Castleton Garland Day the band back through the village dancing the "Criss-Cross." Castleton Garland Day Castleton Garland Day or Garland King Day is held annually on 29 May (unless that date falls on a Sunday, when the custom is transferred to the Saturday) in the town of Castleton in the Derbyshire Peak District. The Garland King, on horseback, and covered to the waist in a heavy, bell-shaped floral garland, leads a procession through the town. The date of the custom coincides with Oak Apple Day and it is said to commemorate the restoration of King Charles II in 1660. By the 1960s, it
HMS Dreadnought (1660) HMS Dreadnought (1660) HMS "Dreadnought" was a 52-gun third-rate ship of the line, in service with the Royal Navy from 1660 to 1690. The ship was originally launched in 1654 under the name Torrington for the navy of the Commonwealth of England. Her builder was shipwright Henry Johnson at Blackwall Yard, London. She was named for the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Torrington in 1646. She was renamed "Dreadnought" after the Restoration in 1660. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 62 guns. After an active career in both the Second Dutch War and Third Dutch War, "Dreadnought"