Historic England’s Snapshot Survey on the Collection of Developer-Funded Archaeological Archives has now been published as a Historic England Research Report. Conducted as part of the Future for Archaeological Archives Programme, the survey gathered data on whether repositories were collecting, as well as capacity and collecting limitations. The results were also mapped to identify trends…
Category: industrial archaeology
SWWERIAC 2025: South Wales & West of England Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference, 26 April
SWWERIAC 2025: South Wales & West of England Regional Industrial archaeology conference, 26 April
Historic England Emergency Planning Training Needs Analysis Survey: Your Chance to Take Part
Historic England’s Emergency Planning team are inviting organisations and professionals to complete an online training needs analysis survey. By taking part in this survey, you can influence what further training and guidance HE will provide to those who play a role in emergency preparedness, response and recovery within our historic environment and the heritage sector,…
Government Urged to Rethink Refusal to List One of Manchester’s Oldest Surviving Textile Mills
The Georgian Group, SAVE Britain’s Heritage and The Council for British Archaeology have joined together to challenge the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS)’s decision not to list one of Manchester’s earliest surviving cotton mills, Medlock Mill. In a highly unusual move, Lisa Nandy rejected the advice of Historic England, the government’s statutory adviser…
‘Deep Roots, Dark Earth: Freeminers of the Forest of Dean’ -New Video From Forestry England
A new documentary from Forestry England delves into the life of the freeminers of the Forest of Dean. For centuries, the freeminers of the Forest of Dean have held a rare and ancient right, to mine coal wherever they find it beneath the forest floor. Freemining in the Forest of Dean was formally granted by…
‘Mills Transformed – Stories of Mill Regeneration’ Book Launched
A new book has been published on the regeneration and restoration of historic textile mills. Entitled ‘Mills Transformed – Stories of Mill Regeneration’ https://johnhudsonpublishing.com/mills-transformed/. it is written by Neil Horsley with a forward by Charles Smith (Policy Director, Historic England). The volume looks at the regeneration of textile mills in northern England and is richly…
AIA 2025 Spring Tour to Catalunya Now Booking
The 2025 Association for Industrial Archaeology Spring tour is to Catalunya in Spain, from the 12th to the 18th May, and booking is now open. Catalunya tends to value most the heritage that distinguishes it from the rest of Spain, so the Romanesque and Gothic architecture, largely built while the rest of the Peninsular was…
Grant Funding Streams in 2025
There are many large and small grant schemes available for industrial heritage sites, museums and groups and it can be difficult to identify the right ones otogo for. Here’s a reminder for 2025 of three grant streams that regularly support such sites and groups. Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund The Museums Association (MA) awards…
Christmas 2024 & New Year 2025 Storms Higlight Vulnerability of Transport Industrial Heritage
The December 2024 storms, particularly Storm Darragh, and the New Year snow storms and flooding in England and Wales, once more highlights the vulnerability of Industrial Heritage sites to the increasing number of severe weather events brought about by Climate Change. Storm Darragh (7-8 December 2024) affected large areas of Britain and Ireland with high…
Museum of Cannock Chase Under Threat from Closure in 2025
Cannock Chase Council is proposing the closure of the Museum of Cannock Chase by April 2025, as part of proposed budgets cuts for 2025/2026. The Museum of Cannock Chase first opened in 1989 on the site of the former Valley Pit, a training pit for young coal miners. It covers the history of the Cannock…
