Viking invaders help bring curtain down on celebrating 1100 years of the ancient “cyty” of Thelwall

PICTURES John Hopkins

VIKING invaders helped bring the curtain down on the final weekend of celebrating 1100 years of the ancient “cyty” of Thelwall.

Thanks to more than £37,000 funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, organisers of the Thelwall 1100 Festival have been delivering a programme of celebration events between 9 – 24th September, supporting a range of commemorative projects and legacies for the community over the next two years.
Thelwall celebrated 1100 years of ‘cyty’ status by joining forces to mark Chaigeley School’s 75th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of the Thelwall Morris Men.

Celebrating 50 years ofd Thelwall Morris

Wirhalh Skip Felagr (The Wirral Ship Fellowship)Merseyside’s leading early medieval Living History group helped mark the occasion with Viking Re-Enactment and Living History, setting up camp on Chaigeley field.
Living history displays included crafts, food, medicines, clothing and battles.
A fortified village was established at Thelwall in 923, in the reign of King Edward the Elder, which is mentioned in two very early sources, including the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. King Edward made Thelwall a “Cyty.”
The final activities of the event are scheduled for tomorrow.
Sunday 24th September
10.00am – 3.00pm Thelwall Parish Hall WA4 2EZ
All Saints’ Thelwall Market
10.00am – 11.30am
All Saints’ Church, Thelwall
1100th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service