What's in your parish: Mackworth
For may people, especially if you live in Derby, the name Mackworth is synonymous with a large, mostly post-war housing estate on the...
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ian2494
- May 9
What's in your parish? Taddington & Priestcliffe
Nestling in the Derbyshire Peak District between Bakewell and Buxton sits the unassuming parish of Taddington & Priestcliffe. Most people...
Ian Parker-Heath
- Apr 25
Review: The World of Stonehenge at the British Museum
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...
Ian Parker-Heath
- Apr 20
We're ready to go with this year's CPD days for Teachers!
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...
ian2494
- Feb 24
Stone Age to Iron Age – where to begin?
Links to the Primary National Curriculum - History: Teaching ‘Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age’ is now firmly part...
Ian Parker-Heath
- Jul 6, 2021
Community Heritage is Digging Deeper at Under Whitle
In addition to running workshops for schools, one of the things we do is work with groups on community heritage projects. This summer we...
Ian Parker-Heath
- Jun 2, 2021
Review – Ancestors: The Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials
This is the latest book by Prof. Alice Roberts who is the Chair of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham, but...
Ian Parker-Heath
- May 26, 2021
Want to read a good book about Vikings? Try River Kings by Cat Jarman
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...
Ian Parker-Heath
- Jun 17, 2020
What’s In Your Parish? King Sterndale Part 3.
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...
Ian Parker-Heath
- May 29, 2020
What’s In Your Parish? King Sterndale Part 2
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...
Ian Parker-Heath
- May 27, 2020
What’s In Your Parish? King Sterndale.
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...
Ian Parker-Heath
- May 20, 2020
Life During Lockdown and After.
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...
Ian Parker-Heath
- Dec 17, 2018
Britain’s Most Spectacular Henge?
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...
Ian Parker-Heath
- Nov 14, 2017
We didn’t win, but we came awfully close!
Congratulations @peelbacklayers for your special commendation at last nights East Midlands Heritage Awards. pic.twitter.com/A9Ek3CxqoN —...
Ian Parker-Heath
- Oct 6, 2017
New: Stonehenge Monuments Workshop
As you’ll know, Stonehenge didn’t exist in splendid isolation but was part of an extraordinary complex of monuments ranging in size from...