Roman

This period ties in with numerous sites in the North of England. Rent a Peasant regularly appear at Binchester Roman Fort, near Bishop Auckland. Previ...  More on this Item... >

Anglo-Saxon

Our Anglo-Saxon characters are heavily influenced by Bede's World, at Jarrow. I have been a member of the Estate Management Committee there for over 1...  More on this Item... >

Viking

Freyr and Freydis are Viking farmers. They have come from Norway to settle in (local village). They sailed across the North Sea to the Shetland and Or...  More on this Item... >

Medieval

The English Crown had claimed overlordship of Scotland but not until 1296 did Edward I attempt to enforce this, leading to several notable engagements...  More on this Item... >

Tudor

The closing years of Elizabeth's reign are taken as a point to review the achievements of the Tudor dynasty. We have based our characters for this per...  More on this Item... >

Stuarts

Rent A Peasant used not to venture into the seventeenth century as this period is covered in depth by the Sealed Knot and English Civil War Society. H...  More on this Item... >

Victorian

Mr Jones, the farmer, and Miss Gidney, the housekeeper and Methodist Sunday School Teacher. (Miss Gidney strongly believes children should be seen and...  More on this Item... >