Calendar

Oct
25
Sun
2020
Northamptonshire: Feast of St Crispin
Oct 25 all-day

Northamptonshire Day takes place annually on 25 October, the feast of St Crispin.

St Crispin is the patron saint of shoemakers, cobblers and leather workers – an important industry in the county.

This date was selected by public vote from a shortlist of five.

The four other options were:

  • 5 January – death of Philippa of Lancaster (1430), queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
  • 26 February – radar first demonstrated in Upper Stowe (1935)
  • 31 May – death of Waltheof (1076), 1st Earl of Northampton, the last of the Anglo-Saxon earls
  • 28 July – battle of Talavera (1809), battle honour of the Northamptonshire Regiment, the ‘Heroes of Talavera’

Northamptonshire

Oct
26
Mon
2020
Essex Day: Feast of St Cedd
Oct 26 all-day

Essex Day takes place annually on 26 October, the feast of St Cedd.

Cedd (c.620–64) was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop who was an evangelist among the East Saxons.

Nov
8
Sun
2020
UK: Remembrance Sunday
Nov 8 all-day

UK Government guidelines state that the Union Flag should be flown on Remembrance Sunday (the second Sunday in November).

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying 

Scottish government guidance also lists Remembrance Sunday as a flag flying day.

The Union Flag is specified.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/

The Royal British Legion recommends flying the Union Flag on Remembrance Day (11 November) and Remembrance Sunday.

https://support.britishlegion.org.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/263/~/remembrance-faqs 

The flag should not be flown at half mast on either day.

Nov
14
Sat
2020
UK: Birthday of HM The King
Nov 14 all-day

The Birthday of HM The King is listed as a flag flying day by UK government guidance.

The Union Flag is specified.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying

The Birthday of HM The King is also listed as a flag flying day by Scottish government guidance.

The Scottish Saltire is specified.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/

Nov
27
Fri
2020
Lancashire Day: Lancashire First Represented in Parliament
Nov 27 all-day

Lancashire Day has taken place annually on 27 November since 1996.

It commemorates the day when Lancashire first sent representatives to Parliament, the Model Parliament of King Edward I (1295).

Nov
28
Sat
2020
Bedfordshire Day: Birthday of John Bunyan
Nov 28 all-day

Bedfordshire Day takes place annually on 28 November.

The date, chosen by popular vote, commemorates the birthday of John Bunyan.

Several alternative options included:19 January – earldom (later dukedom) of Bedford recreated (1550); 12 April – Bedfordshire County Council granted its coat-of-arms (1951); 20 June – siege of Bedford Castle begins (1224); 13 August – Blenheim Day, celebrated by the Bedfordshire Regiment and its successors; 12 September – birth of prison reformer John Howard (1726); 14 October – first flight of the airship R101 from Cardington (1929); 6 November – 1st and 2nd Battalions Bedfordshire Regiment meet at Bailleul en route to Ypres (1914); 15 November – first High Sheriff of Bedfordshire appointed (1575); 25 November – feast of St Catherine, patron saint of spinners, weavers and lacemakers; 15 December – birth of Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams (1899).

Caernarfonshire Day: Death of Owain Gwynedd
Nov 28 all-day

Caernarfonshire Day takes place annually on 28 November.

It commemorates the death of Prince Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (1137–70).

Mar
1
Mon
2021
Wales: St David’s Day
Mar 1 all-day

 

St David’s Day is Wales’ national day.

The Senedd Cymru flies the Welsh national flag – Y Ddraig Goch (The Red Dragon) – all year round.

On St David’s Day it also flies the flag of St David (below).

https://senedd.wales/media/hl5dtuct/foi-574-final-redacted-response-saes.pdf

St David’s Day is also listed as a flag flying day (for Wales only) by UK government guidance.

The Union Flag is specified.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying

Mar
5
Fri
2021
Cornwall Day: Feast of St Piran
Mar 5 all-day

St Piran, the patron saint of tin miners, is one of Cornwall’s patron saints.

Mar
8
Mon
2021
Anglia Day: Feast of St Felix
Mar 8 all-day

St Felix (d.647/8), the first bishop of the East Angles, introduced Christianity to the kingdom.