The Ermine Street Guard is a British classical reenactment and living history society, founded in 1972 by Chris Haines. Its main objective is to study and display weapons, tactics and equipment of the Roman army of the first Century AD. It was named after Ermine Street, a major Roman road from London to Lincoln and York. In 1972, a reenactment group was formed under the name Ermine Street Ghosts, to help fund the restoration of the Witcombe and Bentham village hall. Initially, clothing and armour was manufactured for an eight men contubernium and the troop marched and performed for a crowd of 2500. After the fundraiser requests came in for attendances at other events. A society was formed, more people joined and additional equipment was manufactured. Presently the society numbers some 50-60 members, from all over England and Wales. Nearly all of those are men, because no women are allowed to perform male roles for reasons of historical accuracy. In 2012 the society raised some £25,000 for the refurbishing of the village hall it was founded because of. More information...
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