February 2020 to February 2020

Rusland Local History Group

Two new projects researching ancient routeways and old orchards.

Under the auspices of the Rusland Horizons Trust, we have formed a Local History Group. This will continue the work of the Mapped Histories and Archaeology 'Lives in the Landscape' projects, as well as embarking on new work. Close links with the continuing Oral Histories project will be maintained.

Two new projects have started in 2020:

Orchards: Discovering and mapping the location of old orchards and their tree species, where known. This may lead to orchard restoration projects.
Ancient Routeways: Researching, discovering (on the ground) and mapping old routeways in the Rusland area.

If you are interested in contributing to these projects, then please contact us at info@ruslandhorizonstrust.org

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1851 OS map showing orchards at Finsthwaite House

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The first Local History Group meeting was held on 11th February at Oxen Park Reading Rooms. 25 people attended.
The new Orchards project has made contact with the South Lakeland Orchard Group and the People's Trust for Endangered Species Orchards Project
The Ancient Routeways project is researching the routes used by the Abbots of Furness to access their farms or 'granges' in High Furness.

Did you know?

There is an ancient route from Hawkshead to Dalton that runs high over Bethecar Moor. It was used to carry corpses to the mother church at Dalton, and in the reverse direction, to carry iron ore to the bloomeries in Rusland.

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