The Group met for the first time this year, on Wednesday 3 January 2024, when Jim Dickinson, a former Curate at St John’s, gave us an interesting talk on ‘Maps from 1579’. He started by giving us a history of map-making and mentioned that in 1558, during the reign of Elizabeth 1, there were few […]
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Walking Group January 2024
For our first walk of the New Year, we began our walk from Pleasley Pit. Pleasley in the 7th century was part of the Kingdom of Mercia and part of the Royal Hunting Forest of Sherwood. It derives its name from the Old English and probably means ‘Pleasa’s Clearing’. It belonged to the family of […]
January 2024 Magazine
Magazine – January 2024
Walking Group December 2023
On the first Sunday in December, we all woke up to 2-3 inches of snow in Newbold and Hasland. As we live on a hilly estate, Julie and I decided that we would not be able to drive to church so ‘Church Walk Sunday’ became a Sunday walk to church for us. Once we had […]
December 2023 Magazine
Magazine – December 2023