Nestling in the Derbyshire Peak District between Bakewell and Buxton sits the unassuming parish of Taddington & Priestcliffe. Most people...

Of course everybody has heard of Stonehenge; is there anyone you know who hasn't? Nearly as many people have visited it, but not nearly...

It's time to announce the dates for this year's CPD days for teachers. We are offering two workshops this year - Prehistory in the Peak...

Links to the Primary National Curriculum - History: Teaching ‘Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age’ is now firmly part...

In addition to running workshops for schools, one of the things we do is work with groups on community heritage projects. This summer we...

This is the latest book by Prof. Alice Roberts who is the Chair of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham, but...

The past year has given us the opportunity to catch up on our reading, with books both old and new being devoured eagerly! Of the new...

Why has this gate gone out of use? One reason is it’s dimensions are such that it is too small to accommodate modern farm vehicles. Even...

Hello there, we’re back again with another post about looking at the archaeology and history we can see here in our parish of King...

We’ve had occasional posts here about looking at Archaeology and history where you live. We may well be many weeks into the lockdown with...

Hi, Well we’re in to week 9 of lockdown life here. Of course as soon as the word came, we couldn’t work in schools, or with vulnerable...

Last week saw the latest episode of BBC 4’s Digging for Britain. If you missed it, then you missed out on seeing what could prove to be...

Congratulations @peelbacklayers for your special commendation at last nights East Midlands Heritage Awards. pic.twitter.com/A9Ek3CxqoN —...

As you’ll know, Stonehenge didn’t exist in splendid isolation but was part of an extraordinary complex of monuments ranging in size from...

Welcome to the second of our blogs on the archaeology in your parish. In this one I’ll be looking at some of the archaeology and heritage...