Knowle 750 High Street Celebrations
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Join us for a day of celebrating 750 since Knowle became a manor.
Live music ‘uptown’ by the Red Lion & ‘downtown’ near Solihull Music School, an artisan market, street food, community stalls, library activities, heritage exhibitions, children's activities, special church services and an official opening ceremony attended by some of the region's most distinguished guests.
Entertainment from Allure School of Dance, Knowle Musical Society Knowle Revels, Chipsum Gravy, Amy Price, George Wilson, The Alcohol Licks Shed Men Walking and Definitive.
Shops and cafes are opening especially for the day.
Some pubs are going back in time.
And the whole village is coming together to mark 750 years in the best way possible.
Free entry. 11am–5pm. Sunday 21st June. Knowle High Street.
Why are we celebrating? In 1276 on the death of the grandson of William de Arden Knowle lacked an appropriate heir and the Manor passed to the Crown in April 1276. But in July 1276 the Manor was assigned to his widow Agnes by dower for life, making Knowle a Manor for the first time.
Live music ‘uptown’ by the Red Lion & ‘downtown’ near Solihull Music School, an artisan market, street food, community stalls, library activities, heritage exhibitions, children's activities, special church services and an official opening ceremony attended by some of the region's most distinguished guests.
Entertainment from Allure School of Dance, Knowle Musical Society Knowle Revels, Chipsum Gravy, Amy Price, George Wilson, The Alcohol Licks Shed Men Walking and Definitive.
Shops and cafes are opening especially for the day.
Some pubs are going back in time.
And the whole village is coming together to mark 750 years in the best way possible.
Free entry. 11am–5pm. Sunday 21st June. Knowle High Street.
Why are we celebrating? In 1276 on the death of the grandson of William de Arden Knowle lacked an appropriate heir and the Manor passed to the Crown in April 1276. But in July 1276 the Manor was assigned to his widow Agnes by dower for life, making Knowle a Manor for the first time.
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Knowle Solihull, Solihull, United Kingdom
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