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  • Field report 2015/16
    December 13th, 2016 in Newsletter

    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…

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  • Chairman’s Report, Annual General Meeting, 2016
    May 29th, 2016 in Newsletter

    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…

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  • Funding boost for archives
    December 19th, 2015 in Newsletter

    Funding boost for history group to share its archives. A Newport group is looking forward to helping more people discover the history of the area after receiving a £432 donation. The money was given to Newport History Society by Councillor Peter Scott, independent borough councillor for Newport North & West, as part of the Councillors’ Pride Fund, which sees each member of Telford & Wrekin Council awarded a grant to spend on local projects. Newport History Society has used its…

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  • Broadhill Survey
    April 27th, 2015 in Newsletter

    Interim Report! Julian Meeson – 27 April 2015 Introduction! The area investigated by the Newport History Society lies to the east of Lindore Wood. It is comprised of three fields (only two of which could be surveyed, due to the third being waterlogged), which at the time of the investigation had been ploughed and re-seeded with grass seed, to return the fields to pasture. The top soil was still clearly visible at the time, which made it possible to field-walk the site, as well as undertaking…

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  • The 350th Anniversary of the Great Fire of Newport 1665
    April 23rd, 2015 in Newsletter

    A memo written in the Newport Parish Register by Thomas Munk, with transcript. Shropshire Archives ref: P207/A/1/1 The year before the Great Fire of London, Newport had its own Great Fire. In 1665 Newport was a busy market town. It was very crowded. The streets were narrow and dusty. Many of the houses were made of wood and very close together. Inside their homes, people used candles for light and cooked on open fires. Fires were also used to make many things that we make in factories these…

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