Celebrate #MagnaCartaDay with Salisbury Cathedral on 15th June

Home to the best preserved copy of only four surviving Magna Carta documents, which was created in 1215, Salisbury Cathedral will be celebrating 808 years since the Charter was sealed on its anniversary on 15^th June.

Limiting the powers of the English monarch, the Magna Carta describes the ideas of freedom, justice and equality under the law that are still relevant and continue to inspire law makers today. It remains one of the most famous documents in the world and visitors have been heading to Salisbury to view it for generations.

As part of #MagnaCartaDay, Salisbury Cathrdral will be celebrating the anniversary of the charter coming into law with a series of Facebook Live events starting at 9am with the Cathedral’s art curator and again at 4.30pm, with the cathedral’s archivist. In addition to the live events, a summer exhibition with the theme of To Be Free: Art and Liberty is also being held, with a 13-metre-long embroidery of the Magna Carta’s Wikipedia page as the centrepiece. The embroidery was created on 15^th June 2015 by artist Cornelia Parker and features the works of several notable people, including Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker, Baroness Lawrence and a variety of MPs, civil rights campaigners, lawyers, artists and others.

How will you be helping Salisbury Cathedral celebrate the 808^th anniversary of the Magna Carta? Join in the fun on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using #MagnaCartaDay to share your stories and visits.