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
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
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 9, 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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TFIG News
May 29, 2016
Join a Great Archaeological Excavation Event
On Saturday 25th June, 2016, Peeling Back the Layers is having an Open Day and everyone is welcome!
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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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TFIG News
Mar 8, 2016
Horrobyn Histories – Leila’s Story
Leila, in collaboration with Harry, is here to give us the 6th instalment of our historical research updates… Leila, Elspeth, Hilary and...
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TFIG News
Mar 7, 2016
Horrobyn Histories – Kay’s Story
The sixth of our instalments is from Kay… Going through the Lichfield Diocesan Registry Visits Records for years between 1629 and 1668 it...
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TFIG News
Mar 6, 2016
Horrobyn Histories – Hilary’s Story
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,...
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TFIG News
Mar 4, 2016
Horrobyn Histories – Elspeth’s Story
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...
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TFIG News
Mar 3, 2016
Horrobyn Histories – Carolyn’s Story
The third instalment is by Carolyn… My visit to the records office was an amazing experience. Handling rental records written on paper by...
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TFIG News
Mar 2, 2016
Horrobyn Histories – Anna’s Story
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...
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TFIG News
Mar 1, 2016
Horrobyn Histories – Alex’s story
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...
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Catherine Parker-Heath
Mar 1, 2016
Horrobyn Histories!
Some of the history research group have been visiting Derbyshire Record Office and Lichfield Record Office in January and February under...
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