Dunmow Essex UK. Flitch trials. This event goes back to Anglo Saxon times and is held every 4 years. Married couples appear before a mock court to show that they have never quarreled. Successful couples are awarded a flitch of bacon. The of six maidens and six bachelors being sworn in.

Dunmow Essex UK. Flitch trials.  This event goes back to Anglo Saxon times and is held every 4 years.  Married couples appear before a mock court  to show that they have never quarreled.  Successful couples are awarded a flitch of bacon. The of six maidens and six bachelors  being sworn in. Stock Photo
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William Edwards / Alamy Stock Photo

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GCCH6G

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68.8 MB (2.8 MB Compressed download)

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6016 x 4000 px | 50.9 x 33.9 cm | 20.1 x 13.3 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

9 July 2016

Location:

Talberds Ley, Great Dunmow, Essex, England,GB, UK

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