Date November 17 | Frequency annual | |
Significance accession of Queen Elizabeth I to the throne in 1558 Next time 17 November 2017 (2017-11-17) | ||
Queene's Day celebrates the accession of Queen Elizabeth I to the throne of England on November 17, 1558. Observance of the accession was a national holiday in England and Wales for about 300 years, often with the building of enormous bonfires. It was revived in the village of Berry Pomeroy in Devon in 2005.
Celebrations begin with evensong in the Berry Pomeroy parish church and culminate with a bonfire in the adjacent field, upon which is burned an effigy of Satan.
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