2015

SP9211 : Tring - 700th anniversary - "Yarn Bomb Tring"

taken 9 years ago, near to Tring, Hertfordshire, England

Tring - 700th anniversary - "Yarn Bomb Tring"
Tring - 700th anniversary - "Yarn Bomb Tring"
As part of the celebrations for the 700th anniversary of the granting of Tring's charter, the local knitters "yarn bombed" Church Square in front of the church. See also SP9211 : Tring - 700th anniversary yarn bombing - elephant and SP9211 : Tring - 700th anniversary yarn bombing - zebra and shared description below:
Tring 700th anniversary of charter

Tring officially became a town on 13th July 1315 with the granting of a charter by King Edward II.
The following year a ten day feast was held to celebrate the town's new status - this commenced on 29th June 1316.
By a conflation of these dates, the 700th anniversary of the charter was celebrated a fortnight earlier than it really should have been, on 29th June 2015.
Various events took place in and around the town and the church bells were rung for several hours. There was a service in the church and a beer tent and barbecue in the church grounds. The local knitters "yarn bombed" Church Square as can be seen from several of the photos.

Tring Church Square & War Memorial

The Church Square was the site of the old market house LinkExternal link but that was demolished in 1900 to make and open space in front of the church. It was used for the open air market until the 1970s and then became an untidy car park, but towards the end of the century it was given a complete face lift, with a reproduction Victorian post box and a decent bus shelter. In 2015 the Market returned to where it should always have been - in the centre of the town.
The Town War Memorial SP9211 : Tring War Memorial is at the back of the Square, on the edge of the Churchyard


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Geographical Context: City, Town centre Place: Tring Primary Subject: Event other tags: Anniversary Yarnbombing Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Tring Church [185] Other Photos: · Tring - 700th anniversary yarn bombing - elephant · Tring - 700th anniversary yarn bombing - zebra ·
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SP9211, 830 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Rob Farrow   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 29 June, 2015   (more nearby)
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Friday, 3 July, 2015
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 9246 1143 [10m precision]
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 9246 1143
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