Queene's Day

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|significance = accession of Queen Elizabeth I to the throne in 1558

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|date = 17 November

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Queene's Day celebrates the accession of Queen Elizabeth I to the throne of England on 17 November 1558. Observance of the accession was a national holiday in England and Wales for about 300 years, often with the building of enormous bonfires. It was revived in the village of Berry Pomeroy in Devon in 2005.{{cite news

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|work=Western Morning News|location=Plymouth, Devon

|date=13 November 2006|access-date=23 June 2012}} {{subscription required}}

Celebrations begin with evensong in St Mary's Church, Berry Pomeroy and culminate with a bonfire in the adjacent field, upon which is burned an effigy of the Devil.