Three years ago, “The Labrador Companion” was discovered in Yorkshire. This is a previously unknown manuscript written by Captain George Cartwright (1739-1819) about his years spent in Labrador. It is both an instructional text unlike any others related to the early fur trade in eastern North America, and it is also a text about natural …More »
A new book about the landscape of Lincolnshire has been published recently. The book ‘explores the diverse landscapes within the historic county, revealing and interpreting both their natural and human heritage in an informative and accessible way.’ The book is available now in bookshops and visitor attractions across Lincolnshire and neighbouring areas, and can also be ordered through the …More »
A wide variety of historical articles in the latest edition of East Midlands History & Heritage: letters from Charlie Clarke on the Western Front to his girlfriend back in Gainsborough; the trial and execution in 1823 of three men convicted of sodomy; defamation in Nottinghamshire in the early modern period; The Battle of Waterloo and Nottinghamshire’s ‘chosen men’; the Reformatory at Mount …More »
The Gainsborough Heritage Centre are holding a new exhibition called ‘Mine’s a Pint’ which opens on 28th November and runs till 16th January 2016. The pubs in Gainsborough were an important part of the cultural aspect of life for workers from the factories of Marshalls and Roses, to the workers who came to Gainsborough, via …More »
Innovation in Museum Displays was led by Professor Graham Black and Deborah Skinner, lecturers at the Nottingham Trent University Centre for Museum and Heritage Management. They were supported by Stephen LeMottee and Charlotte Pratley, of East Midlands Museums Service. The aim of Innovation in Museum Displays was to encourage dialogue between the museum and the user …More »
Aspiring archaeologists have uncovered coins, medieval pottery and animal teeth and bones in a two-day excavation with archaeologist and television presenter Professor Carenza Lewis. Schoolchildren from across Lincolnshire unearthed the discoveries as part of the Lincolnshire Higher Education Field Academy (HEFA), a new collaboration between the University of Lincoln and the University of Cambridge aimed …More »
The Northamptonshire Archive, based at Wootton Hall Park in Northampton, has launched a range of high quality products featuring selected images from the archive collection. Exclusively available online , each item is produced to order and delivered to the customer’s address. Whether it’s a quirky mug, some Christm as cards or a beautiful framed print, …More »
The grave slab of a medieval monk who was buried at Rufford Abbey in Nottinghamshire has been rediscovered in English Heritage’s national collection store at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire. The decorated slab commemorates Robert de Markham and dates from 1399. It was removed from the chapel at Rufford Abbey in the 1950s when the building …More »
Northamptonshire’s Boughton House is reaffirming its role as the home of Bonfire Night with the return of sell-out show, The Gunpowder Plot. Tickets have gone on sale in September for the Estate’s third annual spectacle of performance, projection and pyrotechnics in November. The centuries old tradition of thanksgiving was reinstated on Bonfire Night at Boughton …More »
The Gainsborough Heritage Centre are holding a new exhibition called Work Hard Play Hard which will be starting on 26th September. This exhibition will showcase the sports played by local people, including teams from the Marshalls and Roses factories. The sports this exhibition will be exploring are football, cycling, tennis, cricket, hockey, golf, bowls and …More »
