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VALE OF EVESHAM CIVIC SOCIETY

The Vale of Evesham Civic Society, either alone or in association with other local organisations, has published a small range of informative leaflets, all of which are available from the Almonry Heritage Centre in Evesham. List of Publications Evesham Town Trail Evesham Mini Guide A Village Trail The Battle of Evesham Evesham Town Trail This Town Trail was produced by the Vale of Evesham Civic Society to give visitors to the town a route round its main features.  However, it is also hoped that this trail will help residents to look anew at their town and perhaps take a greater interest and pride in their heritage.  This is also a useful little book for newcomers to the town and for those contemplating moving to Evesham.    Cost: £1.00 Back to Top Evesham Mini Guide Evesham is situated within a tight loop of the River Avon; its climate is gentle and the land is fertile.  The town's prosperity was based on market gardening, fruit growing and food processing.  Increasingly, now, it is becoming a centre for tourism. Until recent years the town's population has grown comparatively slowly and the town centre has not been extensively developed. The Vale of Evesham Civic Society welcomes you to Evesham and aims to help you to make the most of your visit by looking more closely at some of the interesting features in this little guide. Cost: 50p  Back to Top A Village Trail Through the centuries the fertile soil of the Avon valley has maintained many flourishing villagers, most of which were dependent on Evesham's great abbey.  When the abbey disappeared the links remained: farmers and growers brought their produce to market in the town of Evesham.  Evesham and the villages of the Vale form a single community. This leaflet describes a circular tour, starting and finishing in Evesham.  However, you can join the circle at any point and leave it whenever you choose.  Certainly it will take you more than one day to see all that the Vale has to offer. Our circle runs through Harvington - the Lenches - Fladbury - Cropthorne - Hinton on the Green - Sedgeberrow - Childswickham - Wickhamford - Badsey - the Littletons - Cleeve Prior - Honeybourne - Bretforton - Offenham and back to Evesham. Cost: 50p    Back to Top The Battle of Evesham The Battle of Evesham in 1265 is of national historical significance, linked as it was with the death of Simon de Montfort, a key figure in the development of our Parliamentary system of government.  On August 4th 1265 the rebel baronial army of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, was defeated on the hill just north of Evesham by Prince Edward, son of Henry II and the future Edward I.  Although Earl Simon lost the battle the rebellion marked a major step in the long process of reducing the King's power and creating Parliament as we know it today. This leaflet, published jointly by The Vale of Evesham Civic Society and The Simon de Montfort Society describes the crisis that led up to the climactic battle and the course of the battle itself. Cost: 50p     Back to Top

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