Hello Heritage... 1 - 16 September

Measham Museum

Worthington Roundhouse

Sharpe’s Pottery, Swadlincote More than 35 venues across North West and South Heritage in the heart of the National Forest www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage Hello Heritage... Welcome

Hello Heritage is a celebration of the heritage and rich culture within North West Leicestershire and . Heritage sites and groups have come together to provide a varied collection of opportunities for you to see and experience what they have to offer. It’s a fun free fortnight for all the family to enjoy. Every venue or experience is free of charge during Hello Heritage from Saturday 1 – Sunday 16 September.

The organisers of this event accept no responsibility for any loss, damage, liability, or injury incurred or suffered by anyone taking part in Hello Heritage related activities. Please take care when taking part in walks, events or site visits at participating venues.

Contact details

Ashby Tourist Information Centre 01530 411767 Swadlincote Tourist Information Centre 01283 222848

Key  Car park (charges may apply) Children welcome Dogs welcome on leads  Wheelchair / pushchair access

www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage Map of the venues

Barrow upon 10 Trent 6 Swarkestone

Castle 5 Donington 20 9 Hartshorne Breedon 4 Swadlincote 1 on the 9 5 4 3 Hill 26 Worthington 11 8 7 27 12 Ashby 24 33 de la 3 34 13 10 25 2 7 Moira Swannington 22 29 14 15 16 17 28 Ravenstone 8 18 21 30 11 6 31 32 2 1 Appleby 19 23 Magna

Contents North West Leicestershire pages 3 - 8 South Derbyshire pages 9 - 10

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Ashby de la Zouch Museum Measham Museum Saturday 1 September, 10am - 3pm Saturday 1 September, 10am - 12 noon Saturday 15 September, 10am - 3pm Tuesday 4 September, 10am - 12 noon North Street, Ashby de la Zouch, and 2pm - 4pm LE65 1HU 3 The Measham Station, off Manning Exhibitions: ‘Policing Ashby’ and ‘From Terrace, High Street, Measham, DE12 7HU 21 the Archives.’ Free entry into the museum.    

Breedon Parish Council Heritage St Mary’s Church, Coleorton Walk Saturday 1, Wednesday 12, Saturday 15 Saturday 1 - Sunday 16 September September, 1pm - 4pm 4 Ashby Road, Coleorton, LE67 8FB 25 Self guided walking with information The church will be open. signage and trail information available No toilet facilities. at the village green.    

Califat Coal Mine Excavation, Museum Swannington Saturday 1 - Sunday 16 September Sunday 2 September, 2pm and 3pm Saturdays, 10am - 12.30pm Sundays, 2pm - 4.30pm Meet at Califat Coal Mine, near Hough Mill, St George’s Hill, Swannington, The Stone House, 4 Apiary Gate, Castle LE67 8QW 15 Donington, DE74 2JA 5 Join Leicestershire Industrial History The new exhibition tells the story of five Society and Swannington Heritage of the many old houses still surviving in Trust for a tour of the 1855-1873 Califat this small town. Coal Mine. Explore two engine house   complexes, the miners’ cottages and an 18th century haystack boiler. Booking essential [email protected] or 07936 669276  

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Coleorton Heritage Group Mount St. Bernard Abbey Talks Sunday 2 September, 10.30am Sunday 2 September, 2.30pm Thursday 13 September, 2pm - What is a Monk? Coleorton Wood car park, Pitt Lane, The Wednesday 5 September, 2.30pm Moor, Coleorton, LE67 8FS 10 - History of Mount St. Bernard Stroll around the lanes and footpaths Saturday 8 September, 2.30pm of Coleorton and hear about the - Mount St Bernard Today history of the village. The walk will take Wednesday 12 September, 2.30pm around two hours with some stiles and - Mount St. Bernard Brewery footpaths over fields - so wear sturdy Oaks Road, Whitwick, LE67 5UL 22 shoes or boots! Four talks on various aspects of the Booking essential abbey. Email [email protected] call Sandra on 01530 440000    Walk the Swannington Incline Diseworth Heritage Centre Sunday 2 September, 10am and 12 noon Sunday 2, Sunday 9 and Sunday 16 Meet at No 3 Coal Mine, Spring September, 2pm - 4pm Lane, Swannington, LE67 8QR 16 Lady Gate, Diseworth, DE74 2QF 9 With the landowner’s permission, this is a rare opportunity to follow in the Exhibition of village photographs past footsteps of Robert Stephenson. The and present, and histories of the two guided tour covers the whole length of old public houses in the village. the Swannington Incline, which is at the  western end of his 1832 and Swannington Railway. Booking essential Swannington Hough Mill [email protected] or Sunday 2, Sunday 9 and Sunday 16 07474 610112 September, 2pm - 5pm  St George’s Hill, Swannington, LE67 8QW 17 In 1994 Swannington Heritage Trust bought the derelict shell of a 200 year old tower mill. The restoration has completely transformed the mill and new features are being added each year. 

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Historic Guided Walk, Swannington Ebenezer Baptist Church Tuesday 4 September, 7pm Friday 7 and Friday 14 September, Meet in the Swannington Primary School 9.30am - 12.30pm car park, Main Street, LE67 8QJ Ashby Road, Coalville, LE67 3LF 11 Find out all about Swannington on this 14 Enjoy a display of history of the church, guided walk. A school with a mission hall, original records of church members, a shop where you could buy gunpowder, a Sunday school scholars, books of Quaker meeting house where George Fox accounts, documentation of site and was arrested and lots more! deeds signed by George Stephenson. Booking essential Also featuring the ‘Faces at the Face’ [email protected] or exhibition of paintings, a collection of 07936 669276 mining related canvas images by local   artist John Smith.   Community Group - History Group Walk Moira Furnace Museum Wednesday 5 September, 2pm Saturday 8 September, 11am - 4pm Meet at 47 Elder Lane, Griffydam, Furnace Lane, Moira, DE12 6AT 29 LE67 8HD 34 Free entry to the museum with a display Griffydam is a small village with close about the furnace families that lived in connections to the Wesleyan movement the building. Some of the Famous Fifty and an interesting industrial past. We look soldiers will be on display. forward to welcoming visitors to Griffydam There are two pre-bookable tours, a to showcase its unique and rich heritage refreshment tent and a display by Heart on our guided walk. Also information of the Forest heritage. boards will be located at key points around Booking essential the village from the 1-17 September with a 01283 224667 trail guide available visit   www.griffydamvillage.com/heritage-trail.

 (Village trail accessible) Acresford Methodist Church Ashby Castle Saturday 8 September, 11am - 3pm Friday 7 September, 10am - 6pm Brookfield Cottages off Coopers Close 2 South Street, Ashby de la Zouch, Acresford, DE12 8AW LE65 1BR 27 View this unique church and Methodist Free admission to the castle. heritage site. Enjoy a history display and chat to our guide.  

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St Helen’s Heritage Project 1620s House and Garden at Saturday 8 September, 10.30am - 4pm Sunday 9 September, 1pm - 4pm Sunday 9 September, 10.30am - 4.30pm Tours at 2pm on both days Manor Road, Donington le Heath, Monday 10 September, 12 noon to 2pm LE67 2FW 1 - Bite Size Heritage talk at 12.30pm and Free entry to the house and gardens 1.30pm and a musical event in the barn tea 4 Church Yard, Ashby de la Zouch, room from 12 noon. LE65 1AA 24   Bring your lunch and have a look at the wonderful Extraordinary Women displays in St Helen’s Church. Also hear Century Theatre, Coalville stories of how St. Helen’s might have Sunday 9 and Sunday 16 September, been in medieval times. 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm and 3pm  Ashby Road, Coalville, LE67 3LN 6 Backstage theatre tours.   Worthington Chapel and Community Group Saturday 8 September, 10am - 12 noon Ravenstone Almshouses Walk 2 Main Street, Worthington, LE65 1RP 26 Sunday 9 September, 3.30pm View our lovely old chapel, almost Meet at St. Michael’s and All Angels 200 years old, and find out about the Church, Church Lane, Ravenstone heritage of Worthington, a Doomsday LE67 2AE 28 book village. See our Queen Anne An exhibition and a history walk around house and village lock up. Enjoy our the village lasting about two hours. poppy display commemorating the end of WW1, learn how to make bandages, and items relating to WW1 and make your own poppy to add to our display. Also see the chapel’s future plans. No toilet facilities 

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Sir John Moore Foundation The Hero Project Sunday 9 September, 10.30am - 3.30pm Thursday 13 September meet at 5pm, Top Street, , DE12 7AH 23 talk at 6pm - Talk by Peter Barrett the View this 17th century school with grandson of suffragette Alice Hawkins. access to the grounds. Tours of the Friday 14 to Sunday 16 September - Fifty museum on upper floor (no disabled Fantastic Females Exhibition. access) with school rooms in the style Friday - Saturday, 8am - 8pm of the 1890s. Access to the historic hall. Sunday, 10am - 4pm Ground floor exhibitions including the Bridge Road Co-op, Coalville LE67 3PW 18 Local History Cafe. Talks about the site, its history and current projects.     Coalville Heritage Society Walks Exhibition 1: Commemoration in Friday 14 September, 6.30pm Coalville - Memories of Memorial Square and visit Thursday 13 September, 9.30am - 4pm to Ebenezer Church. Meet at Memorial Christ Church Hall, 30 Road, Square LE67 3TU 30 Coalville, LE67 3JA 31 Sunday 16 September, 2pm - ‘The Town An exhibition exploring how the First I Knew.’ Meet at James Street car park World War was commemorated in LE67 3BW the Coalville urban area. Part of the   Clock Tower Project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.   Exhibition 2: Commemoration in Coalville Friday 14 September, 9am - 12 noon Hugglescote and Donington-le- Ebenezer Baptist Church, Ashby Road, Heath Heritage Society Coalville, LE67 3LF 32 Thursday 13 September, 7.30pm - 9pm An exhibition exploring how the First Meet at The Community Centre, Grange World War was commemorated in Road, Hugglescote, LE67 2BR 19 the Coalville urban area. Part of the A guided visit to the former St. Clock Tower Project supported by the James’ churchyard in Dennis Street, Heritage Lottery Fund. Hugglescote. Time and weather   permitting, we will also visit the Baptist Chapel cemetery in Grange Road. 

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Kegworth Heritage Centre Three Churches Flower Festival, Saturday 15 September, 10am - 3.30pm Charley Parish Council Poetry workshop in the morning Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 September, for children. General opening in the 11am - 4pm afternoon St. James the Greater, Oaks Rd, Oaks in Sunday 16 September, 10am - 3.30pm Charnwood LE12 9YD 8 General opening in the morning and a St. Peter’s, Whitwick Rd, LE67 9QB talk on an aspect of local history in the afternoon. Mount St. Bernard Abbey, Oaks Rd, Coalville LE67 5UL 52 High Street, Kegworth, DE74 2DA 20 The three churches are working  together to hold a flower festival to commemorate the ending of World War One in the countdown of the last Newbold Heritage Group hundred days to 11 November. Saturday 15 September, 2.30pm   Sunday 16 September, 11am Free car park 9am - 4pm New Nature Reserve, Melbourne Friends of Ashby Bath Grounds Road, Newbold, LE67 8JH 33 Sunday 16 September, 10am - 5pm Accompanied walks around New Lount Meet at the gazebo on the Bath Colliery Heritage Trail, viewing of seven Grounds - entrance via South Street or interpretation boards and physical Prior Park Road. 12 remains of the colliery, closed in 1968. Bath Grounds heritage tours of this beautiful green space are planned  for 10am, 12 noon, 2pm and 4pm. There will also be a display, children’s activities and a family competition. Friends of Thringstone on behalf of Charles Booth Centre   Saturday 15 September, 12 noon - 5pm Charles Booth Centre (Thringstone Friends of House) The Green, Thringstone, LE67 8NR 7 Sunday 16 September, 3pm - 5pm Display of the life and times of Charles Meet at the rear of the Bull’s Head car Booth. park in Thringstone LE67 8LR. 13 Guided historical walk.    

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A-Z of Swadlincote Talk Overseal Heritage 5.5 Mile Walk Saturday 1 September, 10.30am - Tuesday 4 September, 1.30pm 12.30pm Meet at Overseal Church, Main Street, Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, DE11 9DG 11 DE12 6LQ 2 Join guest speaker Dot Morson as you Join walk leader Dot Morson as you are go through the alphabet and its links to guided through this heritage trail Swadlincote through the ages. covering pit ponies, Barret Mill and Booking essential Dead Dane. 01283 222848  

South Derbyshire Mining Townscape Celebration Preservation Group Saturday 1 September to Sunday 16 Tuesday 4 and Tuesday 11 September, September, 10am - 4pm 9.30am - 12 noon Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, DE11 9DG 9 Gresley Old Hall, Gresley Wood Road, 8 Exhibition - come and see all the crafts Swadlincote, DE11 9QW and images created by the community Sunday 9 September - Meet The through the Heritage Lottery Fund and Miners’ Day at Conkers, Rawdon Road, the Swadlincote Townscape Scheme. Moira, DE12 6GA   Exhibition of old and new mining equipment displayed over two floors. Browse an extensive library of photographs and books covering area St Wilfrid’s Church seven (South Derbyshire and North Sunday 2 September, 1.30pm - 5pm West Leicestershire). Church Lane, Barrow upon Trent,   DE73 7HB 10 Tours of the church and churchyard every 30 minutes. Set in a beautiful rural setting, we welcome you to this hidden gem of a church with Anglo Saxon origins developed by the Knights Hospitallers from 1165.  

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Coal Dust and Cabaret Talk Made in Derbyshire Talk Wednesday 5 September, 7.30pm Saturday 8 September, 2pm Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, DE11 9DG 4 Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, DE11 9DG 5 Join Graham Nutt from the Magic Attic Enjoy a talk with guest speaker Shirley Archives for this illustrated talk Horton as items that have been and are describing the social heritage in the ‘Made in Derbyshire’ are brought to area with the help of local images light - reasons to be proud! showing entertainment of the day. Booking essential   01283 222848   Swarkestone’s History Walk Thursday 6 September, 7pm Pits and Pots to Parks and Meet at Swarkestone Garden Centre, Woodland 3.5 Mile Walk Lowes Lane, Swarkestone, DE73 7GQ 6 Tuesday 11 September, 1.30pm Join Dot Morson as she leads this Magic Attic heritage three mile walk. Meet at Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, Discover a village with much of interest DE11 9DG 7 from prehistory through to the 1960s. Join Dot Morson on this journey Learn about the Causeway, the effect through time, describing the changes of the Civil War, Bonnie Prince Charlie’s that have taken place in Swadlincote troops, transport history and even The - from coal and clay to becoming the Rolling Stones! Heart of The National Forest.  

The Magic Attic Archives St Peter’s Church Thursday 6 September 7pm - 9.30pm Saturday 15 September, 10am - 5.30pm Thursday 13 September 7pm - 9.30pm 4 Church Street, Hartshorne, DE11 7ER 1 West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG 3 Examine old baptism, banns and Explore the Magic Attic and all it offers marriage registers in the 17th century including an invaluable source of parish chest. There is a history trail for information, records, photographs and children with useful information about volumes of newspapers dating from different parts of the church. 1782. Trips up the tower are available on   request. To book call 01283 222848.  

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