The Battle of Assandun Commemoration 2016
BASH was created to commemorate the millennial anniversary of the Battle of Assandun on 18th October 2016.
This page will report our progress in achieving our aims and will also invite involvement in activities and roles that we identify as BASH develops.
In the meantime if you wish to register an interest in BASH or have any ideas how we can commemorate the battle then please contact us.
Please see About BASH to find out more about our aims or The Battle of Assandun 1016 to find out more about the original battle.
24th August 2007 - Ashingdon Parish Council considering 2016 Commemoration
An article in the Southend Evening Echo confirms that Ashingdon
Parish Council are looking at options for commemorating the Battle of Assandun.
Read the full article on our In The Media page.
24th May 2007 - Exhibition planned for December 2007
Members of the BASH Steering Committee met in May to agree details of a Battle of Assandun Commemorative Exhibition to be held at Southend Library from the 5th to the 12th December 2007.
The aim of the exhibition is to raise awareness of the battle and the campaign for its commemoration in its millennium year, 2016. The exhibition will feature Anglo-Saxon and Viking literature and artefacts, as well as historical details about the battle and profiles of its key figures, Edmund, Canute and Edric Streona.
Representatives from two historical groups
- Þa Engliscan Gesiþas (The English Companions), a society devoted to the study of the Anglo-Saxon period, and
- Vikings Online, Britain's largest Dark-Age re-enactment group
It is hoped that local schools can also be involved.
BASH will be seeking to commemorate the battle, which took place on 18th October 1016, in some way each year between now and 2016.