Our contribution to Bawtry Festival Week has expanded this year. There are two events on Tuesday 17th June. At 10.30 in the morning, at the library, Sherelle Hawes will be giving a talk about Ann Everard, the pioneering teacher whose...

This is the 4th and final part of our desktop review and covers the Roman fortlet at Scaftworth. A presentation about the conclusions which the review informed will be made during Bawtry Festival Week, on Tuesday 17th June at 7...

The BHG young people's essay/story competition is back for its 3rd Arts Festival Week, playing its part in celebrating all things Bawtry. Take a look at the competition details attached and have a go!!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...