Our "Bawtry History" pages contain a paper about this important English battle fought very close to Bawtry, where King Raedwald was the victor. It is thought Raedwald was the occupant at the famous Sutton Hoo ship burial. This link accesses...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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As part of Bawtry Festival, we're presenting an illustrated talk on Bawtry in Roman times and we're offering guided walks of the Town Trail. The talk on Roman Bawtry is on Monday 17th June at 7 pm in the Phoenix...
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In 1890 The Retford and Gainsborough Times ran a story about the opening of Bawtry’s new town hall – the building in Market Place which used to be a florist, and more recently an art gallery. The article is reproduced...
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"Tall Tales and Horrid Histories from Bawtry's Past" This is another new paper on our History page – but it’s not at all like the others. The title says it all! See more here:
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There's a new history paper on the Bawtry History page. It's "Bawtry and the Coaching Era", which was written by Mick Maguire. It describes how between 1650 & 1850 Bawtry found itself at the centre of a transport revolution with...
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