World of Bun Throwing

A report from the 2011 Royal Bun Throwing in Abingdon and an updated timeline of all the recorded Bun Throwings in Abingdon from 1761 to ...

New guest blog post for Smitten by Britain website now online. You can check out a piece I've written about the Abingdon-on-Thame...

More information about the upcoming Royal Bun Throwing Championships announced. Further details on the first-ever Royal Bun Throwing Ch...

Number of buns to be thrown announced and details of the first Royal Bun Throwing Championship The 33rd Bun Throwing will be taking p...

A new name for Britain's oldest town My hometown of Abingdon has reverted to its old name of Abingdon-on-Thames following a successf...

My brother Jon who still lives in my hometown of Abingdon sent me details from the Oxford Mail (and Abingdon Herald ) about a brand new ev...

Photos from the Bun Throwing in Abingdon on Friday 29th April 2011 - to celebrate the Royal Wedding. From l-r - Jon Gottfried, the Town...

Report from the latest Royal Bun Throwing in Abingdon and updated timeline of all recorded Bun Throwings in Abingdon 1761-2011. On Friday ...

Re-reading the book 'Oxfordshire: A Pocket Guide' (by Carole Chester) there is a mention of the Abingdon tradition of Bun Throwing o...

Of the 31 Recorded Bun Throwing Events held in Abingdon between 1761 and 2006 I have attended all of those held since 1981, a total of elev...

I have received my five Raffle Tickets for the chance to join the dignitaries at the 32nd Abingdon Bun Throwing event to celebrate the upco...

It has been confirmed that the 32nd Abingdon Bun Throwing event will take place in the town's Market Place at 6pm on Friday 29th April. ...

According to a report in the Oxford Times, the Abingdon Bun Throwing celebration for the upcoming Royal Wedding will go ahead. Full details ...

According to the latest news from The Oxford Mail (9.30am 18th November 2010) it looks likely there will be a Bun Throwing in Abingdon to c...

I had a text from my brother (who still lives in Abingdon) to say he'd seen the Mayor of Abingdon being photographed with a Bun yesterda...

Abingdon County Hall Museum, Market Place Abingdon 2008, have kindly provided the following list of Recorded Bun Throwings in Abingdon since...

Bun Throwing is mentioned on Page 584 of Steve Roud’s Book ‘The English Year’, in the section on Occasional Customs. The entry claims “The...

I have put together the following timeline using a number of sources and I hope to fill in the gaps and confirm the dates where possible. ...

On 15 September 2006 the town of Abingdon continued the celebration of the 450th Anniversary of the Charter of Incorporation granted by Quee...

According to the Oxford Mail (12th September) 450 buns will be thrown at the Bun Throwing event this Friday (15th September). Although thi...