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

Come to the Staffordshire Peak District Apple Day!

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...

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.

Yesterday was stone finds day – how exciting.  We found two pieces of beautifully shaped mullion uprights in the debris from the demolition,

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 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...

Elspeth writes of her experience of visiting the record offices as part of the project… Not only I have I met new people who have joined...