Collect your Faversham Passport from the Visitor Information Centre and whilst you’re there visit Faversham Charters and Magna Carta and get your first passport stamp! 12 Market Place, Faversham, ME13
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Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be raising free donations for Faversham Charters and Magna
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The Magna Carta Trust have featured Faversham Charters in their recent newsletter. We are very pleased to be recognised as a permanent exhibitor of Magna Carta. Please consider subscribing to
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On Sunday 26th May, Faversham held a Millennium Market. This celebrated Faversham’s history of markets, dating back over 1000 years. Faversham was listed as being a market town in the
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It’s our 2nd birthday! We are so proud that we are able to offer free entry every day for the general public to view our charters and artefacts, including our
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Keep up to date with everything related to the Faversham Charters and Magna Carta exhibition, by signing up to follow us on your preferred social media platform. We encourage you
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We had a great time at the Kent Wheels of Time launch yesterday at The Ramsgate Tunnels. We have our new badges and lanyards ready for children aged 5-11 to
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We are excited to offer a selection of FREE activities during the half term holiday. Some are pre-bookable due to limited numbers, but there are also drop-in sessions. The Silkewoman
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Faversham owns a medieval version of the famous Magna Carta, made in the 14th century, a celebrated document of English history. Faversham’s Magna Carta is one of the best-preserved and
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Notes on the English translation of Magna Carta The text of Magna Carta of 1215 bears many traces of haste, and is the product of much bargaining. Most of its clauses deal
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Magna Carta is arguably the most famous medieval document. It sets out basic rights and liberties which are now considered fundamental in a just society. However, there is not
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Of the eighteen charters in Faversham’s collection, twelve possess seals appended with sets of silk braids. Eleven of these use fingerloop braiding, a technique where the threads to be braided
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The Mayor of Faversham, Cllr Trevor Martin, recounts his visit to Belmont House Nigel Field, the Town Sergeant, and Louise Bareham, Town Clerk, pick me up around 10:00 am. It
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Some of the Charter volunteers gathered earlier today for a briefing before the arrival of QEG and exchange students from Albertus Magnus Gymnasium in Cologne. The students were given given
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Just before Faversham’s astonishing medieval horn went on display in the Magna Carta exhibition, we caught up with Dr Louise Bacon who has studied it in detail and asked her
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