Graveyard Survey Book and Website Launch!
After all their hard work, the ‘Graveyard Gang’ are ready to launch their book and graveyard survey website!
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TFIG News
Nov 15, 2017
The East Midlands Heritage Awards 2017 – We Nearly Won!
Well, last Friday Catherine and I went to our first awards ceremony! This was the 2017 East Midlands Heritage Awards supported by...
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TFIG News
Sep 13, 2017
Sunday 10th September
Thanks to the Hartington Wakes committee, we had a stand in the marquee last Sunday for Peeling Back the Layers.
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TFIG News
Apr 25, 2017
A Whitle Walk
On Good Friday, some of the Peeling Back members enjoyed the spring sunshine in the lovely Dove Valley, walking from the farm at...
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TFIG News
Mar 31, 2017
End of Project Archaeology Open Day
Sunday 16th July 2017 11am-4pm All Welcome! Welcome! Archaeology and history will come alive in the tranquil Dove Valley when you...
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TFIG News
Mar 15, 2017
CBA West Midlands: News From The Past 2017
Last weekend saw Catherine and I travel to Birmingham to take part in the Council for British Archaeology’s West Midlands...
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TFIG News
Dec 18, 2016
Graveyard Gang Successfully Finish Survey!
We of the “Graveyard Gang” wanted to tell you we have finished the survey of all the graves in St Luke’s churchyard, Sheen.
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Lynn Burrow
Dec 15, 2016
Tudor Farmers Frolic Festively
The Tudor Farming Interpretation Group held a festive get together and lunch at the Cheshire Cheese pub in Longnor on Tuesday.
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TFIG News
Sep 11, 2016
Update!
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.
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TFIG News
Jul 13, 2016
Graveyard Survey of St Luke’s Church Sheen
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
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TFIG News
Jul 10, 2016
Trench Talk
An account by Sue Quick
We brought the bags to tote the tools, The trowels, the togs, for rain and bogs...
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TFIG News
Jul 10, 2016
The End of The Dig...
Today was the last day of the excavations for Peeling Back the Layers, but it does not mark the end of the project.
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Ian Parker-Heath
May 27, 2016
Preparation is Key!
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
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TFIG News
May 3, 2016
Writing History from the Wills and Inventories of Sheen 1540-1620
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...
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TFIG News
Mar 14, 2016
Glossary of historical terms
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....
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TFIG News
Mar 12, 2016
What do we think we’re doing??
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
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TFIG News
Mar 9, 2016
Horrobyn Histories – Paul’s Story
And last but not least it’s Paul’s contribution… First a word about what I was looking for. Harrisons, Horabins with various spellings,...
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TFIG News
Mar 9, 2016
Horrobyn Histories – Matthew’s Story
Matthew gives us the penultimate instalment of the historical research so far… I spent the day looking through some early 18th century...
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