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In 2015/16, the field group has continued to investigate fields in and around High Offley and Woodseaves. Revisiting a number of sites where Roman and Medieval artifacts have previously been recovered. The group will be returning to High Offley this Spring to continue its work around what is believed to be the original site of the Medieval village of Woodseaves. The village is known to have been relocated to its current location in the 18th century, although the exact site of the Medieval…

Chairman’s Report May 2016 Our Society is mourning the death of our President Tavia Maclean. Tavia joined the Society by chance after going to a series of talks on Vernacular Architecture in about 1980. Having joined the Society she became a founder member of the Vernacular Archi- tecture Group which was setup to research the origins of the town’s buildings. She became the leader of this group and they re- searched and produced detailed reports on over 3o historic build- ings in the…