Butchers Company 500 Year Celebrations

In 1520, during Henry V111’s reign, the freemen’s Butchers’ Company was granted the legal right to ply their trade from the fringe of the Market Place.

Their modern-day successors originally looked to mark their 500^th anniversary in the summer of 2020 – but were twice forced to shelve plans by Covid.

Among the guests who attended the delayed festivities was the county’s Lord Lieutenant Sue Snowdon, High Sheriff Shona Harper-Wilkes and the Mayor County Councillor Arnie Simpson.