Finding Lost Norton Park: Digging Deeper for All
Project to further explore the history, heritage and archaeology of the historic Norton (now Graves) Park
Following the highly successful National Lottery Heritage Fund supported project “Finding Lost Norton Park” in 2019, the Friends of Graves Park were awarded a £142,770 grant, from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, to run the sequel “Digging Deeper for All”. We worked with Professor Ian Rotherham and South Yorkshire Biodiversity Research Group (SYBRG), focusing on Norton Park (now named Graves Park). We researched deeper into the history, heritage, ecology, archaeology and local memories of this historic park.
Running from January 2023 to July 2024, the project explored landscape, history and wildlife heritage supported by historians (archivists), landscape archaeologists and wildlife experts in gathering and assessing the information.
Although the Digging Deeper Project is now over, you might be interested in the following events this Autumn. The first one is a chance to revisit the results of the Project:
Graves Park & surrounding areas –
Graves Park & Local Area Action for Climate Change
Winter into Spring Events 2025
South Yorkshire Biodiversity Research Group is organising a programme of indoor & outdoor events with funding from the J.G. Graves Charitable Trust and local sponsorship. All are free to join and suitable for beginners.
Programme of activities 2025
Field walks & free indoor talks:
Indoor Evening Events Programme:
The talks will take place at the Lees Hall Golf Club, Hemsworth Road on Monday evenings. They are free, all welcome to attend. The doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start and the evening finishes around 8.30pm.
Monday 7th April: Monitoring the Rainfall, Water Flows and Stream through Graves Park – first results with Kevin Spence, Sheffield Hallam University.
Everyone is welcome.
Guided Walks led by Ian Rotherham, book via this link https://bookwhen.com/sybrg#focus=ev-smj4-20250322143000
Spring Flowers of Woods and Meadows on Wednesday 14th May, 11am to 1pm, meeting in the Park at the entrance from Norton Park View/ Serpentine Walk.
The next monthly bird walks led by Karon Mayor will be on Thursday 10th April and 1st May, all starting at 10am by the Rose Garden Café. These are a gentle stroll around the same route, looking for and listening to a variety of birds.
For more details: syeconet@gmail.com or 0114 2724227
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History and Heritage
Woodland Heritage Surveys, Woodland Archaeology, Recording Heritage Trees and Tree Stories Walks and Workshop, Local History Reminiscences, Archaeology Walks, Digging Deeper into the Park’s History Workshop, Introduction to Place Names, Delving into the Archives, and Uncovering and Sharing Memories Events and Workshops.
Nature and Environment
Bat Watch, Introduction to Lichens Walk, Autumn Birds, Fungi and Slime Moulds, Woodland Heritage Surveys, Woodland Archaeology, Recording Heritage Trees and Tree Stories Walks and Workshop.
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