Category: heritage

• Fred Dibnah’s traction engine sold

  Fred Dibnah’s traction engine sold for £264,000 FRED Dibnah’s famous steam-powered traction engine has been sold at auction for £264,000 – more than twice the guide price. The historic 1912  Aveling and Porter engine is synonymous with Mr Dibnah’s passion for steam and was last used to pull his coffin at his funeral in November […]

  Saesnes

  Sunday, 25th July, 2010

  heritage

  Aveling and Porter

• Heritage boat building skills grant

  Heritage Boatyard receives £110K grant The National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port (formerly the Boat Museum), in partnership with  National Historic Ships, has received £110k from Heritage Lottery Fund’s ‘Skills for the Future’ programme to help expand its successful Heritage Boatyard operation. The funding means the museum will be able to employ more trainees, vastly […]

  Saesnes

  Tuesday, 8th June, 2010

  heritage, sailing, ships, Tradition

  Boat Museum Society, Brinklow Boat Services, Harker’s Yard Pioneer Skills Centre Essex, National Historic Ships, National Register of Historic Vessels, Pioneer sailing smack, Project Boleh, The National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port, The Waterways Trust, West Cheshire College, Windermere Steamboat Museum

• Chester Iron Age roundhouse [replica]

  Iron Age roundhouse to be created near Chester COMMUNITY leaders have announced plans to build a replica of an ancient home near Chester in a bid to educate youngsters about the way people lived in the past. An Iron Age roundhouse will be created within the grounds of Burwardsley Outdoor Education Centre, close to  Beeston […]

  Saesnes

  Tuesday, 27th April, 2010

  heritage

  Beeston Castle, Cheshire Community Action, Cheshire Landscape Trust, Cheshire West and Chester Council, Chester Renaissance, Chester Roman Amphitheatre, English Heritage, Forestry Commission, Habitats and Hillforts, Maiden Castle Cheshire, Mersey Forest, National Trust, Woodland Trust

• Bevere island Roman and medieval pottery

  Mediaeval pottery discovered in city BOXES of Roman and mediaeval pottery have been re-discovered after 50 years in storage. The artefacts, originally excavated in 1958, were found by archaeologists researching for the  Northwick Manor Community Heritage Project, a lottery-funded initiative to inspire people living in Northwick and Bevere to be proud of their local history. […]

  Saesnes

  Monday, 5th January, 2009

  archaeology, heritage

  Northwick Manor Community Heritage Project, Worcester City Museum, Worcestershire County Council’s archaeological service

• Thames shipwrecks

  The first episode of two-part documentary Thames Shipwrecks: A Race Against Time, about this, was on BBC2 at 8pm tonight. Divers discover amazingly preserved shipwreck of HMS London on bottom of Thames [pics with link] The largest-ever post-war salvage operation on the Thames has discovered seven shipwrecks up to 350 years old. They include a […]

  Saesnes

  Tuesday, 26th August, 2008

  archaeology, heritage, History, sailing

  Dunkirk, Frank Pope, Pepys’ diary, Port of london Authority, Wessex Archaeology

• Isle of Man Vikings

  Home sweet home for the Viking settlers A BOOK by a Castletown author providing the first detailed view of Viking settlements in the Island will be published on July 1. It is written by a leading specialist in the study of Viking archaeology, Sir David Wilson — who was director of the British Museum between […]

  Saesnes

  Wednesday, 4th June, 2008

  archaeology, Books, heritage, History

  Castletown, Isle of Man, Vikings

• Worcester Royal Infirmary site

  Roman remains found buried at infirmary site A MEDIAEVAL skeleton, a human tooth and hoardes of Roman pottery have been found buried under modern-day Worcester. Archaeologists excavating the former Worcester Royal Infirmary site, in Castle Street, have unearthed more than 1,700 years of history. Beneath the five-acre site, which is being transformed into the University […]

  Saesnes

  Tuesday, 3rd June, 2008

  archaeology, heritage

  death masks, Roman Worcester, University of Worcester campus, Worcester Castle Street Gaol, Worcester Royal Infirmary

• Chichester Roman baths

  Roman baths in Chichester surface after 17 years Chichester’s Roman baths have been uncovered for the first time in 17 years. The baths are to be the main attraction of the new £6.9m District Museum planned for the Tower Street site. On Tuesday, archaeologists began exploratory work of the ancient remains currently buried underneath a […]

  Saesnes

  Friday, 30th May, 2008

  archaeology, heritage

  Archaeology South East, Chichester, Noviomagnus Regnensium, Roman baths

• Bank Holiday Bradford

  Museum steps back in time Bradford Industrial Museum is set to come alive this Bank Holiday weekend sending visitors on a journey to the past. The popular venue is offering visitors “A Grand Day Out” on both Sunday and Monday taking people back to a bygone era. The museum’s permanent galleries give a glimpse into […]

  Saesnes

  Friday, 2nd May, 2008

  heritage, History, Nostalgia

  Bradford Industrial Museum

• The Cowper & Newton Museum

  Museum to open after revamp A museum celebrating the lives of a poet and a preacher will reopen with a day of talks and tours. The Cowper and Newton Museum, in Olney, will launch the 2008 season with its annual Cowper and Newton Day on Saturday April 26, following completion of an intensive programme of […]

  Saesnes

  Friday, 18th April, 2008

  heritage, History

  John Newton, Olney, William Cowper