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Historical background to the Riot
Programme of Events: 19th June 2004
Project Team
What was the Militia?
Recreating the Hexham Riot of 1761
Hexham Riot Song
Hexham Riot workshops for Schools
Creative Writing
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Programme of Events: 19th June 2004
Location: Northumberland
A major commemorative event took place in Hexham on Saturday 19th June 2004
19 June 2004
Hexham Riot 1761
Venue: Hexham Market Place and Abbey Grounds
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Saturday, 19th June 2004
In Hexham Market Place
10.00am-3.00pm
Living history – Step back in time to 18th century
10.00am, 12.00noon & 2.00pm
18th century Town Tours by Hexham Guild of Guides
3.00pm
Re-enactment of the key events of the Hexham Riot of 1761
3.50pm
Unveiling of the memorial plaque
4.00pm
Northumberland community choirs sing the Hexham Riot Song
In Beaumont Street
10.00am-4.00pm
Street market and period-style market stalls
In the South Transept of Hexham Abbey
10.00am, 12.00noon & 2.00pmGenealogy of the Riot – Trace your family links with the Shire with the help of two experts, descendants of the rioters
In the Queen’s Hall Foyer
10.00am-5.00pm
Hexham Riot exhibition and creative writing display
In the Abbey Grounds
10.00am-3.00pm
Militia encampment and traditional games
10.00am & 1.45pm
Military drill and musket firing displays
10.30am, 12.30pm & 2.30pm
Innocent Blood – Poetry by Keith Armstrong,
accompanied on Northumbrian pipes by Chris Ormston
11.00am
The Hexham Riot – Drama staged by Hexham Middle School
11..15am, 12.15pm, 1.15pm & 2.15pm
Sword-fighting displays presented by
the British Association for Historical Swordplay
11.45am-12.50pm
Performances by Northumberland community choirs
In the Wentworth Leisure Centre
7.30pm
Ceilidh with “Hedgehog Skin”
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