The Weaver's House

This is a centuries old tradition done at Easter-time to signify the coming of spring and new life and is also thought to be the origin of today’s chocolate Easter Egg. Egg dyeing involves hard boiling eggs in a pan…

We were lucky with the weather on Saturday! What a great start to our Open Day season, with lots of visitors coming to enjoy Tudor Games in the sunshine. We had games set up throughout the site including quoits, skittles,…

According to Wikipedia, the tradition of wassailing  ‘falls into two distinct categories: The house-visiting and the orchard-visiting wassail.’ The first involves going door-to-door, singing and offering a drink in exchange for gifts, a practice mostly now overtaken by carol-singing. The…

The Weavers’ Workshop recently received thanks from both an eleventh century noblewoman and a twenty-first century queen. Lady Godiva, embodied by Pru Poretta, presented the Weavers with a Certificate of Appreciation for their contribution to the tapestry depicting Coventry’s history.…

October – misty mornings, nights drawing in, preparation for winter and the year coming to a close. Before that – Halloween. Tricks, treats, fancy dress and ghost stories. What would have a medieval weaver made of this time of year?…

At the time The Weaver’s House was built, Valentine’s Day would have already gained currency as a celebration of romantic love, thanks to the works of Chaucer. The traditions of gift-giving were still a few centuries away however. If you…