For centuries, English law required ordinary Englishmen to practise with the longbow.
Beginning with Henry III's Assize of Arms in 1252 and strengthened under Edward III in 1363, a series of laws encouraged, and later required, men to train on Sundays.
Years of practice helped produce the legendary longbowmen whose devastating volleys played a decisive role at the Battle of Crรฉcy, Poitiers and Agincourt.
For almost two centuries, skilled longbowmen formed one of the foundations of England's national defence.
Every town and village was expected to have an area known as the butts, where archers honed the skill that became England's greatest military advantage.
The name survives today in hundreds of places across England as Butts Road, Butts Lane or simply The Butts.
The next time you pass one, you're looking at a reminder of a time when defending the realm was considered the responsibility of ordinary people.
Does your town have a Butts Road or The Butts?
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