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

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

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

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

On Saturday 25th June, 2016, Peeling Back the Layers is having an Open Day and everyone is welcome!

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...

Unfortunately, I missed putting out an instalment yesterday! So here’s Hilary to make up for it. It ends on a happy note too… At Matlock,...

It’s day four of our historical research updates and here is Elspeth’s account… It was my first visit to Matlock record office after a...

The third instalment is by Carolyn… My visit to the records office was an amazing experience. Handling rental records written on paper by...

Day two of our daily updates on the historical research. This time it’s Anna’s turn… I have only been able to participate in one of the...

Alex kicks off with the first of the daily instalments about what’s been going on at those record offices… My next job was to...

Some of the history research group have been visiting Derbyshire Record Office and Lichfield Record Office in January and February under...