slides and historic materials. This ongoing work aims to preserve our rich history while making…

wealddown

Museum News

25 September 2024

Threshing: The final stage of harvest

For our ancestors, the harvest was not just a period of gathering crops—it was the lifeline that ensured survival through the harsh winter months. The harvest season was the pinnacle…

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Feasts, Parties and Celebrations: The Twelve Days of Christmas

Winter Warming: Ritual Year Traditions in the First Season

Christmas Through the Ages

The Heart of the Home: A History of the Hearth

Blod-Monath: Winter Survival & Celebration

Ghostly Trick or Pious Treat? The Origins of Halloween

Cultivating Sustainability: A Gardening Way of Life

Welcome to our Museum Director

Keeping a Good Table: Tudor Food

A Victorian Deep Clean

A New Archive Facility

Threshing: The final stage of harvest

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