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It's on again tonight;

Thursday 31 May 19/30

Bursting at the seams

The story of the famous building itself – the never ending challenge of updating the storage facilities, dealing with leaks and power cuts, the hawk that chases the pigeons away, and restoring the historic front gates.

Old Maps of Lancashire

Roman Roads of Lancashire

Turnpike Roads of Lancashire

Mario GIS Map
Zoom right in before selecting the Historic Maps (1845 & 1890) or the Aerial Photos (1940's). Also shows SAM's, SSSI's etc.

chopz54 wrote:Well worth a watch, wonder if MDs will get a mention?

I'm really looking forward to the programme on 14th June re the Coenwulf Penny, be interesting to see if we get a mention.

Importance of the Coenwulf Penny

Awsome find!, thanks Pete and Mark

Enjoyed the first one, second one on tonight. Thu 17 May, 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM Bodies of Knowledge "Iron Age bodies preserved in a bog, Sudanese sacrifice victims and 40 or so mummies are just a few of the 8000 plus body parts held in the British Museum. They all help tell us about the past, but d...

Thanks lads, if any one has any more please add them to the thread and I will slot them in.

PAS Database - Type in query and click on filter http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/view/browse.php?act=filter_ UK Detector Finds Database (UKDFD) - Record your finds with UKDFD and have your own gallery or search the database http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/search.php?cat= Fitzwilliam Museum Database...

Thanks gents glad to be of some help now the Old Maps site is charging

OS County Maps

Smiths New Map of UK 1806

OS County Maps link added above.

Thanks gents, it keeps me off the streets and out of trouble :D I counted the votive offerings on PAS a while back and they came out as follows: 47 axes 10 birds 8 coins 5 spatulas, horse/riders 4 statues 3 plaques, leaves 2 swords, vessels, wheels, brooches, hares, chisels, finger rings, feet, eyes...

Pilgrim Badges History of Pilgrimage PAS Pilgrim Badges UKDFD Pilgrim Badges Talbots Secular Talbots Badges Votive Offerings Wikipedia Wishing Wells PAS Votive Offerings UKDFD Votive Offerings Ampulla Ampulla History PAS Ampullae UKDFD Ampullae Shrines and Places of Pilgrimage History of pilgrimage...

Were they the smooth bore or the new rifled ones Dean and what do you do with them all?

Marc, hunting for wabbit in 1853 was no laughing matter, especially with an Enfield rifle