Wellington Charter Day celebrates the granting of the town’s first market charter in 1244. Expect games, music and Morris dancing in the Market Square, the arrival of the king’s herald on horseback and the convening of Wellington’s ancient Manor Court.
The day will also feature another historic figure – the town’s ‘ale taster’. This historic position was first recorded in Wellington in the 1300s when the ale taster would have checked that brewers were not selling sub-standard beer.