Links

Incomplete longbow guide

Links

Some useful links

Nigel Cook's Longbow

Archery Reference- Balbardie's (recurve)

The Archer Resource Centre

Archery for all

Arrow flight and Spine

The Bowyers & Fletchers Guild

Online Archery UK

British Long Bow Society

Longbow reference site.

Society for Traditional Archery

Wessex Archaeology Project

Archery, Bowmanship and Courtesy

HISTORY

Feudal archers 1135-1216

http://www.feudalarchers.org.uk/

Manchester Museum

http://museum.man.ac.uk/collections/archery/archery.htm

Social history of archery

http://www.staff.ucsm.ac.uk/mjohnes/archery.htm ***

Shropshire History

http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/history/2003/02/battle_of_shrewsbury/robert_hardy_01.shtml

Robert Sanderson

http://www.o-r-g.org/~azaroth/university/longbow.html

Worshipful Company of Boyers

http://www.bowyers.com/public/longbow.html

ADVICE

Looking after your bow

http://www.archery-ten-ring.co.uk/longbows_3.htm

Making a longbow by Simon CB Day

http://www.cix.co.uk/~courtney01/combrogi/longbow.htm

REFERENCE

Stefans Florilegium

http://www.florilegium.org/

Hector Cole- arrowsmith

http://www.hectorcoleironwork.com/Articles.html

Richard Head

http://www.english-longbow.co.uk/

BOOKS

The most useful books and leaflets I have found:

The Traditional Archers Handbook- a practical guide by Hilary Greenland
ISBN 0 9524627

Making Wooden self arrows for use with long bows- C.D.Reid
Printed by Errand Jervis Ltd, 65 Albert Road, Southsea, Hants

The Glade especially articles by Carol Edwards

The Crooked Stick by Hugh Soar- Book review

If you have come across any useful links or reference books please let us know.