Our new exhibition this year is an updated and reworked history of Hallaton Castle. Matthew Morris has helped us put together some enthralling new information about the Motte & Bailey. We don’t want to give too much away, but it’s definitely worth a visit to our museum, which may encourage you to visit us during […]
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Hold these Dates! This year’s Festival of Archaeology will run from 12th July to 2nd August. Sundays this year in July will be days we hope that you won’t want to forget. Gail will be serving her delicious teas in the church and you will be able to take a guided walk on to the […]
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ST MORRELL’S ROUND – A BRITISH PILGRIMAGE Pilgrimage is for everyone, promoting holisticwellbeing via pilgrim practices and connectingyou with yourself, others, nature andeverything beyond. ST MORRELL’S ROUND – A CIRCULAR PILGRIMAGE OF ABOUT 17MILES. The round is inspired by the medieval pilgrimages made to St Morrell’s Chapel on the hillside near Hallaton. Morrel who died […]
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Unearthed from the heart of Hallaton’s historic landscape, the Hallaton Treasure is a dazzling collection of ancient artefacts that offers a glimpse into a lost world. Among the finds are intricately crafted clothing items, delicate jewellery, and an array of remarkable objects – from a rare silver bowl to silver and bronze ingots, and mysterious […]
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No quintessential English village would be complete without an annual tradition, and Hallaton is no exception, with its annual Hare Pie Scramble and Bottle Kicking Contest, held on Easter Monday. This ancient custom is well-documented in a display at Hallaton’s ‘Tin Tab’ museum, and on the internet, but as a brief introduction, after a series […]
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Ale Tales is an exhibition that tells the history of Hallaton through its pubs. Although we know the Celts were drinking and feasting when they buried the Hallaton Treasure up on Hare Pie bank two thousand years ago, our story starts a bit later when we see that Isabella Wirth and other ‘ale wives’ were […]
...St Morrell’s Round Piscina at Loddington Norman Tower at Tugby St Morrell’s Round is a circular pilgrimage of about 18 miles which is inspired by the medieval pilgrimages made to St Morrell’s Chapel on the hillside near Hallaton. The pilgrimage does not claim to follow any previous route but instead visits sites where you can […]
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Ale Tales is an exhibition that tells the history of Hallaton through its pubs. Although we know the Celts were drinking and feasting when they buried the Hallaton Treasure up on Hare Pie bank two thousand years ago, our story starts a bit later when we see that Isabella Wirth and other ‘ale wives’ were […]
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