Event - Digging deep for interesting finds (Kirkby Hardwick)

ARCHAEOLOGISTS are hoping to discover some interesting finds during a two week dig at Kirkby Hardwick manor house.

The dig will culminate in a Heritage Open Day on October 15 from 10am to 4pm where members of the public will be able to go along to find out more.

The dig is being carried out by Kirkby and District Archaeological Group and the county's community archaeologists.

It was funded by Notts County Council's Local Improvement Scheme.

The ruins of the house, situated behind Sutton Parkway Station in Sutton-in-Ashfield, have a history stretching back to the 13th Century with Cardinal Wolsey staying there in 1530 and Charles I being garrisoned there soon after the attack on Newark Castle.

The house was demolished in 1966.

Ashfield MP Gloria de Piero, Notts County Council Cabinet Member Richard Butler, who heads the Local Improvement Scheme funding panel and representatives from Ashfield District Council will attend the dig on October 14.

Guided tours of the excavation will be carried out during the open day and people will have the chance to talk to archaeologists.

From: http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Digging-deep-interesting-finds/story-13519959-detail/story.html

Event - Kirkby Hardwick Open Day

The excavation at Kirkby Hardwick (taking place 3rd to 14th October) will be open to members of the public on Saturday 15th October, between 10am and 4pm.

 

Visitors will have the opportunity to take guided tours of the site and to see some of the finds.  The local history group will also be recording memories that people may have of the house from before it was demolished in 1966.

 

Come along and find out about the excavation of this fascinating piece of archaeology, offering an insight into a multi-phase high status building, which was once one of the finest Tudor buildings in Nottinghamshire.

 

Kirkby Hardwick is located between Sutton in Ashfield, and Kirkby in Ashfield, off the B6021, Low Moor Road.  Parking is at Sutton Parkway Railway Station, and the site will be signpost from there.

 

If you are interested in volunteering for the excavation, there are very few spaces left.  The excavation runs from 3rd to 14th October, NOT including weekends.  If you want more information get in touch.

 

For further info go to http://www3.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/learning/history/archaeology/communityarchaeology/latest-news/

News - Work starts on Sutton war memorial (Sutton-in-Ashfield)

ASHFIELD will finally get a new war memorial to its fallen heroes this summer as work starts after a long campaign.

Around five years of work came to a head on Monday as the first sod was cut at the site of the new monument, on the corner of Mansfield Road and Unwin Road in Sutton.

Campaign group Friends of Ashfield War Memorials raised around £25,000 to get the memorial built.

Said group treasurer Maria Kerry: “It was a marvellous feeling to see the work finally start.

“The campaign has been going on for years but we are finally getting there.”

Recognising British service personnel killed during conflict since 1914, the completed monument will feature an obelisk and garden.

It will be officially unveiled with a special ceremony in June.

On Monday group members and local people who have donated cash to the scheme saw NMC Nomenca, part of the Huthwaite-based North Midland Construction group, start work.

The company is among firms offering their services for free to get the monument built, while local councillors have also given thousands of pounds in funding towards the scheme.

Added Mrs Kerry: “The memorial itself is done, the railings are being finished and the plaques are done, we can’t wait for it to be ready.”

From: http://www.chad.co.uk/news/local/work_starts_on_sutton_war_memorial_1_3156874