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After all their hard work, the ‘Graveyard Gang’ are ready to launch their book and graveyard survey website!

Well, last Friday Catherine and I went to our first awards ceremony! This was the 2017 East Midlands Heritage Awards supported by...

Thanks to the Hartington Wakes committee, we had a stand in the marquee last Sunday for Peeling Back the Layers.

On Good Friday, some of the Peeling Back members enjoyed the spring sunshine in the lovely Dove Valley, walking from the farm at...

Sunday 16th July 2017    11am-4pm All Welcome! Welcome! Archaeology and history will come alive in the tranquil Dove Valley when you...

Last weekend saw Catherine and I travel to Birmingham to take part in the Council for British Archaeology’s West Midlands...

We of the “Graveyard Gang” wanted to tell you we have finished the survey of all the graves in St Luke’s churchyard, Sheen.

The Tudor Farming Interpretation Group held a festive get together and lunch at the Cheshire Cheese pub in Longnor on Tuesday.

It may have been a bit quiet on the blogging front, but that does not mean to say that nothing has been happening since the last post.

Join members of the team for training to undertake a survey of the graveyard at St Luke’s Church, Sheen on Wednesday 27th and/or Thursday 28

An account by Sue Quick We brought the bags to tote the tools, The trowels, the togs, for rain and bogs...

Today was the last day of the excavations for Peeling Back the Layers, but it does not mark the end of the project.

The next major step is excavation, and although we are not lifting any turf until June 20th, now is the time when we have to think seriously

We are very lucky here at Peeling Back the Layers to have a multitude of volunteers, all with a range of experiences and a variety of...

With the arrival of our interim historical report, we thought it would be useful to have a glossary to aid people’s understanding of it....

We asked people involved in the project what it was they thought they were contributing to. The idea was to then put the responses together

And last but not least it’s Paul’s contribution… First a word about what I was looking for. Harrisons, Horabins with various spellings,...

Matthew gives us the penultimate instalment of the historical research so far… I spent the day looking through some early 18th century...

Leila, in collaboration with Harry, is here to give us the 6th instalment of our historical research updates… Leila, Elspeth, Hilary and...

The sixth of our instalments is from Kay… Going through the Lichfield Diocesan Registry Visits Records for years between 1629 and 1668 it...