A second National Lottery-funded heritage project has been completed, showcasing a village’s rich history.
Wellow’s Church Schoolroom — which is the village’s Heritage Centre — played host to an end-of-project celebration event late last month, with the project's organisers, volunteers and supporters.
The 18-month-long Rights of Way and Archaeology Project has seen many members of the community get involved to take part in archaeological field walking activities, the exploration of Gorge Dyke’s history and the creation of a number of Heritage Walks.
At the celebration, the Schoolroom's honorary project manager, Jane Crofts, thanked all those who had been involved, explained the importance of having a strong project management team and thanked the Schoolroom's Trustees, churchwardens Jean Crofts and Ben Wells, who supported the team throughout.
Appreciation was also given to Wellow House School and Kneesall Church of England Primary School whose pupils, together with volunteers from the Wellow Heritage and Tourism Group, assisted the project in its archaeological field walking activities where finds were catalogued by experts from York Archaeology.
A presentation was also made by Denis Hill to each of the schools.
York Archaeology experts and volunteers were also on hand for the exploration of Wellow's part scheduled monument Gorge Dyke, and a booklet was produced by the project management team on the medieval dyke's history, possible purposes and the archaeological activities' findings.
Also part of the project was the production of a booklet of Heritage Walks, detailing a number of circular routes from Wellow or neighbouring villages.
Thanks went to Dave Leatherland and the 1st New Ollerton and Boughton Scouts, members of the Heritage Group, and individual volunteers for testing the walks, assessing their suitability, lengths and timings.
Further information on the walks, past project and where to buy heritage booklets can be found at wellowheritage.com.
The celebration continued with a buffet and further thanks from the trustees, before Denis Hill gave a short presentation on the archaeological finds and survey of the dyke.
