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25th June 2023 by Mark Knight
This article focusses on the name meanings of the River Trent tributaries in the TTTV project area. (Main image: the River Dove east of Uttoxeter, photo courtesy Mark Knight 2023) Language is a mutable and changeable thing, our dialect and syntax changes over long periods of time and we are constantly inventing new words or […]
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24th June 2023 by Mark Knight
Figure 1. Type 24 pillbox on the River Tame. Photo credit: Jenny France 2023 In June 1940 the British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk and the threat of a German invasion of Britain seemed imminent. To counter this threat, the War Office devised a series of Stop Lines, ‘hardened field defences’ that were intended to […]
15th April 2023 by Mark Knight
Environmental Conservation and Cultural Heritage: a happy conclusion at Bean’s Covert. During the course of 2017, a small team of volunteers from the U3A led a project to investigate the long-held local knowledge about the survival in Bean’s Covert of a section of Ricknield Street, the Roman road from Wall to Little Chester. The project […]
18th February 2023 by Mark Knight
As many of you will know, the TTTV team has been repurposing WWII pillboxes for wildlife across the project area; in particular, we have been converting a number of them for bat hibernacula (where bats can hibernate through the winter), or for swallow or other wild bird nesting sites. With help from our team and […]
8th February 2023 by Mark Knight
(10 minute read). The image is of Roger the Poitevin from a stained glass window in Lancaster Cathedral Creative Commons licence CC BY-SA 4.0 Caring for and conserving our cultural heritage is more than just looking after the tangible remains of our shared past, such as buildings and monuments. It is also about […]
26th January 2023 by Mark Knight
Balancing the requirements between food production and looking after a scheduled monument is a difficult one for any landowner but when your site is of national significance and there’s nothing visible on the ground, it takes something of a leap of faith. Near to Alrewas, along the very busy A38 trunk road, lying quietly between […]
22nd November 2022 by Mark Knight
Our story begins around 5,000 years ago with the creation of the Catholme Ceremonial Complex. In the early 2000s, an archaeological team led by Professor Henry Chapman of the University of Birmingham unearthed an incredible series of finds at Catholme. A ritual landscape based around a series of ceremonial monuments focussed on the confluence of three […]
1st July 2021 by admin
How do I do this? It’s a question I often ask myself. Whether it’s cooking a new recipe or fixing a bookcase, I start with the same question. How do I do this? If it is something I already know about, the answer can be easy, straightforward even. A year of fixing furniture, fences and […]
12th April 2021 by admin
Spotting wildlife – birds, butterflies or even plants – is something we all find a little joy in doing. But what if finding and snapshotting the species we see could have a big impact on how our environment is treated? Well, it does. Our upcoming wildlife resource pack tells you how to identify a variety of species from a Brown Hare to an Emperor Dragonfly, and how best to help them thrive in the Trent Valley area, and we are offering it to you for use in the Trent Valley for free!
30th March 2021 by admin
How many times have you been out on a walk and seen an interesting animal, bird or plant, and managed to take a half-decent picture on your phone? You bring it home, do a bit of research and see that you’ve spotted quite a rare species for your area! Then what do you do? You probably tell your family and friends, but who else wants to know?
