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Sept 2021
A new horn is being commissioned for the Ripon hornblowers to celebrate next year's Platinum Jubilee.
The original Charter Horn was a gift of gratitude from Alfred the Great, recognising the way in which local people fought off a Viking incursion.
Further horns were added to the collection, including one presented to the city in May 2019, by Councillor Pauline McHardy, shortly before the end of her third term in office as the Mayor of Ripon.
The McHardy Quest Horn - so named because it came from a bull called Seterrington Quest - has been in regular use at the setting of the watch ceremony performed daily at 9pm on Market Square.
The proposal to commission the new horn to mark The Queen's 70 years of service to this country, was put forward by city council leader Andrew Williams and received unanimous support:
He said:
Cllr Williams, added:
The Alfred the Great Charter Horn of 886 remains a prized possession in the Ripon collection.
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