Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire: It takes place in the dark, and this year there’s misty rain to contend with, but the wroth silver ceremony has endured for centuries
Before sunrise on 11 November, while most people are still sleeping, representatives of 25 Warwickshire parishes gather on Knightlow Hill to observe one of Britain’s oldest surviving customs.
The wroth silver ceremony is at least 850 years old, first appearing in written records in 1170, and requires payment of annual rent to the landowner, the Duke of Buccleuch. Despite misty rain this year, more than 60 people attend amid the noise of traffic from the A45.