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{{Territory|name= Shire of Hadchester|device=[[Image:Hadchester.jpg]] |devicecaption= Per fess embattled purpure and Or, a decrescent and a laurel wreath counterchanged.|founded= 2007 |modernlocation= Coastal Maine}}
{{Territory|name= Shire of Hadchester (Incipient)|device=[[Image:Hadchester.jpg]] |devicecaption= Per fess embattled purpure and Or, a decrescent and a laurel wreath counterchanged.|founded= 2007 |modernlocation= Coastal Maine}}


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==Overview==
==Overview==
''Meaning'': Hadchester was originally called Hadrian's Keep.
'''''Meaning''''': Hadchester was originally called Hadrian's Keep, referring to the Roman defensive fortification Hadrian's Wall (Latin: ''Vallum Aelium'') and the forts strung along said wall, begun in AD 122 during the rule of Emperor Hadrian. It is known that gates through the wall served as customs posts between the Roman conquered southern England and the wild northlands. The revised name, Hadchester, means Hadrian's Town.


''Established'': 2007
'''''Established, incipient''''': 2007


''Name and Device Registered'': August 2011
'''''Name and Device Registered''''': August 2011


''Blazon'': Per fess embattled purpure and Or, a decrescent and a laurel wreath counterchanged.
'''''Achieved full Shire status''''': November 1, 2014
 
'''''Blazon''''': Per fess embattled purpure and Or, a decrescent and a laurel wreath counterchanged.


==Annual Events==
==Annual Events==
* Carista - Spring
* The Caristia - Spring, on or about the first Saturday in March.
* Orchard War - Summer
* Orchard War - Summer, traditionally during Pennsic in late July.
 
* Tourney on a Summer's Day
==More Information==
==More Information==
*[http://hadrianskeep.webs.com/ Official Web Site]
*[https://hadchester.eastkingdom.org/ Official Web Site]
*Current Seneschal [[Yfir Donalsson]]

Revision as of 20:27, 16 April 2020

Shire of Hadchester
Hadchester.jpg
Per fess embattled purpure and Or, a decrescent and a laurel wreath counterchanged.
Information
Founded: 2007
Location: Coastal Maine

Intro.

Overview

Meaning: Hadchester was originally called Hadrian's Keep, referring to the Roman defensive fortification Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium) and the forts strung along said wall, begun in AD 122 during the rule of Emperor Hadrian. It is known that gates through the wall served as customs posts between the Roman conquered southern England and the wild northlands. The revised name, Hadchester, means Hadrian's Town.

Established, incipient: 2007

Name and Device Registered: August 2011

Achieved full Shire status: November 1, 2014

Blazon: Per fess embattled purpure and Or, a decrescent and a laurel wreath counterchanged.

Annual Events

  • The Caristia - Spring, on or about the first Saturday in March.
  • Orchard War - Summer, traditionally during Pennsic in late July.
  • Tourney on a Summer's Day

More Information