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.
[1] 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.
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