Category Archives: History

Getting outside with Dadima

Posted on 30/09/2022 by campaignerkate

I joined Dadima’s walk at Ashridge in the Chilterns and, as always, learnt much in great company. Continue reading →

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Nottingham’s town trail

Posted on 10/10/2021 by campaignerkate

At last I was able to open Nottingham’s historic town trail which celebrates the rescue of 130 acres of green space under the 1845 Inclosure Act. Continue reading →

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Fifty Paces Forward!

Posted on 28/11/2020 by campaignerkate

Fifty Paces Forward! by Colin Saunders makes a nice christmas present for your rambling friends Continue reading →

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Deserted villages on the Glyme

Posted on 22/11/2020 by campaignerkate

A chance visit to deserted mediaeval villages on the River Glyme in Oxfordshire Continue reading →

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Fifty years of diary-keeping

Posted on 02/01/2019 by campaignerkate

I have kept a daily diary since fifty years ago today, 2 January 1969. Continue reading →

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Bluebell archaeology: walkers look out!

Posted on 04/05/2018 by campaignerkate

Look out for where plants may mark archaeological sites Continue reading →

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A prehistoric cairnfield?

Posted on 27/04/2018 by campaignerkate

Common Wood: part 14 I know there are lumps and bumps at the top of my land at Common Wood, near Horndon on Dartmoor.  I also know that piles of stones on Dartmoor often have some significance. I was delighted … Continue reading →

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The men from St Giles

Posted on 05/04/2018 by campaignerkate

St Giles’s church in Oxford is commemorating the 18 parishioners who died on active service in the first world war. Continue reading →

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Mass Observation at eighty

Posted on 27/12/2017 by campaignerkate

This year was the eightieth anniversary of Mass Observation, which gathered valuable social records, and continues to do so. Continue reading →

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The year’s midnight

Posted on 26/12/2017 by campaignerkate

St Lucies Day is 13 December not the winter solstice. Continue reading →

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