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Boltby Millennium Project
Location: North Yorkshire
This project aims to research and explain the history and archaeology of this former estate village. This will be accomplished through a geophysical survey, field walking, desk research and the interviewing of older residents. The findings will be collated and an archaeological report and book on the village's origins will be written. (There are known to be medieval earthworks and the group are particularly keen to work with a professional surveying team). A number of meetings have raised local interest. The group intend to build on this by giving a number of talks, ecouraging community participation in researching the history, and hands-on involvement in the field surveys. The group hope this project will stimulate further research, lead to follow-up interpretation projects and stimulate surveys from other nearby villages. The North York Moors National Park Archaeologist strongly supports the application.
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Boltby Millennium Group |
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Thirsk, North Yorkshire |
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31 August 2002 |
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The group held regular meetings to discuss the content and style of the book and about eight people agreed to research and write different aspects of the village’s history. It was surprising for such a small village how wide-ranging the topics were: from Prehistoric remains, via a rich medieval history, estate land-ownership, then wartime exploits, with the thread of farming and country pursuits running throughout. The writers spent hours at Libraries, Institutes, the North Yorkshire County Record Office and other resources. They also elicited the help of friends, various local historians and, invaluably, the older locals who allowed them to use their reminiscences.
On 24 June 2001 an Open Day was held in the Village Hall to display some of the photographs, maps and items that had already been collected and to prompt people to provide more information and reminiscences. The event was very well attended and many people who had left the village returned and enjoyed meeting old friends and neighbours and discussing old times. The Day was also successful in providing more material and contacts for the book. |
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Heritage Lottery Fund: 7,191
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