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6 May 2013
A course of four lectures by Tyne and Wear Museums and the Battlefields Trust
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30 April 2013
A major international conference will be held at the University of Southampton between Friday 31 July and Monday 3 August 2015 to mark the 600th anniversary of the battle of Agincourt.
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26 April 2013
York City Council has agreed to the construction of 600 homes on the most likely site of the Battle of Fulford, 1066
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10 April 2013
In the members only area of the website, the Battlefields Trust has now published back issues oif its newsletter from September 1992 to January 2000. An index is also available.
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10 April 2013
There is a new wind turbine threat to the Naseby battlefield. A planning application has been made to Daventry Council to erect a wind turbine at Oxendon.
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21 March 2013
New: Bicentennial of the War of 1812: Battlefield conservation and interpretation as a boost for inward investement and heritage tourism. A paper by Howard Simmons.
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6 March 2013
The Battlefields Trust has initiated a project on the aerial bombardment of Britain during the First World War. Information on the project can be found here.
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5 March 2013
For the latest news from our friends at the Tewkesbury Battlefield Society please click here
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9 February 2013
After meeting Trust officers in October and following objections raised by Trust members, Northampton Borough Council appears to have started to modify its approach to the Northampton battlefield
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6 February 2013
The Battlefields Trust congratulates Richard Buckley and his team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester on their excellent work to discover the remains of Richard III and identify the remains as definitively his.
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14 January 2013
The debate about the location of the battle of Hastings.
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20 December 2012
Article on the Battle of Dunbar in current issue of Battlefields Trust Magazine - correction
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25 November 2012
Professor Ian D. Rotherham and colleagues are organising a major event on the theme of ‘military heritage of Britain’s moors, heaths, bogs and fens.
The conference will bring together speakers and poster presentations from a range of disciplines: military history, landscape history, environmental conservation, ecology, history, heritage,
tourism, archaeology, and geography.
The conference organisers wish to invite submissions of oral and poster presentations on any of the themes. They are happy to receive papers relating to specific small case study areas, major conflicts or different branches of the military including home defence, aviation, etc, and papers on wider landscape
or heritage issues.
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25 November 2012
The Battlefields Trust is a charity. Our aim is to preserve, interpret and present battlefields as historical and educational resources. Over the last twenty years the Trust has fought against development on or around battlefields in the UK and overseas. It has installed information boards to improve presentation of nationally important battlefields to the public. In addition, the Trust has undertaken research to better understand battlefields and developed contacts with academics working in this area.
We are working on a programme of major projects covering battlefield preservation, presentation, interpretation, and development for educational purposes. We are seeking to recruit for several positions. Most of these are unpaid, and are likely to be of interest to someone seeking to undertake charitable work as part of a portfolio career or as a retirement activity. Currently we can only offer work experience or a showcase for expertise. Of course, if we are successful in our funding bids we may be in a position to offer project work in various aspect of battlefield heritage management.
PAID WORK - FUND RAISERS
We are looking for fund raisers willing to sell advertising space or our commercial services on a commission only basis or obtain local or national corporate sponsorship on a payment by results basis within the guidelines of the Institute of Fund-raising.
VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR BATTLEFIELD PROJECTS
We are planning three substantial battlefield projects covering the next few years. All of these will need volunteers to help to run the projects and promote them to communities.
WARS OF THE ROSES
This is a project to extend the investigations started at Bosworth to cover other Wars of the Roses battles and sieges (upward of 15 sites).
MAGNA CARTA TRAIL
We plan to set up a Magna Carta Trail covering as many as possible of the dozens of sites associated with the battles and sieges of the C13th wars that led to the signing of Magna Carta and secured it within English government.
GREAT WAR BATTLEFIELDS OF BRITAIN – THE FIRST BLITZ
The Centenary of the Great War is an opportunity to document, preserve and interpret the heritage of the world's first strategic aerial bombing campaign, the German air war against Britain 1915-18.
If you want to help, contact the Battlefields Trust via the contact us page on www.battlefieldstrust.com
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21 November 2012
The Battlefields Trust is disappointed to learn that the English Heritage Yorkshire Region has not objected to the proposal to permit a permanent position for caravans and outbuildings next to the historic battlefield of Towton.
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16 November 2012
The Battlefields Trust has lodged a formal objection to the proposal to permit a permanent position for caravans and outbuildings next to the historic battlefield of Towton.
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14 November 2012
14th November 2012
The Battlefields Trust has been asked to comment on a proposed development at the Delapre Golf Complex on the English Heritage registered battlefield at Northampton. This development is separate from the one at Eagle Drive relating to the development of sports pitches on the same registered battlefield which the Trust has been fighting, but is likely to be similarly detrimental to any extant archaeology and the character of the battlefield. The Trust's response can be found in the pdf document in the link below.
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4 November 2012
Archaeologists believe they have discovered a site where soldiers were buried after the Battle of Naseby was fought in Northamptonshire.
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4 November 2012
A copy of the article on the battle of Barnet in 1471 which appeared in the September Issue of the East Hertfordshire Archaeological Society Newsletter No 33 is available on the Battle of Barnet web page in the resource centre.
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16 October 2012
English Heritage urges Northampton Borough Council to undertake thorough studies and consultation before making taking any steps that could threaten the battlefield of Northampton.
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16 October 2012
The Battlefields Trust opposes the proposal to dispose of land on the Registered Battlefield of Northampton for sports purposes
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11 October 2012
The report of the finding of Richard III’s grave – subject to scientific tests and verification – was welcomed by the Board of Trustees of the Battlefields Trust at their meeting on 22 September 2012.
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16 September 2012
Documents released by Northampton Borough Council show that advice it received about the controversial sports pitch development on the battlefield site at Eagle Drive, Delapre is flawed.
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5 September 2012
A limited number of back issues of our members' magazine are now available to order
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4 September 2012
The Battlefields Trust is delighted to announce the next series of lunchtime events hosted by the Fusilier Museum in the Tower of London.
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16 July 2012
The Battlefields Trust believes that Northampton Borough Council's decision to approve the principle of allowing sports pitches on land at Delapre may destroy important national heritage.
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1 May 2012
The Flodden 1513 Ecomuseum is looking to expand by a further 25 sites and is seeking nominations
from across the UK for sites which relate to the Battle of Flodden, either directly or indirectly and
which will help in the development of the network of the Ecomuseum. The search for new sites is part
of the development phase for the wider Flodden 500 project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund
(HLF).
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13 April 2012
The Battlefields Trust is delighted to announce that its new lunchtime lecture series will be hosted by the Fusilier_Museum in the Tower of London. An exciting line up of published military historians and archaeologists will be discussing everything from the English Civil War to The Tommy’s experience of Iraq.
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2 April 2012
The latest Discovering Places newsletter contains a useful report on heritage tourism and a tool kit. Anyone organising events coinciding with the Olympics should look at the advice and guidance it contains.
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17 January 2012
While the debate about the pros and cons of the proposed HS2 rail link rages on, it's extraordinary to think that exactly 150 years ago the Victorians were planning an HS2 of their own.
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13 January 2012
It appears that the amended route of the HS2 rail link still runs through the probable site of the battle of Edgcote
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9 January 2012
Battlefields Trust statement on its policy towards battlefield archaeology and metal detecting
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24 December 2011
The Battlefields Trust is disappointed to learn that a wind farm can be built next to the battlefield of Naseby, despite officials admitting the large turbines will ‘harm its setting’.
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15 December 2011
The Battlefields Trust is a member of the Alliance to Reduce Crime against Heritage (ARCH) is a new voluntary national network which will take forward initiatives to tackle heritage crime.
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4 October 2011
Please click on "Read More" to see the the notes from the Battlefields Trust on the National Planning Policy Framework.
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4 July 2011
Our partners, the Naseby Battlefield Project have come up with an interesting idea to raise the £350,000 needed to buy 36 acres of land at the southern end of the Battlefield
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27 June 2011
Lieutenant General Jonathon Riley, Director General and Master of the Armouries, opens new viewpoint at Naseby
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9 June 2011
Bosworth Heritage Centre reaches semi-finals of National Lottery Awards for best lottery funded project
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16 May 2011
The Battlefield Trust attends a number of shows and special events throughout the year year. Please get in touch if you are willing to help out on our stand.
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8 May 2011
The latest battlefields / project update report has been published to the members section of the website.
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3 May 2011
It is with deep regret that we report the death of Professor Richard Holmes CBE, President of the Battlefields Trust. on 30 April 2011
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16 April 2011
Details are now available about the Battlefields Trust Flanders tour and conference which will take place from 8 to 11 September 2011.
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13 April 2011
The project to locate the site of the battlefield of Stow on the Wold got off to a flying start as attendances at the two launch events exceeded all expectations.
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3 January 2011
Silver boar badge voted one of Leicestershire's favourite museum objects
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13 December 2010
Regional newsletters now available online
A selection of recent Battlefield Trust regional newsletters are now available on the Trust website.
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13 July 2010
Peter Burley attended this meeting which was held on the 22nd June 2010.
Peter's notes on the meeting together with the presentations are now available.
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10 July 2010
Shrewsbury member James Parker has hit on a novel way of raising money for the Battlefields Trust. He'll be competing in September's 13 mile Great North Run in a suit of armour.
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29 June 2010
Two major events, a re-enactment on 3-4 July and a study day on 10 July will commemorate the 550th anniversary of the battle.
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10 May 2010
The Trust has extended its regional network with the creation of two new regional branches: North East and Borders, and Wessex.
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15 April 2010
The 2010 Annual General Meeting of the Battlefields Trust will be held at 11.45am on Sunday 18th April 2010
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28 March 2010
The Battlefields Trust has been paying particular attention to the latest government announcement on the route of a high speed rail link.
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13 December 2009
Saturday 20th February 2010.
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13 December 2009
Please note that the deadline for the completion of this survey has been extened until the 15th February.
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4 November 2009
Four years of intensive historical, topographical and archaeological research have finally borne fruit as a team led by Glenn Foard of the Battlefields Trust and funded by Leicestershire County Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund has solved one of the great mysteries of English military history and succeeded in locating the site of the battle of Bosworth.
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13 May 2009
The Battlefields Trust is pleased to announce the appointment for two years of a Development Officer – Julian Humphrys – to work on battlefield heritage at risk and to build the capacity of the Trust and supported by English Heritage.
Please follow the link to see the full press release.
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3 November 2008
The Trust is currently undertaking a metal detecting survey on the site of the proposed wind farm on the Kelmarsh Hall estate which will be supervised by our Project Officer, Dr Glenn Foard of the University Of Leeds.
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15 July 2008
On August 2nd 2008 (Saturday) the Simon de Montfort Society (a member of the Battlefields Trust) will be formally opening the Evesham battlefield trail and the Battlewell conservation area on Greenhill, Evesham.
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4 March 2008
The Battlefields Trust has learned that E-ON is investigating the possibility of selecting a site for wind turbines close to the registered battlefield of Naseby in Northamptonshire.
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3 March 2008
Trustees are currently considering a scheme to have 'battlefield custodians' to maintain a watching brief on their local battlefield(s), to be the main point of contact for those interested in a given battlefield and to be the local 'expert'.
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2 March 2008
The Battlefields Trust has heard that plans are afoot whichwould badly damage the surviving parts of Oflag IVC at Colditz Castle, the infamous prisoner of war camp used during the Second World War.
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1 March 2008
The probable site of the battle of Fulford is to be the site of several hundred houses and an access road, following the publication today of the decision by the Secretary of State, who is following recommendations made by the Inspector of last year's public inquiry.
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28 February 2008
Frank Baldwin, London & south-east Branch Co-ordinator of the Battlefields Trust, was interviewed on the 'Today' programme on BBC Radio 4.
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21 February 2008
Land just to the East of the bridge at Cropredy (1644), in what is a Greenfield site opposite the village playing field, has been ear-marked by Banbury & North Cherwell District Council as a possible site for housing, in its recently published Supplemental Consultation.
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30 January 2008
The Battlefields Trust is objecting to a proposed housing development on part of the battlefield of Bothwell Bridge, 1679.
Although much of the site of the action is already developed or disturbed by development, the potential for interpretation and commemoration (in addition to the current memorial) exists.
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30 December 2007
An application has been made for a power transmission line from Beauly to Denny, which en route will cross the battlefield of Sherriffmuir.
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30 August 2006
The Edgehill to Edgcote trail via Cropredy Bridge has been officially opened by Trust President, Prof.
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29 August 2006
The Battlefields Trust will be giving evidence to the Public Inquiry on Germany Beck on 19th July, where it is proposed that several hundred houses will be built, to be served by an access road which cuts across the probable site of the battle of Fulford (1066.) This is arguably the least changed battlefield of the those from 1066 (Stamford Bridge and Hastings being the other two) and therefore, should in the view of the Battlefields Trust be preserved for further investigation once methodologies for battlefield archaeology have developed, and for better on-site interpretation which would provide a more fitting memorial to those who fought than the bricks and tarmac of a housing estate.
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28 February 2006
‘The Second Battle of Agincourt’ is won - THE DAY IS OURS, writes Don Baggs, who first alerted the Battlefields Trust and others to this threat to the historic battlefield.
Thierry Yverneau of Azincourt, who initiated and led the intervention in France against the construction of a Wind Farm very close to the Battlefield of Agincourt, advises as follows :-
“On Tuesday 20th December 2005 the senior official of S.I.I.F.
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1 January 2006
News has just come through that there will be a Public Inquiry into the planning application to build c.500 houses and access roads on the battlefield of Fulford (1066.) The Battlefields Trust, alongside the Fulford Battlefield Society will make representations to the Inspector of the Inquiry.
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27 June 2005
The Battlefield Trust's new interpretation panel, part of the Edgcote to Edgehill battlefield trail project, was unveiled on Sunday 26th June 2005.
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26 April 2005
Part of the battlefield of Salamanca (1812) or Los Arapiles is under threat from a proposed major upgrading of a road across the centre of the battlefield.
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24 January 2005
As widely reported in the national media, Leicestershire County Council's Bosworth Battlefield Centre has been awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of nearly 1 million pounds.
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15 January 2005
The Battlefields Trust has been alerted by archaeologists in Ireland that the battlefield of Aughrim (1691) is under threat from a proposed motorway.
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24 October 2004
Earl Spencer is to give a talk and sign copies of his new book, 'Blenheim: battle for Europe' at the Assembly House, Norwich on Saturday, 23rd October at 2.30pm.
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3 September 2004
The battlefield of Worcester (1651) is one of only 43 fully registered battlefields in England, yet an important part of it is under threat from a housing development.
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1 September 2004
The Veterans Charities Consortium are releasing a series of First Day Covers to commemorate famous battles in Britain: Maldon (991), Stamford Bridge (1066), Hastings (1066), Northallerton (1138), Lewes (1264), Evesham (1265), Stirling Bridge (1297), Falkirk (1298) and Bannockburn (1314).
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4 August 2004
A message from Richard Holmes, the new President of The Battlefields Trust
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24 July 2004
Major new BBC TV series on British battlefields starts on 6th August with a programme about Boudicca's last battle.
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24 July 2004
The Battlefields Trust, working in partnership with the local community, has just begun a major new survey on the battlefield of Edgehill, Warwickshire, the first great battle of the Civil War (23rd October 1642).
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