Keith Hirst

The Hunt for Roman Bawtry (Stage 3)

| 5 March 2025

The Hunt for Roman Bawtry – Desktop review stage 3 covering the Roman shrine/temple site This instalment of the review describes the site and its significance in what would have been its contemporary surroundings according to other researched archaeological reports and reported finds. Open the PDF below to find out more.

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The Hunt for Roman Bawtry – Desktop review stage 3 covering the Roman shrine/temple site This instalment of the review describes the site and its significance in what would have been its contemporary surroundings according to other researched archaeological reports and reported finds. Open the PDF below to find out more.

An Historical Acquisition

| 14 February 2025

This is an album dating from the early 19th century which we have recently acquired. It contains paintings, sketches and text and was compiled by a young woman who lived in Bawtry and who was a published botanical artist and a pioneer in providing a good education to girls and young women. Late last year the […]

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This is an album dating from the early 19th century which we have recently acquired. It contains paintings, sketches and text and was compiled by a young woman who lived in Bawtry and who was a published botanical artist and a pioneer in providing a good education to girls and young women. Late last year the […]

New Bawtry Wharf information lectern

| 10 February 2025

We have a Town Trail information lectern on Market Hill, which displays important buildings and historical sites in Bawtry. We now intend to install more lecterns around the town, highlighting particular sites and themes. Our first one is about Bawtry Wharf. One of the buildings marked on the Town Trail is Saint Nicholas church. The […]

New Bawtry Wharf information lectern

We have a Town Trail information lectern on Market Hill, which displays important buildings and historical sites in Bawtry. We now intend to install more lecterns around the town, highlighting particular sites and themes. Our first one is about Bawtry Wharf. One of the buildings marked on the Town Trail is Saint Nicholas church. The […]

The Hunt for Roman Bawtry Desktop Review second instalment

| 10 January 2025

We posted Stage Two, Part One of our desktop review on 11th November last year. We’re still beavering away, and here’s Stage Two, Part Two. It covers monuments, features and artefacts from the south and east of Bawtry. It doesn’t, however, cover the very important sites of the fortlet at Scaftworth and the probable Roman shrine […]

Bawtry Heritage

We posted Stage Two, Part One of our desktop review on 11th November last year. We’re still beavering away, and here’s Stage Two, Part Two. It covers monuments, features and artefacts from the south and east of Bawtry. It doesn’t, however, cover the very important sites of the fortlet at Scaftworth and the probable Roman shrine […]

The Hunt for Roman Bawtry – Desktop Review

| 11 November 2024

Our earlier post (20th March 2024) on The Hunt for Roman Bawtry describes the project – i.e. to try to determine whether there was a settlement at Bawtry in Roman times. An important part of the project is a desktop review. In archaeological research, a desktop review is a process where all existing records appertaining […]

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Our earlier post (20th March 2024) on The Hunt for Roman Bawtry describes the project – i.e. to try to determine whether there was a settlement at Bawtry in Roman times. An important part of the project is a desktop review. In archaeological research, a desktop review is a process where all existing records appertaining […]

Bawtry World War 1 Honour Roll

| 5 November 2024

A Bawtry World War 1 Honour Roll now appears in the Modern section of our History page. It contains the names and brief biographical details of Bawtry men who lost their lives in the war and were kindly donated to BHG by a resident of Austerfield.

A Bawtry World War 1 Honour Roll now appears in the Modern section of our History page. It contains the names and brief biographical details of Bawtry men who lost their lives in the war and were kindly donated to BHG by a resident of Austerfield.

BHG’s Bawtry Festival essay competition

| 9 August 2024

Our annual essay competition attracted several entries, from Mayflower School and the Air Cadets. The winners all received cash prizes, and their essays can be seen by clicking on PDF’s below:         

Our annual essay competition attracted several entries, from Mayflower School and the Air Cadets. The winners all received cash prizes, and their essays can be seen by clicking on PDF’s below:         

Bawtry Garden Search Activity Update

| 29 July 2024

The images below are of items found as part of our Garden Search Activity linked to our Hunt for Roman Bawtry Project. Whilst the finds were not, unfortunately, Roman; they are still of interest. Through our remote liaison with our region’s Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) we received the following report on these finds discovered in […]

BAWTRY GARDEN SEARCH ACTIVITY UPDATE

The images below are of items found as part of our Garden Search Activity linked to our Hunt for Roman Bawtry Project. Whilst the finds were not, unfortunately, Roman; they are still of interest. Through our remote liaison with our region’s Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) we received the following report on these finds discovered in […]

Bawtry Pram Race

| 8 July 2024

We’ve posted a new item about Bawtry’s pram race. This was an annual event in Bawtry in the 1960s/1970s. Go to the “History” page to see some photographs and a video (with audio) of a race believed to have been run in about 1970.

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We’ve posted a new item about Bawtry’s pram race. This was an annual event in Bawtry in the 1960s/1970s. Go to the “History” page to see some photographs and a video (with audio) of a race believed to have been run in about 1970.

BHG’s participation in Bawtry Arts Festival

| 8 July 2024

Bawtry Arts Festival ran from the 17th to the 23rd of June 2024. BHG contributed to this by making a presentation about Roman Bawtry at the Phoenix Theatre and offering two guided walks of the Town Trail.

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Bawtry Arts Festival ran from the 17th to the 23rd of June 2024. BHG contributed to this by making a presentation about Roman Bawtry at the Phoenix Theatre and offering two guided walks of the Town Trail.