Bedfordshire Day Talks – The Dunstable Swan Jewel

Name: Bedfordshire Day Talks – The Dunstable Swan Jewel
Start: 2025-11-29T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-29T17:00:00+00:00
Location: LU6 3RZ Dunstable, United Kingdom

Dunstable Town Guides

Highlights

Sat, 29 Nov, 2025 at 10:00 am

7 hours

LU6 3RZ Dunstable, United Kingdom

Date & Location

Sat, 29 Nov, 2025 at 10:00 am to 05:00 pm (GMT)

LU6 3RZ Dunstable

Memorials of Distinction, Church Close, Dunstable, LU5 4, United Kingdom

About the event

Bedfordshire Day Talks – The Dunstable Swan Jewel

Bedfordshire Day FREE talks at Priory Church - The Dunstable Swan Jewel
To commemorate Bedfordshire Day and the 60th anniversary of the Dunstable Swan Jewel (a unique brooch was lost in the Medieval Dunstable and found again in 1965), there will be FREE talks held in Priory Church.

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11 am talk ‘Who Lost the Dunstable Swan Jewel’ – a look at all the candidates – by Jean Yates

1.30 pm ‘Looking down a kaleidoscope at a roundel: the Renaissance world of Dunstable’s Canon William Cotson’ – a talk announcing a unique discovery by Stephen Williams

Plus, see and hear about the 1965 dig and find out what happened to it afterwards.

Refreshments and a light lunch will be available at the church.