August Bank Holiday Family Fun Day!!!

What we're about at the Ilchester Arms Hotel

Here are just a few of the reviews for our hotel to give a taste of what we do, and what we're about....

What we've been up to...

In the past few weeks we've had a Medieval re-interment of Nuns, and a Roman day to celebrate our ancient heritage!!!!!

Girls at Work/Toga Making/Roman Day!!

Here are some of the girls hard at work getting Togas ready for the Roman Day!!

A day out in Roman Times!

As part of our great heritage we're celebrating our historical roots and going Roman for the day!! 

Throughout the day, friends, romans and countrymen will all be mingling just like the days of old,

come and enjoy an entertaining family day out - you don't have to dress up, but as they say;

when in Rome!!

Medieval Re-Interment in Ilchester on May 31

PRESS RELEASE

Medieval Re-Interment in Ilchester on May 31

In medieval times, an Augustinian nunnery stood on the southern riverbank close to

where today's A37 crosses the River Yeo. For nearly two hundred years the nuns

attempted to follow their holy vows in addition to caring for pilgrims and travelers

passing through the town, despite being often destitute themselves, due to corruption

and misappropriation by their superiors. As was usual in the Middle Ages, members

of the order were interred in the grounds of their institution.

Many years ago, excavations in the riverbank yielded the partial skeleton of a

woman, who is believed to have been a member of the Whitehall Nunnery. These

remains were given to Ilchester Museum in 2011 and the present museum team

realised that the bones really should be re-interred in consecrated ground.

The obvious place would be the churchyard of Ilchester's medieval church but

burials in St Mary Major were terminated by act of the Privy Council in late

Victorian times, on public health grounds. More than that, there was a fundamental

need to ensure that both the police and coroner were satisfied that the bones were

indeed ancient and not subject to any need for an investigation. Once those aspects

had been satisfactory resolved St Mary's Rector, the Revd Bruce Faulkner, began a

long process of seeking higher level permissions, involving the Home Secretary, the

Justice Department and finally the Privy Council itself.

Two years later, the outcome of this process is the reburial of these remains in St

Mary Major's cemetery, at 3 p.m.on the afternoon of Trinity Sunday, May 31st. Revd

Faulkner will lead a procession from the site of the Whitehall Nunnery to the

churchyard, where the specially made casket containing the remains will be re-interred

with sacraments similar to those used for the recent reburial of Richard III in

Leicester. Anyone interested in this one-off event is welcome to join the ceremony.

For further information:

Revd Bruce Faulkner : ilchestervicar@aol.com

Mrs Sally Mottram : sally.mottram@ukgateway.net

(Ilchester Museum)

With so much going on in the area, many take advantage of the Hotel as a base for their weekend getaway, or even as a resting place on business trips. 

As a comfortable and practical place to meet, many local business use our function room for their business meetings, but it can also be used to host parties, (birthdays/anniversaries/wedding receptions) and with direct access out into the garden area the venue is ideal for those glorious summer get - togethers, especially with the play area in the garden the kids will have plenty of space to let off some steam!

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