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Historical suppliers
Annie the Pedlar - Supplier of many Tudor historical items, including clothes and jewellery. School visits on Tudor life
Best armour - Well made, very well priced armour makers and makers of Discovering Medievals suit of child sized armour. Based in the Czech Republic.
Billy & Charlie - Historical pewterers, based in the USA.
Chimera Costumes - Replica historical clothing and all sorts of accessories
Clapp's baskets - Willow baskets etc, basketry courses
Drews Costumes - Fabulous costumier based in Denmark.
Farthingales - Makers of historic costumes and hats. Family business established in 1987.
Gemmeus - Historical reproduction & contemporary Jewellery
Gothic Green Oak - Makers of historical furniture and games
Guild of Saynt Luke - Medieval printed and drawn replicas of original artwork, letters, playing cards, poison labels etc and a very knowledgeable and helpful chap.
Herts Fabrics - Ali, Supplier of cloth to the re-enactment world and the material for Discovering Medievals historical costumes.
Historical Management Associates - Produce booklets, run feasts, produce historic foods. Famed by 'Tales from the Green Valley'.
Historic Castings - Maker of replica historic cauldrons, skillets, candlesticks, chafing dishes, pestles & mortars etc.
Historic Enterprises - An American company supplying many historic items. Remember that buying items from abroad may possibly incur importation taxes. However she also trades at the living history fayre in the UK.
Karl Robinson, Leatherworker - Makes leather items from Medieval to Elizabethan. Nice chap.
Kats Hats - Maker of exquisitely beautiful ladies & gents headresses and hats. Also pouches, gauntlets and wedding dresses. Well researched and well made and she's a thoroughly lovely, helpful lady too.
Lancaster Armouries - A lot of re-enactors start out with Lancaster armour.
Lionheart Replicas - Medieval pewterer
Living history Fayre - Re-enactors market for buying all sorts of re-enactment goodies. Takes place twice a year.
Merchant Venturers - Suppliers of historical glassware and many other historical replicas
Mulberry Dyer - Historic dyes, threads, lucets, braiding discs etc
Pewter replicas - Steve Millingham pewter replicas. Replicas in pewter of medieval goblets, coins, spoons, jewellery, crowns etc
Phil Fraser - Supplier of swords and maker of all things leather
Replica food - Replica produce our reproduction historical food
Res Miranda - Replica historic toys & games
Steve Dunford - Ironmonger, reproduces all sorts of historical ironmongery from manacles to hinges
Steve Wagstaff & Len Morgan - Make Roman surgical tools and medieval if you give them the specs.
The Tudor Market - A collection of various historical suppliers
Time tarts - Suppliers of all sorts of historical items
TORM - Anne Lavericks orginal re-enactors market. A superb market. Takes place twice a year
Traditional Materials - Make your own medieval kit with leather, twine, horn etc
Trinity Court Potteries - Superb quality pottery with exquisite attention to detail at very good prices
Professional demonstrators
Devilstick Peat - Juggling, devil sticks, storytelling etc
Grymm Tooms Travelling Museum - Met these Victorian guys at Carisbrooke castle. An extremely nice & professional bunch of people and the most amazingly original and inventive display I've seen in a long time. I have professional envy of their fabulous display! Hire them!
John S. White - Performance Historian, consultant and technical adviser. Portrays the fabulously sinister Mr Savage and many more characters.
Singing plague victims - A wonderfully funny and entertaining duo, a unique and unforgettable experience.
Tabulae - A disclosure and referral agency for professional interpreters,
performers and demonstrators in the UK. In short a listing , with
contact names and numbers of some of the best in the country. For use by schools, historic sites etc.
Trouvère - Medieval & Tudor dance and music for schools and historic sites.
White Horse Storytellers - Tell tales to make you laugh and cry, using Music and Magic they can speak to all of us, both young and old. Historical and ghostly tales. Good friends of DM.
Musicians
Hautbois - Historical musicians for various periods. We met them whilst working at Norwich Castle. They're lovely people.
Jousting
Destrier - Authentic jousting group.
Photographers & Designers
Martin Scott-Jupp - Professional freelance photographer who has supplied many of the photos for this site and for our leaflet. Three of which can be seen at the top of this page
Jutojo - Toby Cornish of Jutojo designer of our leaflet (pdf 362kb)
Clive Hawkins - A good friend and fine photographer of battlefield events. Several of his photos appear on our site
Historical Chat forums
Living History Forum - Re-enactors historical chat forum
School Visits (other people who do school visits)
The Blackout volunteers - Historical re-enactment society. Several members do talks and displays on the 1940s. They have their own 1940s YMCA tea car.
Class History - A one stop shop for schools to bring history alive in the classroom
History people - Provide educational displays in the Midlands for schools and museums, also involved in the "Stepping Back in Time" project a resource for teachers who will be able to take their students on a time travel experience from Egypt to WWII.
Tudor Travellers - A small group of Historical Re-Enactors, who portray life in the Sixteenth Century at schools, museums, historic sites and fayres. Aimed at key stages 1 & 2.
Re-enactment Societies
The Medieval Siege Society - Biggest war of the roses re-enactment society in the country. Great battles, living history and historical enterntainment. It's where we started out.
The Erpyngham Retinue - Historical interpreters and consultants for film and television, re-enactments and educational lectures.
Bonny's Buccaneers - Fun and historical pirate re-enactment!
Ermine Street Guard - Superb Roman reenactors for whom Discovering Medieval have much respect.
Nosey Cow - A friend who is trying to get his fab childrens book published. He also does 1940s 8th Army re-enactment. Several photos of which are on his site.
The Medieval Combat Society - a non profit making society run by the members for fun and enjoyment. Do events at historic sites across the country. Very entertaining, inventive and enjoyable combat, archery & dancing displays.
The Company of St Barbara - Medieval gun company. They own lots of cannon and a bombard, which makes the loudest bang you ever heard!
Royal Sussex Living History Group - a small group dedicated to recreating the Royal Sussex Regiment as it would have been in the Victorian period, keeping alive the days of scarlet tunics, buff leather equipment and bell tents. A nice bunch of people.
Interactive & educational websites
Annenberg/CPB Learner - Good website for introduction to all things medieval
Battle of Hastings - The 940th re-enactment of the battle of Hastings, fabulous film produced by EH. Brilliantly made and produced. A good guide for bringing the Battle of Hastings alive for children. 3000 re-enactors on the field!
Bryn Mawr Heritage Trust - aim as an educational Trust to preserve & restore the traditional farmstead of Bryn-Mawr
Colonial House - Interesting and interactive site.
Historic UK - THE history and heritage accomodation guide
History UK - A site for people with a passion for British History
Mary Rose - Explore the Mary Rose, Henry the VIII's favourite ship and meet those who worked on board. Fun and interactive.
Measuring Worth - Ever wanted to know how much 10 marks, 20 shillings, 10 groats etc were worth in modern money? Well here's your website for finding out. Great fun!
Medieval Realms 1066-1500 - Fantastic resource taking information from the British Libraries manuscripts
Nine mens morris web game - This clever website offers you the opportunity to play 3D nine mens morris at any level from beginner to Guru. Be warned it can be quite addictive!
Nova online - Great teaching resource, build your own trebuchet and destroy the castle!
Schools History Project
Shields, knight and heraldry - Free software to download to make your own shields, knights and heraldry
Technology at home - Not medieval but a wonderful website for educating children on how technology in their home has changed since 1900
Thinking history - Ian Dawsons fabulous website with wonderful ideas for teaching history in the classroom such as the revolt of 1381 and the Norman conquest with the aid of very simple props. See him in action at the Schools History Project Conference, held in July each year. A visit to SHP will fill you full of enthusiasm and ideas for teaching in the classroom, he's a prolific author of wonderful school history books.
Topmarks - Excellent website with 352 links to all sorts of wonderful educational websites in the history section alone!
Virtual Legion - An interactive website which explores the legions of ancient Rome.
Winged sandals - Not medieval but a wonderful interactive site for learning about Greek mythology and history
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