Survey - CBA Young People Research Survey

New research is getting underway at the Council for British Archaeology, to look into the different ways in which we can support young people to get more involved with and enthused by archaeology.

The research aims to collect as much information as possible about how young people engage with archaeology and other activities over the next few months, including via an online survey (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Y2B2MG8)

We are interested in gathering thoughts and views from a wide range of individuals and groups with experience of engaging young people, so no matter how much or how little you know about archaeology, we still want your views. If you would like to share your thoughts, opinions and experience please visit the survey page (also accessible via www.britarch.ac.uk/research/youngpeople) or contact suziethomas@britarch.ac.uk. The survey will remain open until Friday 11th November 2011.

A web page (www.britarch.ac.uk/research/youngpeople) has been set up for the project, which we will update as the project develops. A report of the research will be made available in Spring 2012.

SURVEY - 2011 Southumbria Survey (Notts & South Yorkshire)

Please take part in the 2011 'Southumbria' Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire Archaeology and History Survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BY3PM2C the more results we get the better :)

Woodland Survey - Independent Panel on Forestry – Call for Views (DEFRA)

The Independent Panel on Forestry would like to hear your views on forests and woods in England, and what this part of our landscape can and should provide, now and in the future. This call for views is the start of an ongoing dialogue with everyone who is interested in forests and woods.

The Panel has been set up to advise Government on the future of England’s forests and woods by April 2012. Our terms of reference, which you can see in full on the webpages, state that we should advise “on the future direction of forestry and woodland policy in England”.

This includes, but is not limited to, the work of the Forestry Commission, forests and woods in public, private and charitable ownership, the economics of forestry, public benefits such as well being, access for leisure pursuits and the role of forests and woods, and related open habitat, in the wider natural environment.
This ongoing dialogue will work in a number of ways, including site visits and web activity. We will develop the best way to engage people through the Panel’s work over the coming year. The Panel will draw on existing information and previous Government consultations but will not be limited to the questions and issues asked before.

We want your help with understanding:
•what forests and woods deliver for people, communities, nature and the economy;
•what it is about forests and woods that people value so much and why; and
•what works in the practice and can be repeated in other locations.

We would welcome your views and ideas on any aspect of forests and woods. The following list of questions may help frame your response. It would be helpful for us if you could respond under these broad questions.

Question 1 – What do forests and woods mean to you?
Question 2 – What is your vision for the future of England’s forests and woods?
Question 3 – What do you feel to be the benefits of forests and woods to:
a) you personally;
b) society as a whole;
c) the natural environment; and
d) the economy?
Question 4 – We would like to hear about your suggestions of practical solutions and good practice which can be replicated more widely.
Question 5 – What do you see as the priorities and challenges for policy about England’s forests and woods?

Please capture your ideas in a maximum of four pages, to reach us by 31 July 2011.

Practicalities

Please send your response to:
E-mail: forestrypanel@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Secretariat to the Independent Panel on Forestry Defra Nobel House 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3JR
Do you want to be kept in touch with the work of the Panel?

If you would like to be added to our mailing list and keep in touch with the work of the Panel, please reply with the details listed below:
Name:
E-mail address:
Organisation (if applicable):
Location (if applicable):

Whether you are interested in the whole subject or specific issues (please list):

We will keep these details on a database to enable us to contact individuals and organisations with news on the work of the Panel, to invite views and to send invitations to events. We may share this information with Defra and the Forestry Commission for the purpose of contacting people with news, opportunities to comment and invitations to events relating to forestry and woodlands.
What will happen to the views you send us?

We will use the responses throughout the work of the Panel and will give an overview of what you have said in our progress report in the autumn. Regular updates and information on the Panel’s work will be available on the Panel’s website.

When this call for views is completed we intend to put a copy of all the responses in the Defra Information Resource Centre at Ergon House, London. Also, members of the public may ask for a copy of responses under freedom of information legislation.

We would encourage people to share their views widely and engage others in discussion. If, however, there are particular reasons you do not want your views - including your name, contact details and any other personal information – to be publicly available, please say so clearly in writing when you send in your views.

Please explain why you need to keep details confidential. Please note that if your computer automatically includes a confidentiality disclaimer, this will not count as a confidentiality request. We will take your reasons into account if someone asks for this information under freedom of information legislation. But, because of the law, we cannot promise that we will always be able to keep those details confidential.

Thank you so much for your contribution.

You can find out more about the Panel’s work at: http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/forestry/panel/

Event - Archaeological surveys (Norwell/Cromwell)

Nottinghamshire Community Archaeology are offering the opportunity to get involved in a survey of the gravestones at Norwell and Cromwell churchyards. 

The group will be recording information from the gravestones, and taking photographs.

The information that is recorded is invaluable for people researching their family histories and for bringing to light aspects of local history.

Surveys at Norwell will take place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week, while surveys at Cromwell are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week.

If you'd like to attend and join in with the 'Graveyard Shift', get in touch via email at Emily.gillott@nottscc.gov.uk

or call Emily on 0115 977 2160.

The sessions aim to start at 10am, and finish around 3pm. Toilets are available at both sites.

 

From: http://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/articles/news/Archaeological-surveys

News - Friends of Thynghowe on BBC Radio 4

Thynghowe is scheduled to be featured on BBC Radio 4's Open Country on Thu 14 Apr 2011 at 15:00.  Interviews took place on the hill at the end of March.

Also a reminder that their annual perambulation walk will take place on Saturday 16 April.  There is still time to book a place by phoning the Forestry Commission on 01623 822447.  The walk starts at 10am and will probably finish at about 2pm.  There will be a picnic stop about midday, they suggest you bring a snack and drink with you.  The group will be meeting at the Warsop Windmill end of Birklands.

The society are still awaiting the outcomes of January's surveying on Thynghowe - they will post details on the  Friends of Thynghowe website as soon as they get them.

Survey - DEFRA The future of the public forest estate in England

For everyone wishing to help keep our historic and ancient Sherwood Forest in the public domain DEFRA have launched an online survey so you can have your say on the general Forestry Commision's future.

If you have the time please fill the survey in.  Remember - Once its gone ITS GONE!

The Survey is located at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/pfe-englandconsultation?dm_i=6A4,CVVT,O8TFB,10O0U,1

New project to research history of our churches (Hucknall)

A SMALL team has begun the challenging task of researching the history of Hucknall’s Anglican churches.



The members have been recruited by Professor John Beckett, of Nottingham University. The ultimate aim of the project is for details of all churches in the Southwell and Nottingham Diocese to be included on the diocesan website, freely available to interested researchers and tourists.


Hucknall’s local historian Maureen Newton, who has been appointed as team leader, said: “This is a pioneering project because, so far, no-one has really worked on the churches in Hucknall.


“We are looking at the history of the buildings, any alterations, stained-glass windows, monuments, bells, organs, fonts and gravestones or, in fact, anything that might be of interest.


“We will be taking photographs and notes of anything we deem is important evidence around and inside the buildings. So if you see any of us crawling, climbing or wandering round your church like lost sheep, please come and have a chat since you might know of something we are unlikely to find.


“We are starting with the newest, St Peter and St Paul’s Church on Ruffs Drive, and we will also take in the former St Peter’s, which hsd been converted into Watnall Road Community Centre.


“We will next deal with St John’s Church, which has played an integral part in the life of the Butlers Hill community for many years. Of course, there is also the parish church on the Market Place, which is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene.


“The parish church is obviously world-famous as the last resting place of the poet Lord Byron but there is much more to it than that.”


The church is grade-two listed by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and has been described by many experts as a “particularly significant building of more than local interest”.


The church was built on the site of an old Saxon church and the tower, which stands high above the town, was built in stages between the 12th and 14th centuries.


The Lady Chapel has been praised as a “beautiful example of 19th-century craftsmanship” and the Victorian baptistry, which used to contain the 14th-century font, has now been converted into a popular visitor-centre.


The parish church is also notable for having the largest collection of stained-glass windows by Charles Eamer Kempe, a key figure in 19th-century decorative art, of any building in the country.


Anyone able to help with the survey is asked to contact Maureen by writing to her at 64 Bestwood Road, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 7PQ or by phoning her on 0115 9631705.


“We would appreciate any information anyone is able to offer about any of these churches,” said Maureen.


“For instance, there is not a lot of documentary evidence about the old St Peter’s Church, so any details about its history would be gratefully received.”#


From: http://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/news/local-news/new_project_to_research_history_of_our_churches_1_2920287

Community Archaeology - Knaith & Collingham Riverside Surveys

Community Archaeology will be doing two surveys along the river Trent this month:

The first is around Knaith on the 15th November and the second around Collingham on 30th November.  

For further details get in touch with them via e-mail at community.archaeology@nottscc.gov.uk, phone 0115 977 2160 or via the website at http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/environment/heritage/archaeology/communityarchaeology.htm