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MARCH EVENTS
28 February 2010
Take the opportunity to meet Kevin Cale...

and/or one of the Community Archaeology Limited groups at the following events in March.

Wednesday 3 March, Wednesday 10 March, Wednesday 17 March and Wednesday 31 March

The last four presentations of Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project's series of presentations on Tanning in Ayton, Outram Cottages, Newspapers and Public Health.

Saturday 13 March

North  Yorkshire County Record Office Open Day at Northallerton Town Hall with exhbitions  from local groups including:

Kirby, Great Broughton and Ingleby Greenhow Local History Group

Iron Age (Nidderdale) Project

Upper Nidderdale Local History Group

Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project

 Claro Community Archaeology Group

Hartwith Heritage Group

Bordley Township Project

Nidderdale Chase Heritage Group

Northallerton and District Local History Society

Monday 15 March

Kirby, Great Broughton and Ingleby Greenhow Local History Group's progamme of talks continues with at talk by Tony Nicholson.

Tuesday 23 March

Talk by Nidderdale Chase Heritage Group at Nidderdale Museum

 

Past Events involving Community Archaeology Limited

 February 2010    January 2010    December 2009       November 2009      

October 2009         September 2009

 

 

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ARCHAEOLOGY: OUT OF HOURS
26 February 2010
The end of the school day saw the start of an Archaeology Club based at...

Boroughbrige Primary School for children from the Boroughbridge Cluster schools which is funded by Boroughbridge Extended Schools Cluster. For the next 5 Thursdays, 30 children from 13 schools will meet together with Kevin to learn more about archaeology and their local heritage.

Community Archaeology Limited's Brochure for Schools

 

 

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HERITAGE LEAFLETS PRESENTED TO SCHOOLS
16 February 2010
Members of Kirby, Great Broughton and Ingleby Greenhow (KGBIG) Local History Group returned to two schools...

they had worked with during last term’s Time Travellers* project, to present  their Heritage Trails Leaflets.

Ingleby Greenhow and Kirby and Great Broughon schools worked with KGBIG LHG during Autumn 2009 and together they walked part of the trails on 1 December 2009 . As part of the project they visited North Yorkshire County Record Office (NYCRO) in Northallerton  to tour the office, and view maps and documents. They were joined by Dave Evans from Yorkshire Museums Trust who brought along a range of artefacts. The children also took part in a map quiz. The winning team from each school was awarded a copy of Jeffreys Yorkshire map for their schools’ area.  To mark the collaboration between the schools and KGBIG LHG, the group arranged for the maps to be framed and presented the finished article to each school at assemblies on Friday 12 February 2010.

The group launched the leaflets on 22 January and they can be downloaded from the group website.

Community Archaeology Limited's Brochure for Schools

 * Time Travellers is organised by a partnership between North Yorkshire County Record Office and Community Archaeology Limited. It is delivered by Kevin Cale of Community Archaeology Limited with support from North Yorkshire County Record Office and York Museums Trust. It is funded through the regional Museums Hub’s Renaissance Partnership programme.

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IF IT’S MONDAY – IT’S ARCHAEOLOGY!
10 February 2010
KS2 at St Mary's Newchurch in Pendle Primary School...

have worked with Kevin for the whole day on 3 recent Mondays: they have been introduced to archaeology and heritage studies, handled and identified finds, looked at aerial photographs and historic maps. They also braved the icy weather on a guided walk and excavated in the warmth of their school hall. Please click on their website links below  for a delightful insight. Thank you to class teacher, Mr Archer and to Forest of Bowland AONB.

 

St Mary’s local history walk 010210                              St Mary’s Indoor excavations 080210

 

Community Archaeology Ltd's Brochure for Schools

 

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KEVIN IS ELECTED EDUCATION OFFICER FOR CBA YORKSHIRE
8 February 2010

Kevin  was elected to the committee of the  CBA Yorkshire  in the post of Education Officer. He is delighted to accept the position and is looking forward to furthering educational possibilites with the CBA.

 

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FEBRUARY EVENTS
31 January 2010
Take the opportunity to meet Kevin Cale...

and/or one of the Community Archaeology Ltd groups at the following events in February.

 

Wednesday 3,  Wednesday 10 February and Wednesday 17 February

The first three of Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project's series of seven evening presentations on Waynman Dixon, Cook Cottage and Leather Tanning.

 

Tuesday 16 February 

Iron Age (Nidderdale) Project    Big Dig for Little Kids   Further information

 

Thursday 18 February

Kirby,Great Broughton and Ingleby Greenhow Local History Group's programme of talks contiunes. Events page for 18 February  2010 programme.

 

Wednesday 24  February

Gillian Hovell of Iron Age (Nidderdale) Project begins a 5 week course "Latin for fun". Further information.

 

Wednesday 24 February

Also of particular interest,  because of recent work by Pott and Agill Study Group and  Projects in Local Primary Schools, is a talk by Dr Jo Buckberry of Bradford University at Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate on the Masham Excavations. Further information  Harrogate Museums and Arts Primetime and our events page for 24 February.

  

Past Events involving Community Archaeology Limited
 
January 2010    December 2009       November 2009        October 2009           September 2009

 

 

 

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GREAT AYTON EVENING PRESENTATIONS START TONIGHT
3 February 2010
Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project...

begins a series of evening presentations tonight with a  talk by Ian Pearce on Waynman Dixon.

Further information.

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WORK WITH SCHOOLS: SPRING 2010
21 January 2010
Work continues in North Yorkshire and Lancashire through funding from...

by Time Travellers and the Forest of Bowland AONB. This term Kell Bank Primary School will focus on the Masham excavations of Anglo Saxon skeletons with which Kevin was involved in the 1980s. Together with Kevin and members of the Pott and Agill Study Group, the small class of 15 KS2 children will travel to Bradford University to hear from Dr Jo Buckberry who carried out scientific analysis on the bones. Children at Grewelthorpe Primary will follow in the footsteps of their peers at Kirkby Malzeard Primary School and learn about Bog Bodies inspired by the 19c discovery near to the school. They will have a visit from Dr Joann Fletcher, Egyptologist and Bog Body expert and hope to visit Great North Museum: Hancock.

Last  term in the Forest of Bowland, Wheatley Lane and St Thomas Barrowford  Primary Schools investigated the archaeology of their local area with particular focus on the dry stone walls. Work will continue with St Mary’s Newchurch in Pendle and Roughlee Primary Schools during this term.

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LANDSCAPE LEARNING BROUGHT TO LIFE IN LANCASHIRE
21 January 2010
The Forest of Bowland AONB website features a report on Kevin's...

work with schools in the area last term. Click here.

For an update on work with schools in the Spring term 2010 Click here.

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JANUARY EVENTS
31 December 2009
Take the opportunity to meet Kevin Cale...

and/or one of the Community Archaeology Ltd groups at the following event in January.

Tuesday 12 January 2010

Talk for Masham Local History Group by members of  three Community Archaeology Limited groups: Ilton Community Heritage Group, Pott and Agill Study Group and AONB Historic Parks and Gardens Study Group. Further information.

 

Friday 22 January 2010

Heritage Trails Launch Kirby Great Broughton and Ingleby Greenhow Local History Group 

Further information

 
Past Events involving Community Archaeology Limited
 
December 2009       November 2009        October 2009           September 2009
 
 
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DECEMBER EVENTS
30 November 2009
Take the opportunity to meet Kevin Cale...

and/or one of the Community Archaeology Ltd groups at the following event in December.

 A quiet month to end a  very busy Autumn....

Tuesday 15 December

Iron Age (Nidderdale) Project: Christmas Review of the Year. Further information.

Past Events involving Community Archaeology Limited
 
November 2009        October 2009           September 2009
 
 
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1,000 MORE HISTORIC RECORDS FOR NYCC HER
26 November 2009
Ripon Community Archaeology Project recently celebrated...

three further years of success and handed results of their research to North Yorkshire County Council's Historic Environment Record.(NYCC HER).

Commenting on the latest research into a further eight parishes and identification of previously unknown sites, Nick Boldrini, HER, said;

"The group has previously given us information which has added greatly to our knowledge of the past and helps us manage these sites. This latest research will add another 1,000 records to the Historic Environment Record and will also be available to future researchers."

The occasion was  photographed and reported in the North Yorks Times (page 8) Click here

RIPON ARCHAEOLOGY GROUP CELEBRATES THREE YEARS FURTHER SUCCESS: Report of the work by members of the group

The Ripon Community Archaeology Group (RCAP), led by Kevin Cale (Community Archaeology Ltd) and based in Copt Hewick village hall, was formed in 2002 and has since collected and recorded information on local heritage in the immediate area around Ripon. In its first four years the group created or added knowledge to 2000 records within eleven parishes onto its database, and shared this with its parent body, Ripon Local Studies Research Centre and also the Heritage Unit at North Yorkshire County Council. It is intended that the general public will have access to this information via the internet, but also by means of paper copies of reports of their findings, produced by the group.
 
In a press release in 2006 at the end of this first project, the group highlighted just one of many records; the previously unknown complex of Iron Age hut circles located near the confluence of the rivers Lightwater and Ure. 
 
In the years to the present-day, the findings from a further eight parishes have added an extra 1000 records, resulting in the discoveries of several sites of much greater age, where human activity is quite likely to have occurred. These areas, in Rainton, Dishforth and Marton Le Moor are shown as ‘Carrs’ on ordnance survey maps. (The name is Germanic, meaning ‘wetlands.’) Careful reference to aerial photographs and geology maps has given credence to the belief that these locations are ‘post glacial lakes,’ formed after the last ice sheets receded from the British Isles at about ten thousand years BC. These lakes were used by Mesolithic people (c. 8000 BC – c. 4500 BC) as they were nomadic hunter gatherers. It is notoriously difficult to find evidence from the Mesolithic because of the lifestyle of the people. However, a well documented lake site at Star Carr, just south of Scarborough has produced tools of bone, flint and stone, such as scrapers used to clean animal skins. Analysis of animal bone not only identified red and roe deer, elk, aurochs and wild boar at the lake, but that the site was occupied by stone age hunters between spring and autumn!
 
RCAP has now completed its investigations for this present project, and is engaged in writing reports for its funding body, the Heritage Lottery Fund but hopes to continue work, delving into the heritage of the River Laver. The group welcomes visitors and is particularly keen to encourage anyone who has three hours a week spare time to come and join them – every Friday morning – rain, hail or shine.  Please contact  Avril Gray via  Ripon entry on groups page

 

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NEW PAGE ON ILTON GROUP WEBSITE
24 November 2009
The bus shelter, the post box, boundary stones and more...

are now featured on Ilton Community Heritage Group's website with watercolour illustration by Ilton resident and group member, David Mayoh.

Click here and visit the "Vignettes" page of the site.

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FUNDING SUCCESS
17 November 2009
Mulgrave Community Research Project is able to continue ...

its work with Kevin following a successful bid for funding from HLF and LEADER.  In addition to furthering the group's research, a school project began with Oakridge Community Primary School at Hinderwell this week .The work aims to widen the children's awareness of Victorian  life and industry in the area so building on the history topic which is part of their National Curriculum for this term. Seton Community Primary, Staithes and Lythe Primary School will  also be involved during 2010.

The Whitby Gazette reported on how the group celebrated last weekend.

Further information on Mulgrave Community Research Project

Heritage Lottery Fund

Related "Latest News"

21 September 2009 Work with schools Autumn 2009

To view our Brochure for Schools click here

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ACROSS THE BORDER!
3 November 2009
November sees Kevin break new ground venturing into Lancashire schools...

as part of the Landscape Stories Project funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, Lancashire County Council and Forest of Bowland AONB. Kevin and members of Pendle Forest History group are working with children from Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary School in Fence, and Barrowford St Thomas CE Primary School this term. Two more schools are planned for the Spring term.

Forest of Bowland Landscape Stories Project

Heritage Lottery Fund

Related "Latest News"

21 September 2009 Work with schools Autumn 2009

To view our Brochure for Schools click here

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NOVEMBER EVENTS
28 October 2009
Take the opportunity to meet Kevin Cale...

and/or one of the Community Archaeology Ltd groups at the following events in November.

Friday 6 November

Ripon Cathedral Heritage Project: Wakeman Lecture.
A little bit of Fewston – David Hunt, Claro Community Archaeology Group. Further information.
 
 
Tuesday 10 November
 
Bradford University: Archaeometallurgy Conference
 

Tuesday 10 November

Community Information Fair: An Open Day for the 50+ at  Ripon Library

Community Archaeology Ltd and Ripon Community Archaeology Project will be participating. Further information

 
 Saturday 14 November
 
Harrogate Archaeological Society. Masham's Lost Cemetery - Kevin Cale, Community Archaeology Ltd. Further information.
 
 
Monday 16 November
 
Masham’s Lost Cemetery: Bradford University Dept of Archaeological Sciences. Further information.
Kevin Cale and Pott and Agill Study Group.  
 
 
Saturday 28 November and Sunday 29 November
 
Hinderwell Village Hall: Exhibition on recent work by Mulgrave Community Research Project. Further information.
 
October 2009 Events involving Community Archaeology Limited
 
September 2009 Events  involving Community Archaeology Limited
 
 
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RE BURIAL OF ANGLO-SCANDINAVIAN REMAINS: PRESS COVERAGE
6 October 2009
Read the Yorkshire Post and Northern Echo articles and watch a video report of yesterday's ceremony involving school...

children from Masham Primary School who have worked with Kevin over the past three years to learn more about the discovery. Together with Kevin and members of the Pott and Agill Study Group,  they visited Bradford University 's Department of Archaeological Sciences to view the bones and hear about the scientific analysis.

Building Works Revealed Cemetery: Northern Echo 061009 

Rituals of thousand years ago honour ancestors: Yorkshire Post 061009 

Masham's Lost Cemetery Further information on Kevin's involvement with excavation and subsequent analysis

Reburial of Anglo Scandinavain Remains

Exhibition, Talk and Unveiling of Commerative Plaque

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OCTOBER EVENTS
29 September 2009
Take the opportunity to meet Kevin Cale...

and/or one of the Community Archaeology Ltd groups at the following events this month...

Thursday 8 October

Hartwith and Dacre Banks Village Hall

Nidderdale WEA AGM: Presentation by Nidderdale Chase Heritage Group. Further information

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Saturday 17 October

Masham's Lost Cemetery, Masham Town Hall.

An exhibition by Pott and Agill Study Group, a  talk by Kevin Cale (Community Archaeology Ltd)  and unveiling of a plaque by Lord Masham  to mark the site of Anglo-Scandinavian skeletons excavated in 1988/89. Further information on the event. Find out more about Masham's Lost Cemetery. Organised by Pott and Agill Study Group.

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Monday 19 October and Tuesday 20 October

Iron Age (Nidderdale) Project , a 2 day dig led by Kevin Cale, Dacre Top, Nr Harrogate. Further information

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Saturday 24 October

Darley Heritage Day, Christ Church Community Centre, Darley. Further information

September 2009 Events involving Community Archaeology Limited

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WORK WITH SCHOOLS:AUTUMN 2009
21 September 2009
This term, as part of Time Travellers, Kevin...

is delivering projects to Kirkby Malzeard Primary School, Ingleby Greenhow Primary School and Kirkby and Great Broughton Primary School.

Year 5/6 at Kirkby Malzeard Primary School are taking inspiration from the 19C discovery of a Bog Body on nearby Grewelthorpe Moor. As part of the project the children will be going to Great North Museum:Hancock in Newcastle to see "Lindow Man" and will be visited at the school by well known Egyptologist and Bog Body expert, Dr Joann Fletcher, who will share her knowledge and fascination for the subject.

Later this term children form KS2 at Kirkby and Great Broughton Primary School will combine with Ingleby Greenhow Primary School to work together with Kirkby, Great Broughton and Ingleby Greenhow Local History Group on a Local Heritage Walk.

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Feedback from Kirkby Malzeard school project 16 Ocober 2009 

Comments from class teacher, Mr M Houghton, together with photographs and a report of the project, were published in the Ripon Gazette

“The events have really brought the whole topic of archaeology to life for the children – they have absolutely loved it. It’s so much different to reading it in a book. One thing I thought was interesting was that the children originally thought that stone age man wasn’t very clever but through this project they have got to grips with the idea that these people were very intelligent and so the children have changed their opinion. I give a big thank you to Kevin from Community Archaeology Ltd  and all the adults who have been involved, as it has made for a very interesting half term. On Friday the children presented assembly. It was the children who wanted to hold the assembly. They enjoyed doing the project so much they wanted to share it with the mums and dads and other children at the school.” 

Community Archaeology Limited's   Brochure for Schools

Further information on Time Travellers  

This Time Travellers project is organised  by a  partnership between North Yorkshire County Record Office and Community Archaeology Limited. It is delivered by Kevin Cale of Community Archaeology Limited with support from North Yorkshire County Record Office  and York Museums Trust. It is funded through the regional Museums Hub’s Renaissance Partnership programme.

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TECHNICAL PROBLEM
21 September 2009
We apologise for lack of information on the GROUPS page...

This will be corrected as soon as possible. If would like information on groups please contact us .

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GROUP MEMBER'S BOOK IS PUBLISHED
20 September 2009
Gillian Hovell, Iron Age (Nidderdale) Project...

has written an archaeology guide "Visiting the Past". Further information.

Congratulations, Gill!

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SEPTEMBER EVENTS
1 September 2009
Take the opportunity to meet Kevin Cale...

and/or one of the Community Archaeology Ltd groups at the following events this month...

Saturday 5 September

Layers of Repsonse organised by the Landscape and Art Network, Pateley Bridge. Further information.

 

Sunday 13 September

Follow up to Finds Day, Claro Community Archaeology Group, Knaresborough. Further information.

 

Monday 21 September

Heritage Marquee at the Nidderdale Show,  Pateley Bridge. Further information.

 

Saturday 26 September and Sunday 27 September

Masham Sheep Fair. Exhibition in St Mary's Church, Market Place, Masham. Further information.

 

 

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CLARO GROUP'S FINDS DAY: REPORT
28 August 2009
As part of the Festival of British Archaeology...

the Claro Community Archaeology Group held a "Finds Day" on 1 August 2009 in the Old Court House, Knaresborough Castle. The day, despite the weather, was a tremendous success. The archaeology team from the Claro Group had the support of Dave Evans,  Archaeologist, Yorkshire Museums Trust , and Kevin Cale, Archaeologist, Community Archaeology Limited who examined a very wide range of artefacts, some of which were extremely rare.

Most of the people attending were local, but some were from as far afield as Scarborough. The artefacts brought in included three Neolithic stone axes, all had been found locally. One of them was identified by the green colour of the stone as having been made in Langdale, Cumbria.

There were many old coins including: Two roman coins - one that was of particular interest was a silver dianria 1st Century BC from before the Roman invasion. A Henry II short cross penny circa 1190. A Edward III groat circa 1355. A Henry VIII sovereing penny circa 1530.A very well preserved Greek coin from 2500 BC. and numerous other ranging from Elizabeth I to Victorian silver coins.

Other artefacts included 16th Century musket and cannon balls, an Anglo Saxon pin head, a Tudor dress hook, a flint barb and tang arrow head 200BC which was in very good condition and had been found at Flyingdale.

A record sheet detailing the archaeologist's findings on age, use and material was prepared for each item. Its dimensions, weight and location it was found were also recorded. A copy of the record was given to the owner to keep with their artefact.

A follow up day is being planned for 13 September at 3.00pm at the Old Courthhouse, Knaresborough, when Kevin Cale will use a slide show to display the main artefactsm whilst making relevant comments and answering questions. Currently the Claro Community Archaeology Group is involved in a four year project researching the archaeology and history of Scriven, Knaresborough.

Bob Johnson (Claro Community Archaeology Group)

 

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OUR BROCHURE FOR SCHOOLS IS NOW ON LINE
28 July 2009

 


Click to launch the full edition in a new window.

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FESTIVAL OF BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY 2009 BEGINS ON SATURDAY
13 July 2009
Kevin Cale and Community Archaeology Limited groups are involved in a host of activities during...

the Festival which runs from 18 July to 2 August

Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project

Saturday 18 July  - Guided Walk around Great Ayton. Click here for events on 18 July

Saturday 25 July - Guided Walk around Great Ayton. Click here for events on 25 July

Saturday 1 August - Guided Walk to the Summit of Roseberry Topping near Great Ayton. Click here for events on 1 August

Ripon Community Archaeology Project

Saturday 18 July - Archaeology for the Family. Click here for events on 18 July.

Iron Age (Nidderdale) Project

Tuesday 21 July - Guided Walks around Iron Age sites near Dacre. Click here for events on 21 July

Bordley Township Project

Thursday 30 July - Walk in Bordley Township.Click here for events on 30 July

Ilton Heritage Group

Thursday 30 July - Sweet Earth of Ilton: What's that? Guided Walk. Click here for events on 30 July

Nidderdale Chase Heritage Group

Thursday 30 July - From Moor to Valley: An introduction to the Archaeology of a Yorkshire Dales Estate. Click here for events on 30 July

Claro Community Archaeology Group

Saturday 1 August - Small Finds Day at Knaresborough Castle Museum. Click here for events on 1 August

ALSO taking place in West Yorkshire and organised in Partnership with Harewood House Trust ...

24 - 26 July  - Archaeology Weekend at Harewood. Click here

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COMING SOON! BROCHURE FOR SCHOOLS
10 July 2009
A Brochure for Schools full of...

 information on the many and varied educational opportunities we offer will be available on this site in the very near future.

Update...

28 July 09: For  brochure click here

Kevin Cale

Director
Community Archaeology Ltd
 
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GREAT AYTON COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT SPRING PRESENTATIONS
29 June 2009
The presentations attracted an average attendance of 45 and were favourably received...
Some house histories                29 April 2009            40
1964 aerial photographs              6 May 2009             34
More house histories                   13 May 2009            53
Mills in Great Ayton                       20 May 2009            39
Famous Aytonians                       27 May 2009             47
Railways                                          3 June 2009            56
Average                                                                              45
 
I have received some requests to put on an omnibus edition, where we will repeat all six presentations on one Saturday, before the next series of presentations.
 
 
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BRITISH FESTIVAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY : 18 JULY - 2 AUG
25 June 2009
Of the thirty-four registered festival events taking place in North Yorkshire...

...nine are organised by Community Groups receiving direction from Kevin Cale, Community Archaeology Limited

 Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project

Saturday 18 July  - Guided Walk around Great Ayton. Click here for events on 18 July

Saturday 25 July - Guided Walk around Great Ayton. Click here for events on 25 July

Saturday 1 August - Guided Walk to the Summit of Roseberry Topping near Great Ayton. Click here for events on 1 August

Ripon Community Archaeology Project

Saturday 18 July - Archaeology for the Family. Click here for events on 18 July.

Iron Age (Nidderdale) Project

Tuesday 21 July - Guided Walks around Iron Age sites near Dacre. Click here for events on 21 July

Bordley Township Project

Thursday 30 July - Walk in Bordley Township.Click here for events on 30 July

Ilton Heritage Group

Thursday 30 July - Sweet Earth of Ilton: What's that? Guided Walk. Click here for events on 30 July

Nidderdale Chase Heritage Group

Thursday 30 July - From Moor to Valley: An introduction to the Archaeology of a Yorkshire Dales Estate. Click here for events on 30 July

Claro Community Archaeology Group

Saturday 1 August - Small Finds Day at Knaresborough Castle Museum. Click here for events on 1 August

ALSO taking place in West Yorkshire and organised in Partnership with Harewood House Trust ...

24 - 26 August  - Archaeology Weekend at Harewood. Click here

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CLARO GROUP'S EXHIBITION ATTRACTS MORE THAN 600 VISITORS
22 June 2009
Yesterday, while the sun blazed down, more than 600 people enjoyed the shade of the Undercroft at Knaresborough...

...Courthouse and viewed the work of Claro Community Archaeology Group at Knaresborough Castle's Living History Day. The exhibition on the group's current project ,"Scriven and its Park", featured work to date and a range of artefacts found in the area. Most importantly it gave visitors the opportunity to meet group members and share information with them. Locals brought in many items of memorabilia relating to the POW camp and interest was fuelled for the group's next public event to be held during the Festival of British Archaeology:

Saturday 1 August

  Small Finds Day

11.00am to 3.00pm

Knaresborough Castle Museum, Castle Yard, Knaresborough HG5 8AS

The group is recording artefacts of archaeological interest found locally.
We will welcome local residents who wish to bring in their own items
to be recorded, identified and interpreted.
 
Small finds would include: coins, medals, flint tools, clay pipes,
tokens, buttons, buckles, badges, pottery, harness fittings, tools, etc.
 
Organiser: CLARO Community Archaeology Group
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LATEST PRESS COVERAGE
10 June 2009
The Whitby Gazette is very interested in the work of Mulgrave Community Research Project...

Together with Kevin and the  Time Travellers*  project, the group is working with two local primary schools which looks like generating more press interest.

Click on the link below to view  the article from the current edition of the Whitby Gazette .

www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/Uncovering-history-in-search-of.5357237.jp

Visit www.jetcoast.co.uk/mcrp_u4.pdf for an update on the work with the schools and latest news from MCRP.

For more information on work with schools view our brochure

Time Travellers is organised  by a  partnership between North Yorkshire County Record Office and Community Archaeology Limited. It is delivered by Kevin Cale of Community Archaeology Limited with support from North Yorkshire County Record Office  and Yorkshire Museums Trust. It is funded through the regional Museums Hub’s Renaissance Partnership programme.

 
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MASHAM'S LOST CEMETERY: NEW LIGHT ON OLD BONES
15 May 2009
Bob Mansfield, Pott and Agill Research Group, reports on the lecture at Ripon Cathedral...

 Masham’s Lost Cemetery - recent findings shed new light on old bones

By Bob Mansfield, Pott and Agill Research Group

On Saturday May 9th, as part of the Ripon Cathedral HLF funded Heritage Project, a very well attended public lecture about the excavation and current research into the Anglo-Scandinavian cemetery situated in the centre of Masham was given in the Library of Ripon Cathedral.
 
Kevin Cale, Community Archaeology Ltd,  who carried out some of the original excavations in 1988/9 when the construction of new public conveniences exposed the cemetery, gave an interesting lecture outlining the
background to the choice of site for this ancient cemetery, its excavation and the subsequent study and analysis of the skeletons.
 
Many exciting questions have been raised and further investigation needs to be undertaken, for example, were the people buried in Masham between 679 and 1011AD of purely Yorkshire origin, or were some of Danish/Norwegian background?
 
The analysis of the bones was carried out by Bradford University and funded by Harrogate Borough Council who have also allocated funds for re-interment.
 
The site was in a dominant position above the floodplain of the River Ure and was some way from the present churchyard but still adjacent to and in part under the Little Marketplace. The burials were Christian with E-W alignment and there were no grave artefacts. The males and females tended to be in separate parts of the cemetery. There was no evidence of any trauma and accidental breakages seem to have been carefully tended suggesting a peaceful community. The wear and tear on certain bones suggests that they were a hardworking farming people. Further work would be necessary to confirm a Danish/Norwegian or purely Yorkshire origin. Carbon dating of samples indicates that the cemetery was in use between 679 and 1011 AD.
 
The lecture was supported by Exhibitions by Pott and Agill Research Group and Ripon Historical Research Group. Further work will be carried out by the Pott and Agill Research Group whose aim is to make the findings available to the people of Mashamshire and visitors to the town.
 
 
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TALK BY KEVIN CALE ON MASHAM'S LOST CEMETERY: 9 MAY 2009
2 May 2009
In conjunction with the celebration of the 1300th anniversary of the death of St Wilfrid...

In conjuction with the celebration of the 1300th anniversary of the death of St Wilfrid, a lecture about the excavation of and current research into 58 skeletons from the age of St Wilfrid excavated in Masham in the 1980s.

Masham's Lost Cemetery - Kevin Cale, Community Archaeology Limited

Kevin, who excavated the bones in the 1980s, will give an illustrated talk aout the excavation and recent developments on this intriguing find.

3.00pm  in The Library of Ripon Cathedral - free admission

Further information:  ToriaForsythMoser@RiponCathedral.org.uk 

Tel: 01765 603462

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GREAT AYTON SPRING PRESENTATIONS BEGIN TONIGHT
29 April 2009
A series of six presentations by Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project...

A series of six presentations by Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project begins this evening with a look at house histories.

The presentations, which are being held on consecutive Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm in the Friends' Meeting House, High Green, Great Ayton, include:

                  29 April:     Some brief house histories (1) 
                     6 May:     1964 aerial photographs of Great Ayton
                   13 May:     Some brief house histories (2)
                   20 May:     Mills and milling
                   27 May:     Some important Aytonians from the past (excluding James Cook)
                     3 June:   Railways in Ayton

For further information: ianandsuepearce@aol.com

Group website: www.historic-cleveland.co.uk

 

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HERITAGE LOTTERY WORKSHOP: 13 MAY 2009
29 April 2009
Heritage Lottery Staff will be running a workshop in Harrogate for all heritage projects...

Heritage Lottery Workshop

At Crescent Gardens, Harrogate from 6.00pm to 8.00pm
     
Heritage Lottery Staff will be running a workshop for all heritage projects either thinking of or in the process of applying for a Heritage Lottery Grant. Their priorities have recently changed so they will talk a little on this and you will have the opportunity to talk to them about your project.
 
You will be asked to fill in a pre-application form prior to the workshop.

Further information: Leilah.Vyner@harrogate.gov.uk  Tel: 01423 556702

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FRONT PAGE NEWS!
27 April 2009
Look out for the May edition of the NY Times

Look out for the May edition of the NY Times, delivered to households across North Yorkshire, which features the "Battle of Towton" Time Travellers * project with children at South Milford Primary School on its front page with more photographs and extracts of their imaginative work on page 7. Missed out on this? Visit www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3172

* Time Travellers is organised  by a  partnership between North Yorkshire County Record Office and Community Archaeology Limited. It is delivered by Kevin Cale of Community Archaeology Limited with support from North Yorkshire County Record Office  and York Museums Trust. It is funded through the regional Museums Hub’s Renaissance Partnership programme. www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/page/cparchaeology.aspx

For more information of our work with schools view our brochure.

 

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TOWTON BATTLEFIELD ANNIVERSARY WALK AND LIVING HISTORY CAMP: 5 APRIL 2009
31 March 2009
Towton Battlefield Society commemorates the Battle of Towton on Palm Sunday 1461 with an Anniversary Walk over the Battlefield and a Living History Camp. Society re-enactors have been working with Kevin and

Towton Battlefield Society commemorates the Battle of Towton on Palm Sunday 1461 with an Anniversary Walk over the Battlefield and a Living History Camp. Society re-enactors have been working with Kevin and the North Yorkshire County Record Office (Time Travellers*)  to deliver a project on "Towton" to children at South Milford Community Primary School in the weeks leading up to the anniversary of the Battle.

Towton Battlefield Society

Guided Battlefield Anniversary Walk

and

 Authentic 15th Century Living History Camp

Towton Hall, near Tadcaster

Palm Sunday, 5 April 2009, 9.30am - 4.00pm

Admission £2 per adult: Under 12s free: Further donations welcome

(includes car parking, guided walk and access to all shows and displays)

Guided walks start from Towton Hall Barn at 9.30am till 10.45am at15 minute intervals (approx 4 miles, stout footwear recommended). At 1.00pm a memorial service will be held behing the Hall.

Traders, information and refreshments stalls can be found all day in the barn and an authentic 15th Century encampment will include a falconry show, medieval clothing "fashion show", archery, fire power display, a sword fighting demonstration by the European Combat Guild, and a melee.

The Towton Battlefield Society, its affiliated re-enactment group, The Frei Compagnie and guest re-enactors invite you to remember this day with a guided memorial walk over one of the country's most un spoilt battlefields, and a day long living history commemoration in the grounds of Towton Hall.

Further information:   www.towton.org.uk

* Time Travellers is organised  by a  partnership between North Yorkshire County Record Office and Community Archaeology Limited. It is delivered by Kevin Cale of Community Archaeology Limited with support from North Yorkshire County Record Office  and York Museums Trust. It is funded through the regional Museums Hub’s Renaissance Partnership programme.www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/page/cparchaeology.aspx

 

 

 
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ANOTHER GROUP LAUNCHES ITS WEBSITE
16 March 2009
Claro Community Archaeology Group, which meets in Knaresborough, now has a website

visit  www.claroarchgroup.com for news of the current project : "Scriven and its Park"

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BY POPULAR DEMAND!
10 March 2009
The series of presentations by Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project in the Autumn of 2008 went down so well

with an average attendance of about 50 people, that the group have been asked to repeat them by those who missed the original presentations. 

There will be a re-run of all five presentations on Saturday 14 March at the Friends' Meeting House, High Green, Great Ayton starting at 9.30am.

 The Spring 2009 programme of presentations starting on Wednesday 29 April will be confirmed soon.

Further information from our events page and ianandsuepearce@aol.com www.historic-cleveland.co.uk

 

 

 

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DAY SCHOOL ON HISTORIC LANDSCAPES OF THE NORTH : 14 MARCH 2009
3 March 2009
Hear a varied collection of papers from leading historians...

Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society and the University of Teesside Centre for Regional and Local Historical Research are holding a

Joint Day School

HISTORIC LANDSCAPES OF THE NORTH

Saturday 14 March

Europa Building, University of Teesside

 Programme Includes:

Medieval Fields and Farms in Cleveland and the Esk Valley - Barry Harrison

The Prehistoric-Saxon Landscape at Street House, N.E. Yorkshire - Steve Sherlock

The Changing Natural Landscape of the North York Moors - Margeret Atherden

From Farmstead to County: Thinking about Rural Settlement - Brian Roberts

The Country House and Landscape  - Mark Whyman

Two Hundred Years of a Local Landscape: from Marton Lodge to Stewart Park - Linda Polley

Further information: www.tees.ac.uk j.grimwood@tees.ac.uk Tel. Jill Grimwood  01642 384689

 

 

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WATERCOLOUR EXHIBITON BY DAVID MAYOH: FEBRUARY 2009
14 February 2009
Watercolours of Ilton by David Mayoh

Watercolours by  David Mayoh of Ilton, who is a member of Ilton Community Heritage Group, are on show at Mashamshire Community Office, Little Market Place, Masham, until the end of the month. Further information: 01765 680200

See some of his work on the Ilton Community Heritage Group website www.iltonheritage.co.uk

 

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HERITAGE TRAILER
10 February 2008
Kirby, Great Broughton and Ingleby Greenhow Local History Group are holding...

Kirby, Great Broughton and Ingleby Greenhow Local History Group are holding their first meeting of a new project

Heritage Trails on Your Doorstep

on Wednesday 11 February 2009 at Broughton Sports Club, Great Broughton at 7.30pm

Introduction by Kevin Cale

The aim is to form their own Heritage Trails, tracing and recording the  past life of the three vilages.

Further information: gjjt@btinternet.com

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NEW GROUP LOOKING FOR OLD CHURCH
10 February 2008
The Mulgrave Community Research project launched in September 2008...

The Mulgrave Community Research Project launched in September 2008 and has recently received an Awards for All grant. The group has asked Kevin Cale (Community Archaeology Limited) to guide them in their first research project 

"In Search of Seton Church"

The aim is to locate the site of an Anglo Saxon Church which appears on old maps between the villages of Staithes and Hinderwell. The group are holding the launch of this project on Wednesday 18 February 1.30pm at Hinderwell Village Hall (see events page)

For more infomation on Mulgrave Community Research Project www.jetcoast.co.uk liz.dowson@scarborough.gov.uk

 

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NORTH YORKSHIRE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT DAY: 21 FEBRUARY 2009
9 February 2009
SOLD OUT! See events page for what you are missing!
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NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY RECORD OFFICE OPEN DAY: 28 MARCH 2009
9 February 2009
Don't miss annual FREE Open Day at the Record Office...

North Yorkshire County Record Office

OPEN DAY 2009 - SATURDAY 28 MARCH  Free admission

10.00 am - 4.00pm  Record Office, Malpas Road, Northallerton, DL7 8TB

Throughout the day there will be: guided tours 'behind the scenes, local societies' displays and advice and 'try it yourself sessionsin the searchroom.

Programme ofTalks - spaces limited so book in advance

11.00am       "Making the most of your birth, marriage and death certificates" Barbara Dixon

12.00am       "North Riding families and their acquisition of Eastern luxuries" Helen Clifford

  1.30pm       A picture presentation: Old Northallerton1940s, 1950s and 1960s Colin Narramore

 2.30pm       "Wandering about the Web - fun for family history" - Jackie Depelle

Ample free car parking will be available at County Hall, Racecourse Lane entrance (2 minute walk)

For further details, or  to book a place a a talk, contact the Record Office: 01609 777585 archives@northyorks.gov.uk

 

THIS EVENT IS ADVERTISED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE SITE USER. COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY LIMITED IS NOT REPSONSIBLE FOR CHANGES THAT MAY OCCUR REGARDING THE EVENT.

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YORKSHIRE CBA EVENT: 7 FEBRUARY 2009
30 January 2009
The AGM of Council for British Archaeology Yorkshire and Symposium will be ...

The AGM of Council for British Archaeology Yorkshire and Symposium will be held on Saturday 7 February 2009 at the Tempest Anderson Hall, Yorkshire Museum, Museum Gardens, York from 10.00am - 4.45pm.

2009 Symposium from 11.00am

The Stanbury Hill Project   Keith Boughey

Recent work of the West Yorkshire Archaeology Service    Ian Roberts

Changing places: Climate change and the historic environment    Gill Chitty

Letting in the light: the New Yorkshire Museum   Andrew Morrison

Update on the Hungate excavation, York   Toby Kendall

Horse studs in the medieval landscape   Stephen Moorhouse

Earthwork survey and investigation of the precint of Byland Abbey   Andrew Burn

The peasant buildings of Wharram Percy: the supplementary evidence    Peter Brears

Norton Conyers: a house in heavy disguise    Peter Ryder

The cost of the day is £5 (per member) or £8 (per non-member).

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WEBSITE NEWS
30 January 2009
Get a taste of the SWEET EARTH OF ILTON by visiting the latest community group wesbite...

Ilton Community Heritage Group are justifiably proud of their expanded website.

Visit: www.iltonheritage.co.uk

 

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BOOK LAUNCH: 6 DECEMBER 2008
30 November 2008
The Upper Nidderdale Local History Group is pleased to announce the launch of its first book...

"People and Places"

a photographic dip into past times in the Upper Dale. The official launch will take place on Saturday 6 December at Lofthouse Memorial Hall, near Pateley Bridge, between 1.00pm and 5.00pm.

"People and Places" is planned as the first of three books featuring life in Upper NIdderdale and is the product of three years research by the group. It contains a collection of photographs from diverse sources - family albums, official libraries and private memorabilia.

The book  costs £10.00.

Yorkshire Post Article

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MEET THE FUNDER: 28 OCTOBER 2008
21 October 2008
20 national funding bodies are coming to Knaresborough. Community groups are invited to attend.

 Click to view more details.

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IT`S HISTORICAL, IT`S AN EVENT, IT`S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE! It really is a HISTORIcaleVENT! 18 OCTOBER 2008
4 October 2008
KEVIN CALE, Director of Community Archaeology Limited is celebrating 20 years. click to view full story.

KEVIN CALE, Director of Community Archaeology Limited is celebrating 20 years of his business within the archaeological world with 20 of the community archaeology and local history groups he has directed across North Yorkshire over the last two decades. For the first time groups will come together to display their work and share their research with each other and the public.  Come along and meet everyone in the appropriately historic and beautiful village of Ripley.  The event will officially be opened at 11.00am by Mary Kershaw, Director of Collections at York Museums Trust.  The event is free. Also see our events page.

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FREE: PUBLISHING DAY SCHOOL: 11 OCTOBER 2008
19 September 2008
Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society are running a day school

See events page for further information.

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HOW DO YOU INHERIT HERITAGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY?: 6 SEPTEMBER 2008
30 August 2008
Kevin Cale presenting at CBA conference on Saturday 6 September.

CBA Archaeology and Education 2008 conference York.

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ST FIACRE`S DAY: 30 AUGUST 2008
23 August 2008
St Fiacre is the Patron Saint of gardeners and The Historic Parks and Gardens

Historic Parks and Gardens in Nidderdale AONB exhibition.  See events page for more information..

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