Parishscapes - Bringing the Past to Life...
"Parishscapes is a community project that aims to make all the tithe maps for the East Devon AONB parishes available for public use as a means of increasing awareness of these historical maps and their connections to our landscape.....past and present"
What can Parishscapes do for you?
1. Digitise parish tithe maps, to develop a picture of land use, land ownership and settlement in 1840 and make them available for public use - so follow the link to find out more about what digitised maps look like and what area is covered by Parishscapes.
2. Work with local groups and contacts to gather Oral History of personal insights into change of landscape and landscape features across the area.
3. Organise workshops with schools and communities to develop study materials, resources or new skills to improve our understanding of landscape change and its relationship with wildlife both past and present. We also want to help people find other sources of information such as;
'Vision of Britain' - which provides maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions between 1801 and 2001!
'English Heritage' - National Monuments Record View Finder - catalogue of photographic archives.
'Landscapes old and new' - photographs obtained as part of a Landscape Education Resource in 1998
4. Organise walks, talks and exhibitions that help bring the past to life - Click here to check out what's happened so far so you too can get inspired to help organise your own local Parishscapes event such as the Branscombe" Disappeared Houses" Walk - for inspirations click here to see our events pages.
Parishscapes Conference 2010: 85 attended the third Parishscapes Conference - Saturday 17th April - figures in the Landscape. The conference covered farming history, Branscombe social history, 'Disappeared houses' in Northleigh, digitised tithe maps, community archaeology and working with Newton Poppleford school using census and tithe map data to find out more about their silk factory. Press release.
'Disappeared houses in Northleigh' - desktop study as featured in the 2010 Parishscapes Conference.
Parishscapes Conference 2009: Over 100 attended the second Parishscapes Conference - Saturday 18th April - The Lie of the Land. The conference covered matters of topography, biodiversity, archaeology and the extractive industries of the East Devon AONB. Click here for conference details
Parishscapes February 2010 Update - the Story this far ....
Parishscapes Autumn 2009 Update - find out what's been happening over the past 12 months
Parishscapes Autumn 2008 Update - a summary of Parishscapes activities in the last 18 months
If you want to get involved, contact Phil Planel (East Devon AONB Parishscapes Officer) Mondays to Wednesdays on:
pplanel@eastdevon.gov.uk / 01404 46663 / 01404 549173 or 07734 568987
Parishscapes is a three year project (2007-2010), delivered by the East Devon AONB Partnership on behalf and with the support of East Devon District Council, Natural England and Heritage Lottery Fund.
