Talk - Raymoth Lane Excavation (Worksop)

Tickets are now available for the talk on Worksop's Raymoth Lane excavation from 2004. This was the last large scale dig in Worksop and due to estimated attendance it will be a ticket only event.

The talk takes place on Thursday 2nd May starting at 7.30pm at the BCVS Old Abbey School building next to the Priory Church, Priorswell Road, Worksop, S80 2BU.

Tickets are available from the Secretary, Pam Cook by phoning 01909 732485 or sending a cheque payable to "Priories Historical Society" and a stamped addressed envelope to 15 Doncaster Road, Langold, Worksop. S81 9RY. Entrance is still only £3 (or £2 for members). Free tea/coffee and biscuits are provided at the meeting.

Event - CBA Festival of Archaeology (Worksop Library)

The Priories Historical Society's first exhibition for the Festival of British Archaeology held at Worksop Library on Saturday and Sunday was a great success.

Above: Members of the public looking at one of the displays. 

The society had boards of information on the Luddite uprising, Raymoth Lane, the Roman landscape of Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire, Throapham and Dinnington historical records as well as a photographic exhibition with explanations about each photo and examples of archaeology the group has found over the past several years.


The star find brought in by a member of the public were 3 Romano-British beehive querns found by Robin Orr near Ollerton.  Robin found these Hunsbury Hill type querns 15 years ago but didn't think anyone would be interested in them.  All three were in brilliant condition but were missing the bases. 

Above: One of the Romano British Hunsbury Hill type beehive quern tops. This top half would be rotated over a base stone. Note the moulded rim, U-shaped hopper and handle socket towards the bottom.

If you missed the Society's exhibition not to worry they will be at Throapham Church on July 30th and 31st for the final weekend of the Festival.


Thanks go out to Pam Cook, Sarah Perry, David Cook, Fiona Green, Roy and Pauline Haslehurst for helping out with the exhibition and answering the members of public questions as well as Friends of Throapham Church for lending us their display boards. Also big thanks to Worksop Library to lending us the room for the weekend and to everyone who publicised the event.

Raymoth Lane Talk/Sheffield Heritage Day

Todays talk at Worksop library by Bassetlaw Museum's Sam Glasswell went really well, I was unable to attend due to work but about 30 people attended.

Don't forget the next meeting is on 15th November and is about the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864.

Also Sheffield Heritage Day is on the 20th November at the Showroom.  Hope to see you there :)