Image DSC 0024 by Richard Sowersby

travel > DSC 0024
DSC 0024 Each boat flies their appropriate pennants. This ownership is shared with the Vintners and Dyers' Companies, who were both granted rights of ownership by the Crown in the fifteenth century. Britain. The colourful and traditional ‘Swan Upping’ is an annual event in England dating back to medieval times. The five day event takes place with a flotilla of six traditional Thames wooden rowing skiffs on the third Monday in July starting from Sunbury on the river Thames, west of London to Abingdon near the famous university spire city of Oxford. The Queen’s swan marker wears a bright scarlet jacket and white cap. David Barber, Queen’s swan marker and his boat crew carry out the task, giving all swans and cygnets caught on the Royal river, a health check, ringed and registered.The Swan is Britain’s largest bird and is owned by the Crown. Keywords: swan upping, River Thames, event, tradition, pennant, Vintners and Dyers, Swan, Vintners and Dyers' Companies, Britain, England, U.K
© Richard Sowersby
"<" back one image forward one image ">"

Photographer: Richard Sowersby
Collection: travel
Filename:
DSC 0024
Upload Date: 2005-07-02 03:36:15
Photo Size: 5.2mb 3872x2592 pixels
Preview:
  comp 840x562

Caption:

Each boat flies their appropriate pennants. This ownership is shared

with the Vintners and Dyers' Companies, who were both granted rights of ownership by the Crown in the fifteenth century. Britain.

The colourful and traditional ‘Swan Upping’ is an annual event in England dating back to medieval times.

The five day event takes place with a flotilla of six traditional Thames wooden rowing skiffs on the third Monday in July starting from Sunbury on the river Thames, west of London to Abingdon near the famous university spire city of Oxford.

The Queen’s swan marker wears a bright scarlet jacket and white cap. David Barber, Queen’s swan marker and his boat crew carry out the task, giving all swans and cygnets caught on the Royal river, a health check, ringed and registered.The Swan is Britain’s largest bird and is owned by the Crown.
Keywords: swan upping, River Thames, event, tradition, pennant, Vintners and Dyers, Swan, Vintners and Dyers' Companies, Britain, England, U.K