Books/Booklets
Over the years collections of articles, booklets and books have been gathered together and released freely for others to use.
Danes' pad - a Roman road to nowhere |
One of our late members, Ted Lightbown, wrote a booklet on the putative Roman Road into the Fylde known as the Danes' Pad. A pdf copy of "Danes' pad - a Roman road to nowhere" can be downloaded here or individual sections in web page form can viewed by clicking here.
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Pennystone Rock & Singleton Thorp |
Another of Ted's articles is also concerned other disputed features; "". Again, the research is exemplary. Click here. Several years ago Wyre Archaeology visited the putative Singleton Thorp site. Click here to see our, less than scientific, findings.
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Preston and the Northwest: 300 years ago: Survey of roads, towns and people |
In 1952 a bundle of papers were discovered at Townley Hall. Amongst these papers were "strip maps" showing parts of Lancashire in the 17th century. Many historians/authors have examined these maps trying to date them and to discover the mapmaker. Lancashire Archives attributes them Dr. Richard Kuerden and Bill Shannon, in his "Seventeenth-Century Restored: Life and work of Dr Richard Kuerden" agrees. Geoffrey Binns' research came up with another possible mapmaker, Gregory King, and produced a booklet giving arguments in his favour. The booklet was never completed in his lifetime but most of the extant document can be viewed here
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Cragg Family Diaries |
The Cragg family of Wyredale were great diarists. Often a member of the family started a diary only for it to be completed by another. Click here. to see the diaries. |
Placenames of Amounderness |
DWH December 2022 produced a brief summary, with examples, of the origin of various placenames in Amounderness. Click here to view the article |
Pilling Historical Society Diary |
In 1995 Pilling Historical Society investigated a possible Roman road between Wardleys and Nateby. Click here to view the article |