Events – Lighthorne History Society

“Back Tracks – Detecting the Past” by Colin Clay and Phil Taylor

Friday 24th January 2020, 8 pm, village hall

Experienced local metal detectorists, Colin and Phil, will explain how they are interpreting landscapes and local trackways using old maps, LIDAR (surveying using laser beams) and metal detecting.

AGM followed by “History of Hill Farm, Lighthorne” by Clive Sanderson

Friday 20th March 2020, 7.30 pm, village hall

Everyone is welcome to attend our AGM at 7.30 pm, after which, Clive Sanderson, who used to live at Hill Farm, will tell us about its fascinating history.

After several years of hard work we are pleased to report that this project is finished and the Excel spreadsheet can be accessed here.

There remain several tombstones which were viewed by the Rev. Bloom in the early 20th century and several viewed in the 1985 B.M.S.G.H. survey which we failed to locate. These are listed, as are a few more modern burials in unmarked graves.

Reference sketch plans of grave positions are available via a link on the Archives page. All visible gravestones have been photographed and these are held in the society archive.