It was a night of technology mis-behaving! The portable projector flickered on and off all night, but we managed to ignore it with the occasional utterings of “grr flipping heck, what’s wrong with it”. Tea and coffee cups filled, we
Geophysics – Day Three 26 January 2022
On 26 January, we were doing some more geophysics on land adjacent to the area we had explored in September last year. Surprisingly for the time of year, is was a pleasant morning weather-wise. We were all wrapped up and
Smashing time was had by all! – 14 January 2022
Jan and Shirley had arranged to meet Tom (web site designer) at the Selby Garden Centre restaurant. Arriving before Tom, they decided to sit in one of the booth tables near the entrance and opposite the cold drink display cabinet.
Selby Abbey Medieval Day – 18 September 2021
We looked forward to our third visit, by invitation, to display our research and findings at the Selby Abbey Medieval Day. As in previous years, Colin kindly took the displays to the Abbey the evening before and we were able
Mary Ward Talk – 29 September 2019
Thank you to everyone who came along to the talk on Mary Ward. Sr Patricia from Bar Covenant, York shared her immense knowledge on the life of Mary Ward. She said she could have spent another few hours on her
New flyers helping put Osgodby on the map
We took delivery of our new flyers today – a trip round the local libraries calls to ensure we’re #puttingosgodbyonethemap
Another trip to Northallerton’s North Yorkshire Archives
We went to collect the hard copies of the aerial photographs – they look great. Arriving at 10:20am, Jan and Shirley looked at a few odd documents and then loaded-up the microfiche to read the Barlby & Osgodby Parish Council
An interesting train journey to North Yorkshire Archives
Jan and Shirley went on an interesting train journey today. They went to North Yorkshire Archives in Northallerton to seek aerial photographs of Osgodby. On arrival, we had to explain we were Osgodby near Selby – not Osgodby Scarborough, Thirsk
The day the drones came to Osgodby
Shirley was feeling very excited today – drones were coming to Osgodby. About 30 people attended the Aerial Archaeology Workshop. Jon Kenny, Community Archaeologist, and Tony Hunt, Yorkshire Archaeology Mapping, ran the afternoon covering all aspects of aerial archaeology, taking
Our display at the Selby Abbey Living History day
We were on the road today – #puttingosgodbyonethemap. We had a display at the Selby Abbey Living History day. This is an annual event, and as a result of attending the networking meeting on 25 July at Selby District Council