Levellers Day 2018
Join us
in Burford, Oxfordshire, to remember the achievements, sacrifice and legacy
of the radical thinkers and political activists known as ‘The
Levellers’
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2pm Saturday 19 May
In the Churchyard, St John the Baptist Church, Church Green, Burford
OX18 4RY
There will be a short commemoration to Levellers Cornet James Thompson, Corporal Perkins, and John
Church, who were executed in the churchyard, 17 May 1649. The
commemoration will be led by the Reverend Giles Fraser. Flowers will be laid.
The ‘Sea Green Singers’ will perform. Trade
union banners are welcome.
3pm Saturday 19 May
In the ‘Old Hall’, in Warwick Hall, adjacent to the
church, Church Green, Burford OX18 4RY
There will a conversation between the Reverend
Giles Fraser and John Rees about ‘religion and the English revolution’,
followed by and discussion with the audience. Reverend Giles Fraser was
formerly the Team Rector at St Mary the Virgin, Putney, which was the location
of the ‘Putney Debates’, in 1647. He is currently the priest-in-charge at St Mary's, Newington, near the Elephant
and Castle, south London, and he
writes a weekly Friday column for The Guardian. John Rees wrote ‘The Leveller
Revolution: Radical Political Organisation in England, 1640-1650’, which
was published in 2016 and received excellent reviews.
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