The Abberley Hills Preservation Society has received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to carry out a year-long project in the picturesque village of Abberley, Worcestershire.
The support from the Heritage Lottery Fund will enable the society to undertake a project to understand the medieval layout of the village, to try and date the older buildings and perhaps discover some long lost features described in old documents and books about Worcestershire.
Members of the Abberley Hills Preservation Society, Abberley WI and eager village residents will work together with members of the Worcestershire Archives & Archaeology Service to carry out 2 community excavations, archive research and a number of field walks to try to discover the medieval heart of the village.
Local people and school children will be able to get involved by helping as volunteers with the work, learning how to excavate in a training dig and attending a series of talks and visits to see work in progress at various sites.
The July 2015 Abberley School Fete will provide at a Medieval Fayre the opportunity for the community to celebrate what was discovered.
The project builds on the Abberley Lives project undertaken in 2011 and 2012 by Abberley Womens Institute I which looked at life in Abberley in the 20th century.
Follow the progress of the project at www.AbberleyLives.wordpress.com.
If you would like to join in the fun, please contact the project team for further details.
