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A passionate group of local volunteers, we share the stories, archaeology & fab folklore of this remarkable city and its district.
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A book launch!
January 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A book launch!
Very excited to reveal that we have taken on large parts of The Old Grammar School here in Lichfield.
The site dates back to the 15th century. We plan to transform its extraordinary spaces into a community heritage hub & a place to celebrate all our city’s history.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The site dates back to the 15th century. We plan to transform its extraordinary spaces into a community heritage hub & a place to celebrate all our city’s history.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lichfield's old schoolmaster's house to be used as history hub - BBC News
Lichfield District Council says the building had never been previously open to the public.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Very excited to reveal that we have taken on large parts of The Old Grammar School here in Lichfield.
The site dates back to the 15th century. We plan to transform its extraordinary spaces into a community heritage hub & a place to celebrate all our city’s history.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The site dates back to the 15th century. We plan to transform its extraordinary spaces into a community heritage hub & a place to celebrate all our city’s history.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A beautiful sight!
It may be cold, but the snowdrops are starting to burst through the frozen ground at Borrowcop Locks Canal Park, showing spring is on the way. 🌱❄️
#Lichfield #Staffordshire #UKCanals
It may be cold, but the snowdrops are starting to burst through the frozen ground at Borrowcop Locks Canal Park, showing spring is on the way. 🌱❄️
#Lichfield #Staffordshire #UKCanals
January 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
A beautiful sight!
It may be cold, but the snowdrops are starting to burst through the frozen ground at Borrowcop Locks Canal Park, showing spring is on the way. 🌱❄️
#Lichfield #Staffordshire #UKCanals
It may be cold, but the snowdrops are starting to burst through the frozen ground at Borrowcop Locks Canal Park, showing spring is on the way. 🌱❄️
#Lichfield #Staffordshire #UKCanals
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Lichfield. Sometimes you have to take the scenic route home.
January 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Lichfield. Sometimes you have to take the scenic route home.
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Like the rest of the @lichdiscovered.bsky.social gang, I'm obsessed with the city seal & its depiction of three dead & dismembered kings. What's the truth behind the gory story?
One version of the macabre motif can be seen near Lichfield City train station. Welcome to the Field of the Dead folks ☠️
One version of the macabre motif can be seen near Lichfield City train station. Welcome to the Field of the Dead folks ☠️
January 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Like the rest of the @lichdiscovered.bsky.social gang, I'm obsessed with the city seal & its depiction of three dead & dismembered kings. What's the truth behind the gory story?
One version of the macabre motif can be seen near Lichfield City train station. Welcome to the Field of the Dead folks ☠️
One version of the macabre motif can be seen near Lichfield City train station. Welcome to the Field of the Dead folks ☠️
A city packed with extraordinary architecture…
Lichfield has got plenty of Georgian buildings, a fair few of which hide much older medieval origins within.
Others more honest about their age include these part-timbered favourites, photographed this weekend on an icy early morning explore… ✨❄️
Lichfield has got plenty of Georgian buildings, a fair few of which hide much older medieval origins within.
Others more honest about their age include these part-timbered favourites, photographed this weekend on an icy early morning explore… ✨❄️
January 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A city packed with extraordinary architecture…
Lichfield has got plenty of Georgian buildings, a fair few of which hide much older medieval origins within.
Others more honest about their age include these part-timbered favourites, photographed this weekend on an icy early morning explore… ✨❄️
Lichfield has got plenty of Georgian buildings, a fair few of which hide much older medieval origins within.
Others more honest about their age include these part-timbered favourites, photographed this weekend on an icy early morning explore… ✨❄️
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It’s long been suggested locally that JRR Tolkien’s tree-like warriors, the Ents, may have been inspired in part by this ancient oak at Cannock Chase, where he was based during the First World War.
It’s extraordinary to see in person and well worth finding…
@tolkiensociety.org @digitaltolkien.com
It’s extraordinary to see in person and well worth finding…
@tolkiensociety.org @digitaltolkien.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
It’s long been suggested locally that JRR Tolkien’s tree-like warriors, the Ents, may have been inspired in part by this ancient oak at Cannock Chase, where he was based during the First World War.
It’s extraordinary to see in person and well worth finding…
@tolkiensociety.org @digitaltolkien.com
It’s extraordinary to see in person and well worth finding…
@tolkiensociety.org @digitaltolkien.com
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Enjoyed a bucolic walk through an old industrial bit of countryside today. Fradley Junction had warehouses and was a hive of activity on the Trent and Mersey/Coventry canals. Further up the towpath is the old Creamery building at King’s Bromley Wharf.
#canals #industrialhistory #staffordshire
#canals #industrialhistory #staffordshire
November 25, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Enjoyed a bucolic walk through an old industrial bit of countryside today. Fradley Junction had warehouses and was a hive of activity on the Trent and Mersey/Coventry canals. Further up the towpath is the old Creamery building at King’s Bromley Wharf.
#canals #industrialhistory #staffordshire
#canals #industrialhistory #staffordshire
A lane of secrets once THE big route out of the city east to Roman Rykneld Street.
It wraps around St Michael’s hilltop, an ancient burial ground consecrated by St Augustine in the 600s.
The road cleaves through rock & the retaining wall inc stonework, random bricks & gravestone fragments too….
It wraps around St Michael’s hilltop, an ancient burial ground consecrated by St Augustine in the 600s.
The road cleaves through rock & the retaining wall inc stonework, random bricks & gravestone fragments too….
November 24, 2024 at 9:22 AM
A lane of secrets once THE big route out of the city east to Roman Rykneld Street.
It wraps around St Michael’s hilltop, an ancient burial ground consecrated by St Augustine in the 600s.
The road cleaves through rock & the retaining wall inc stonework, random bricks & gravestone fragments too….
It wraps around St Michael’s hilltop, an ancient burial ground consecrated by St Augustine in the 600s.
The road cleaves through rock & the retaining wall inc stonework, random bricks & gravestone fragments too….
A stunner of a 13th century moated site just to the west of Lichfield on Pipe Green.
Check out that LIDAR…
Wow. ✨
Check out that LIDAR…
Wow. ✨
November 18, 2024 at 9:17 AM
A stunner of a 13th century moated site just to the west of Lichfield on Pipe Green.
Check out that LIDAR…
Wow. ✨
Check out that LIDAR…
Wow. ✨