Free entry to English Heritage properties throughout England, plus discounted admission to Historic Scotland and Cadw properties in Scotland and Wales.
This national celebration marked the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria's coronation
Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837 and the festical took place in 1897
There was a Golden Jubilee ten years earlier in 1887
11 May, 878
Battle of Eddington
King Alfred of Wessex, later to become known as Alfred the Great, defeated a Danish force led by Guthrum, at Eddington, in Wiltshire. Alfred was aided by men from Somerset, Hampshire, and Wiltshire. According to peace terms drawn up at Wedmore, Guthrum agreed to be baptised and withdraw his forces to the East, forming The Danelaw, where Danish rule held sway, while Alfred controlled the west of England.
This king's frst wife was earlier married to his brother, Arthur
He was the second Tudor monarch
He had 5 more wives