Osgodby Heritage & History Group

Thank you to everyone who came along to the Osgodby Feast and for the lovely feedback you gave us. It was great to see all the generations not only enjoying the entertainment but asking questions about the exhibition. It was

The small Group co-ordinating the Osgodby Feast are having a busy week. We’re still unsure how many display boards we will have access to, but never mind we’ll just have to adjust. We’re keeping our fingers crossed that the weather

The July monthly meeting was also combined with a social get together of members of the Group. Peter and June had kindly volunteered to host the meeting at Crumbling Piles, or far more aptly known as Osgodby Hall. It was

A couple of days after the summer solstice, the chosen five met to bring together ideas for the Osgodby Feast on 10 September. The first marker put down was the display of the research throughout the project in the main

Well, after all the excitement of the Osgodby Dig, what have we been up to? We got involved in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in the village, and did some research and put on a display in Barlby & Osgodby

The final week of the dig and the team were hoping for good things.  Phil and Jan went to start Test Pit 10, while Mark and Brian had still to finish backfilling Test Pit 9, then they could start Test

The penultimate week of the Osgodby Dig began with the whole team spending half an hour putting the turf back onto Trench 1, a reminder that the dig is coming to an end .  Two more test pits were then

After a week’s break, the team were back to help residents with test pits.  A number of villagers had come forward to either dig a pit themselves or to have members of the team dig one for them and great

The week started with a final push to fill in Trench 4, to the satisfaction of the garden owner. A hungry robin flitted around the team whilst they worked waiting for them to finish so he could get into the

Tuesday started with everyone helping to shovel the soil, dug out last week, back into Trench 4. This trench hadn’t revealed much in relation to the medieval village, with only 1 piece of medieval pottery found and still no evidence