One of a series of interpretation panels about the medieval abbey in the
Abbey grounds at Evesham
Photo: G Foard
02/08/2003; photo number: 004 (Battlefield Trust)
There is good
interpretation of the Abbey site itself in Abbey Park, Evesham
(see example above) but no interpretation about the battle on the
battlefield.
In the Almonry
Heritage Centre there is the Simon de Montfort
Room, opened in 1965, on the 700th anniversary by the Speaker of the House
of Commons, as a memorial to Simon de Montfort and the
Battle of Evesham. It contains a battle plan, though its
reconstruction of the landscape and especially the open fields of Evesham
is currently being revised and refreshed. There
is information specifically relating to the
battle, including an iron axe head, found in the
silt of the Avon near Offenham, which is said to be consistent with the
form of the weapons likely to have been carried by the Welsh infantry.
There are also arrowheads of the period, though apparently not from
Evesham. The display is worth a visit; however, the
entire room its currently being refurbished with new and more informative
displays.
Click here to visit the website of the Vale of Evesham Historical
Society, who are renewing the Simon de Montfort Room.
The Battlefields
Trust regularly lead a walk of the battlefield and The Simon de Montfort
Society hold an annual wreath laying at the Abbey on or close to the
anniversary of the battle. For more information
on the Simon de Montfort Society
click here.
