The BSS Conference 2015 - 10-12 April 2015
A page devoted to the arrangements for and a summary of, the 2015 Annual conference of the British Sundial Society
The 2015 conference was only announced by BSS on 16th February 2015 and sadly it was not well attended at all.  Only 62-64 delegates registered this year.

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INTRODUCTION

The 2015 BSS Conference was held over the weekend 10-12 April 2015 in the East Midlands Conference Centre (shown above left) with accommodation in the nearby, eco-friendly, Orchard Hotel (above right), in Nottingham. Operating in the usual format it commenced on the Friday afternoon and finished after lunch on the Sunday.  Set in 330 acres of landscaped parkland, yet only 2 miles from central Nottingham, it’s a very modern venue, with a contemporary look.  Whilst not being an all-in-one-venue conference, the organiser had promised that it would be much less of a problem for delegates to walk between the buildings than was the case either at Edinburgh or Greenwich.  That was indeed the case though delegates who would have liked to go into other parts of Nottingham had a considerable walk to undertake even to reach a bus stop.

The Conference Centre has 21 flexible meeting rooms – and is a venue which can hold more than one meeting at a time - with a maximum capacity of 850 persons. There is up to date audiovisual equipment and free Wi-fi throughout.  Sadly the audio facilities were not up to scratch and many delegates complained of not being able to hear the presentations well enough.

Accommodation was at the quite 'futuristic' Orchard Hotel which offers floor-to-ceiling windows, bespoke furniture and unique décor throughout and comes complete with free Internet and iMac access. Only opened in 2012, the Orchard Hotel includes a business lounge, 120-cover restaurant, bar area, outside terrace, gym and four meeting rooms of its own.  Its facilities included:

Facilities advertised by the De Vere Venues 'Orchard Hotel':

  • Outdoor Terrace

  • Activities

  • Fitness centre

  • Food & Drink

  • Restaurant, Bar, Breakfast in the room

  • Internet

  • WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.

  • Parking

  • Free private parking is possible on site (reservation is not needed).

  • Room service, 24-hour front desk, Luggage storage, Business centre

  • Newspapers, Safety deposit box, Non-smoking rooms, Facilities for disabled guests, Lift, Heating, Non-smoking throughout

  • Check-in from 14:00 hours

  • Check-out until 11:00 hours

REGISTRATION

In the announcement of the conference, bookings were requested by March 4th 2015. A paper booking form was distributed to BSS Members with the March Bulletin but a copy could be downloaded from the BSS web site as a PDF here.

Rates & Payment
Package for the conference Friday to Sunday, including joining pack, lectures, a conducted dial tour, two nights en-suite accommodation and all meals and refreshments:
Single room en-suite - £330
Double room en-suite - £520
Extra nights (single or double room) before/after conference - £70/night
Day Delegate Rate including all the above except accommodation and evening meals £120 pp. Add £45 pp to attend the Conference Dinner.

Payment was arranged to be made by cheque or funds transfer or by using PayPal or by credit cards here.

A Bank transfer could be made directly to:
Co-operative Bank PLC, 1 Balloon Street, Manchester, M60 4EP, SWIFT code CP BK GB 22,
Sort code 08 92 99, Account name: The British Sundial Society, Account no. 6573 3095.

Due to the variety of options for accommodation and meals, delegates used the conference booking form to register and to calculate the amount of the fee. After payment had been made the completed conference booking form was then be returned to the Conference Organiser. For cheque payments the form was then sent with the cheque.

As always, BSS invited members to bring dials and related objects to show to other delegates.

An odd idea which had first started at Greenwich was for delegates to be asked to bring a sundial-related cake.  In what was clearly seen by others as a move away from the academic principles of the society's conference, the trustees decided to repeat this. Delegates had therefore been asked to use their imagination, design and prepare a cake and bring it for judging and subsequent eating.  However in the event it seems only two such cakes materialised.  It is doubtful if such a 'dumbing-down' venture will be repeated.

In a welcome departure from previous practice (and one that brings with it adherence to good charity practice at last) members of the public who were not BSS members were able to register for the conference without any surcharge.

 

The Programme
The programme for 2015 was:

Saturday, 11th April
9:00 BSS Annual General Meeting
9:40 Frank King: The Sundial of Adventure: A New Enid Blyton Story
  A description of the discovery and ongoing restoration of the Barker slate sundial that used to be on Enid Blyton's house. The dial has recently been donated to The Beckonscot Model Village.
10:20 David Payne: The Burlingham Walks and Sundial Trail – an 8 Year Quest 
  Norfolk County Council operate and maintain the Burlingham Walks around which David Payne has arranged a Sundial Trail.
Several dials are already installed: a human analemmatic dial, a cube, a polar and an equatorial dial. The latter is set in the Tea Garden at Fairhaven Gardens.
These Dials are in addition to six mass dials which can be found on churches in the neighbouring villages of Acle & South Walsham.
Altogether 13 Dials are therefore available to view.
Three further declining dials are currently planned to be installed by 2016 on the 3 sides of a triangular prism at another location to bring the total to 19 Dials.
SunInfo will be following this interesting project.
10:30 Ben Jones: The Roadford Lake Sundial (Quite a big sundial)
  The story of a large horizontal dial made from materials sourced entirely from within the county of Devon and erected to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
11:15 Johan Wikander: Octaval Hours and Common Hours in the Norwegian Middle Age
  A description of a 17C horizontal sandstone dial in Traksvag that is carved with both octaval and common hours and apparently with lines to help in its painting.
11:30 Doug Bateman: The Bromley House Library: its Meridian Line and its connection with Nottingham's famous mathematician, George Green
  A pre-visit summary of the Bromley House library, the Christopher Daniel book collection, its 1834 meridian line and some of its other items of interest.
11:50 Piers Nicholson: The Sad Story of a Sundial - With a Happy Ending
  Piers designed a large horizontal dial for the cycle charity Sustrans which has suffered from vandalism, flooding from a nearby river, a failure of John Prescott to turn up to declare it 'open' and from serious overgrowth by vegetation. Attempts were started in 2014 to rescue the dial and it is hoped that there will be further restoration soon.
12:00 Tony Moss: A new BSS Universal Horizontal Dial for UK and European Latitudes
  A description of Tony's standardised sundial designs for use anywhere in the UK and which may be downloaded from the BSS website.
Then afternoon tours to the Bromley House library to see a display including a photo of the long gone Nottingham time ball, the meridian line and a replica P&G heliochronometer, then to Green's Mill to see the Harriet James dial. Following this a trip to the University campus Millennium Garden dial by David Harber, a'new' Saxon style sundial on the School of English and a plain horizontal dial. The party then returned for the Conference Dinner at which David Brown summarised the Society's recent educational efforts.
Post Dinner 1 John Lester: Meet Jeanie Crowley – renowned for her sketches of West Country sundials.
  Jeanie Crowley left an important and unique collection of 181 drawings of sundials based mainly on her many visits to the churches of Devon and Cornwall. John described her diligent efforts to measure and record these dials.
Post Dinner 2 - David Brown: Marg Folkard - Sundials Australia
A showing of a film Marg made of the entire process of constructing a notable armillary sphere
Post Dinner 3 - Chris Lusby Taylor: A mean time horizontal sundial
 
Sunday, 12th April
9:00 Discussion session on the BSS Bulletin
9:25 Allan Mills: Dialling Instruments in Holbein's painting “The Ambassadors”
 
9:55 Dennis Cowan: Scottish Obelisks and the Kirkton Hall Project
 
10:10 Geoff Parsons: The Memorial Sundial at Bosworth Field
 
11:00 John Wilson: Studies on a Nottinghamshire Mass Dial (at Holy Trinity Church, Lambley)
 
11:10 Fred Sawyer: Resurrecting Canon Pierre Georges
 
12:00 approx: The Andrew Somerville Memorial Lecture given by Dr Leofranc Holford-Strevens, author of The History of Time (OUP):
The Dates of Easter Through the Ages
 
Conference ends

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Delegates send us their comments after the end of the meeting:
These comments will be updated as more and more delegates tell us their views and as a more representative summary is established.

 

·         Only 62-64 delegates registered this year.  Not only is this very few but the absence of several senior and influential members of the Society caused some disquiet.

·         SunInfo has recently learned that the lower than expected numbers of attending delegates has actually triggered a penalty clause in the contract with the either the conference authorities or with the hotel - or possibly both.  If, on further investigation, this proves to be true and it turns out that committed bookings and the numbers of likely attendees had not been kept in synchronism during the process of conference organisation, then that will constitute yet another in a long line of BSS blunders.   Not only that but using charitable assets to subsidise a section of the membership may in itself be contrary to charity law and be something which, under current rules, the society may need to report to the Charity Commission. 

·         The accommodation at the Orchard Hotel proved to be very good and the standard was quite as anticipated.  The food was also very good, only let down it seems, by coffee served from a machine.  

·         Possibly as a result of the late initial notice of the meeting, the conference programme was felt to have suffered from having rather too few significant contributions and rather too many short ones even though many of these were interesting and the short format allowed more topics to be covered.  Of course, any programme is 'at the mercy' of what is offered by presenters.  As a result a few delegates commented that the meeting was 'not really up to standard' or, even described it as 'boring'.  However to redress the balance somewhat, one delegate felt that the topics covered were in fact well balanced and interesting and that in general the meeting went well.  Perhaps such a spread of views is a sign of a conference that has tailored for everyone in some way.

·         The sound system in the lecture theatre area was, on occasion, inadequate and was at all times, variable. Oddly, none of the usual back up mechanisms for such things had been provided this time and so there was little that could be done to alleviate this during the weekend meeting.

·         With only a few days to go before the start of the meeting, the plenary lecturer, Dr Holford-Strevens, had had to cry off owing to illness. After a similar problem some years ago it had become standard practice to make some sort of provision for a back up speaker - someone who could be called upon at short notice even if the topic of their paper was not novel.  However this year it appears that no such provision had been made for this eventuality and so the meeting was instead treated to the conference organiser having to interpret the planned speaker's notes. Sadly this proved to be something which, despite a valiant attempt on the organiser's part, was judged by some as not very successful.

·         The few comments so far received on the matter suggest that Fred Sawyer's paper was judged to be the best presentation.

·         The meeting opened with an exceptionally rushed AGM - the first to be held under the new Constitution.   Some delegates were troubled to see that they were asked only to vote 'en-block' for the election of all members of the next Council.  In fairness only one name for each available position had been put forward but, possibly contrary to charity requirements, delegates had no opportunity to refuse their vote for any one proposed individual; it was a vote for all or for none.  Other concerns were that even after spending thousands of pounds on legal matters associated with the setting up of the 'CIO' (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) it now appears that the brand new Constitution needs urgent reform.  An independent investigation and study of this is apparently to be planned by persons other than the trustees.

·         A unwelcome aspect of the meeting was the way in which the trustees seemed to go out of their way to generate an atmosphere of suspicion and secrecy in all sorts of ways.  Rushing the AGM, insisting on en-block voting, appearing to restrict input from the floor, not providing a special slot for discussion of the 'Chris Daniel books' problem; except for an eventual intervention by Chris himself (see below), moving a talk into a period previously allocated to free time without enough notice, the revelation that nothing now gets printed or passed without the approval of the Chairman and Secretary - despite all trustees having equal legal status - and trustees being perceived to be attempting to join or listen in - maybe even uninvited - on any significant grouping of delegates.  These were all noticed by delegates with dismay and at the bar there were some complaints about the way that the Society seemed to have been 'taken over' and it not being the society they had joined and which had been so well chaired by Christopher Daniel.  Sadly several seemed disenchanted and a few even said that they did not think they would come again.

·         Sunday started with a discussion about the Bulletin - the society's most prestigious publication - in the light of John Davis standing down as its most successful editor ever.  Despite this role having always been one for a single person with a single person's stamp and authority, the trustees are apparently struggling to maintain production and the Chairman requested even more volunteers to assist and join the increased team size that is now being envisaged as necessary to enact greater trustee control over this publication.  The Chairman made it clear that papers would, from now on, be vetted more carefully; why this was necessary when it never has been so in the past, was not made clear.  In the light of the editorial 'inadequacy' now being experienced following John Davis's departure, and given a reduction in the number of submitted articles following concern amongst regular authors at the possible introduction of editorial interference, the Chairman announced to some surprise that it would now be necessary to reduce the number of Bulletins per year from four to three and further for there to be fewer articles in each edition.  Delegates speedily noted that apparently no reduction in membership fee was envisaged.

·         Concern about the governance of the Society was for the first time even being expressed by the general body of Specialists, the very hub of the society.

·         Once again no questionnaire was provided by which delegates could rate their conference experience.

·         All in all a very worrying situation seems to prevail that lends credence to the belief that the society is nowhere near the Secretary's recent description of it as being 'Fit for purpose in the modern world'.

 

 

Long Term future of the BSS Library assured. 

 

BSS members will have noted the recent and welcome change of heart by the Council of BSS Trustees that was announced by BSS Librarian Nick Orders in the December 2014 Newsletter.  In this the security of the BSS Library was affirmed at last and the on-going commitment of the trustees to its support and maintenance was finally confirmed.
As a result of this BSS President Christopher Daniel has decided that his loaned collection is not now at risk of unauthorised disposal and accordingly at the 2015 Conference he confirmed his intention to leave his valuable works at the BSS Library in Bromley House, Nottingham.


As a part of that address Christopher disclosed that he had asked Frank King, as Chairman (and Chris Williams, as Secretary) to put their signatures to the document to endorse it. 

Churlishly in the circumstances, it seems they refused to do so.  Members will not understand this extraordinary attitude.

 

A few copies of the donation document were circulated at the conference - see this copy below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Christopher Daniel announces his New Book!!

At the 2015 Conference Christopher Daniel showed delegates a proof copy of his new book.  This is a compilation of all of his many contributions to the 'Sundial Page' feature of Clocks Magazine that had originally been started by Noel Ta'Bois.

This new work contains all 244 articles that were written monthly by Christopher over the twenty year period 1988-2008.

Once again, Christopher's dominance of the UK dialling world is evident with these authoritative articles that teach as well as entertain those having an interest in time keeping over the centuries.

SunInfo will shortly summarise this most interesting work.

This is a very limited edition but anyone seeking to purchase a copy should contact Elspeth Hill on elspeth@malinriding.com for further information.

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Note: We strive to make sure that all comment here is accurate and representative of the views that were expressed.  Inevitably in areas where only a few comments might have been received this summary might appear to others as not reflecting the totality of opinions.  The above commentary is provided to SunInfo by delegates to the meeting and it will be changed and adjusted to reflect a balance of all of the views received.  If you feel that any comment is unfair, unbalanced, insufficient or simply wrong then please do let the webmaster know giving your input and evidence.

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A TYPICAL BSS CONFERENCE FORMAT

The previous BSS Conference took place in Greenwich in 2014 and in view of the more distributed nature of that event, it was necessary to depart from what might be called the normal format of BSS Annual Conferences.  The Nottingham Meeting promised to have a more normal format and for those who may not know of this and especially for the convenience of newcomers, we placed a description of a typical BSS Conference here on a separate page.
Click here:  Typical Conference Format.   Come back to this page to continue to read specific details of the 2015 event. 

LOCATION OF THE 2015 CONFERENCE

The East Midlands Conference Centre and the Orchard Hotel are located within the grounds of the University Park Campus. The GPS Coordinates of the Conference Centre are 52.938821, -1.203161.  See the red circled buildings on the marked up Campus plan below.  A PDF version of the actual Campus plan is available by clicking on the University link - HERE

GETTING THERE

A guide to how to get to the Conference Centre and the Orchard Hotel was available here courtesy of ARMA.

By Car
For those coming from the North, West or South of the UK the easiest approach was from Junction 25 of the M1 and from there the A52 Brian Clough Way as per the blue line shown in the map below (courtesy Google Inc).
The journey by car was approximately 6 miles and takes 13 mins.  For those coming by car from the East drove to Nottingham City and took the A52 from there to the University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Car Parking was provided just to the North of the Conference Centre.  Conference delegates and visitors could park there either in pay and display car parks or in designated parking zones.

Advice to delegates on the PLACES TO VISIT WHILST IN NOTTINGHAM


 I - The BSS Library

 

Without doubt the main item on any BSS Member's list for a visit whilst in Nottingham has to be to the BSS Library in Bromley House!!  This not only contains the Society's extensive book collection but it also has its own replica Pilkington and Gibbs dial in the rear garden (SRN 4181 - restored by Graham Aldred in 2006) and the building even possesses its own meridian line (SRN 3862)! 

All BSS members are covered by a Group Membership agreement at the library.  This was negotiated at the outset at a very reasonable cost which gives access to Bromley House and its facilities, to the BSS Collection and any of the other Collections.   Thus, BSS Members may not only enjoy the BSS archived collection (complete with Chris Daniel's loaned collection) - and even free coffee!  Also when there you may peruse any of the other works and displays housed there too.  One of the more recent displays was their WWI exhibition (27 Oct - 17 Dec 2014) which gave library members the opportunity to see 'the best exhibition in town' and see their 'staggering collection of expertly displayed memorabilia'.

The 'replica' Pilkington & Gibbs dial in the rear garden was constructed by a former 'Friend of the Bromley House Library', R Clarke in 1992, as a copy of a Pilkington and Gibbs design but with a slightly cruder interior construction and without the lower bowl that is so much a part of an original P&G dial. It is mounted on an 18thC pedestal. When it was made it included an Equation of Time cam of somewhat doubtful accuracy and this was compounded by it being fitted out of phase with the date selection, so that if the month of November was selected (for example) then the adjustment for February was applied, so the inherent November ‘fastness’ was augmented and the dial read 16 mins fast, PLUS 14 Mins! Up until that time the then Bromley staff had believed that the dial had always worked and told perfect time just as per a clock, though we now know that was not so. In his restoration, Graham Aldred remounted the existing cam so that its adjustments were aligned with the date, but even then the cam itself was not sufficiently accurately made. The dial therefore now remains as one with a small 'repaired fundamental error' in its construction and one which has been restored to the best working state achievable by its existing components. It is set accurately on the meridian.  Have a look and see for yourself just how accurate it really is.  There is some more information about (original) Pilkington and Gibbs Heliochronometers, courtesy of BSS Member Mike Shaw, here

Click on the above picture (left, above) of the interior of this wonderful library to go to the Bromley House website and on the document image (right, above) to see a short description of the Library and how to get to it.

 

 

From its inception the library has been a focus for scientific interests and relics of this reputation remain to this day.  One such is the meridian line which is unusual in that so few such still exist.  The one at Bromley House is on the first floor and takes the form of a brass strip set in the floor in a true N-S direction, with a vertical extension at the far end up to the top of the door frame in order to accommodate measurements of Noon in the winter months. The necessary 'aperture', to provide the spot of light which crosses the line at solar noon, was originally set in one of the wooden shutters of a window at the southern end. The line is peculiarly recessed to permit a plumb bob to be used during observations for reasons that are not entirely clear but may well be connected with measurements of the diameter of the sun spot or to help establish the sunspot position when it is off the ordinary scale. The meridian line was installed in 1834 and was supported in its use by two long case clocks that are still in the same room. The wooden shutter is sadly no longer in place, so a board over the window is now used to demonstrate the operation of the line; as may be seen in the small picture to the left.  The position of the meridian line (using Google Maps GPS coordinates) is N52°:57':12".6, W1°:9':8".9  There is more about it and its discovery in a BSS Bulletin Article by DA Bateman here.

Another scientific aspect of the Bromley Library relates to its role in early photography.  Ask at the desk for more about this.

Finally, before visiting, those interested may peruse the Library's extensive catalogue from the comfort of their own computer, here.

 

II - The dial at the Warden's House, Hugh Stewart Hall

Another sundial exists in Nottingham itself.  This is an horizontal dial and is actually on the University campus, only a short walk from the Conference. 
It should be located 120m SW of the Warden's House, in the gardens of Hugh Stewart Hall at 52.939476° N, 1.196305° W. It might still be taken in for safe keeping and you may have to ask to see it.

The BSS Registrar would undoubtedly appreciate some more detail about this dial.

 

 

  III - Sundial Corrections for the period of the Conference

 

Total 'Sundial Time  to GMT' Corrections
applicable during the Conference

[Figures after Smart, applicable at Noon GMT in Nottingham]
9 April 2015 6m 26s Dial Slow
10 April 2015 6m 10s Dial Slow
11April 2015 5m 54s Dial Slow
12 April 2015 5m 38s Dial Slow

NB British Summer Time will be in force at the time of the Conference so a further hour needs to be added when converting to current civil time.

IV - Other Nottinghamshire Dials

There are several other dials in the County of Nottinghamshire.  However the most unusually placed one must surely be the horizontal dial at the top of Southwell Minster, 75 feet off the ground on the South ledge of the Clock Chamber!  It was used to regulate the clock. It is SRN 4197 and was first discovered for us by BSS Member Tony Wood.  Ask him about it when you are at the conference.

Some of the known SUNDIALS of Nottinghamshire. (In order of Town, Location, OS Grid Ref and SRN)

Averham St Michael & All Angels' Churchyard, S of Nave SK767544 Horizontal 4194

Blyth Sts Michael & Martin's Church. Over South porch SK625872 Vertical (S) 5351

Bunny Bunny Hall SK584296 Multiple 5910

Burton Joyce North side of A612 through village SK646437 Equatorial 4700

Carburton St Mary's Parish Church on nave corner SK611733 Multiple 2472

Cossall Almshouses, on frontage SK483423 Vertical (S) 4080

Cuckney St Mary's Church SK567714 Vertical (S) 0611

East Leake St Mary's Church SK552262 Vertical (D) 1368

East Leake BPB Gypsum Ltd, R & D Dept SK550260 Equatorial 2942

East Markham St John the Baptist Parish Church SK743727 Vertical (S) 1957

Egmanton Our Lady's Church, on INSIDE wall SK736689 Horizontal 4653

Holme Pierrepont, Notti Holme Pierrepont Hall, in courtyard garden SK620380 Horizontal 3981

Little Green, nr Screveto St Wilfrid's Parish Churchyard SK729434 Horizontal 1030

Newark The Ossington PH, Beast Market Hill, Kelham Rd SK797541 Vertical (D) 4021

Norwell nr Newark St Laurence Churchyard SK776618 Horizontal 1959

Nottingham Bromley Subscription Library, Angel Row SK575034 Equatorial 4181

Nottingham Hugh Stewart Hall, University Horizontal 1883

Nottingham Nottingham Subscription Library, 1st floor SK570399 Noon mark 3862

Nottingham (Private Dial) Equatorial 3861

Rampton Parich Church, over porch SK799785 Vertical (S) 4270

Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station Tech HQ, at road side off A453 SK499295 Equatorial 3030

Southwell Southwell Minster, Sth ledge of clock chamber SK702538 Horizontal 4197

Southwell The Workhouse [NT], Upton Road. Eof S wall SK71-54- Other 5740

Stapleford Bramcote Hills Park SK499385 Horizontal 5079

Sutton in Ashfield Portland Square SK485594 Horizontal 2955

Teversal St Katherine's Church. On South wall. SK483619 Vertical (S) 4610

Tollerton Tollerton School, Burnside Grove, nr entrance SK610342 Vertical (D) 4622

Upton Upton Hall [1], on East Terrace SK734544 Equatorial 4075

Upton Parish Church, Church Lane. On Sth buttress SK736543 Vertical (S) 4199

Upton Upton Hall [2], in gardens to South of House. SK734544 Equatorial 4074

Weston nr Newark All Saints' Parish Churchyard SK774680 Horizontal 1958

   Worksop Clumber Park [NT] in garden by Lakeside SK626746 Horizontal 0612.

 

  V - Some nearby Mass Dials

Here is a list of some mass dials known to be in the County.  If you have time why not explore a few of them?  Of particular interest are those with Roman Numerals.

In the abbreviated notes below 'agl' (where it occurs) stands for above ground level.  The SK number is the National OS Grid Reference and the LR number is the Landranger map number.

 

Askham

2020 Church of St Nicholas Averham Nave, SE quoin stone LR120 SK740750
2021 Church of St Michael and All Angels Barnby in the Willows RH porch buttress 1220 mm agl LR120 SK764549
2022 Church of St Michael and All Angels Barnby in the Willows E end of S side 1905 mm agl LR120 SK764549
1061 Church of All Saints Barton in Fabis Porch, to L of doorway. 860 mm agl LR121 SK860521
2023 Church of St George Bingham Chancel, buttress by priest door 1680 mm agl LR129 SK522328
2024 Church of St Mary and All Saints Bunny Inside S porch. RH jamb of doorway 1500 mm agl LR129 SK707400
396 Church of St Mary Nave, S wall, E of door, buttress 3 1340 mm agl LR129 SK583296
397 Church of St Mary Car Colston Nave, S wall, E of door, buttress 1 1210 mm agl LR129 SK583296
2025 Church of St Mary Caunton To L of priest door 1600 mm agl LR129 SK721430 SK721430
2026 Church of St Andrew Chancel, to R of SW buttress 1480 mm agl LR120 SK745600
2027 Church of St Andrew S Porch, to L of doorway 1660 mm agl LR120 SK745600
2028 Church of St Andrew Inside S porch. To left of church door 1600 mm agl LR120 SK745600
2029 Church of St Andrew Clifton To L of priest door 1160 mm agl LR120 SK745600
2030 Church of St Mary the Virgin S wall. To L of 1st window to W of S porch 1725 agl mm
2031 Church of St Mary the Virgin Gedling Tower, E buttress 1690 mm agl LR129 SK541348 SK541348
2047 Church of All Hallows Girton S aisle, Eastern buttress, quoin stone 1100 mm agl LR129 SK618425 LR129
2048 Church of St Cicilia Granby Inside S porch. To R of doorway 1300 mm agl LR121 SK825662
2049 Church of All Saints Hawton Tower, SW buttress, quoin stone 2100 mm agl LR129 SK751362
2050 Church of All Saints Hidding Tower, S side, SW corner 1300 mm agl LR120 SK788512
2051 Church of All Saints Hidding S wall, buttress 3010 mm agl LR120 SK788512
2052 Church of All Saints Hidding S wall, buttress 1500 mm agl LR120 SK788512
2053 Church of St Luke Hockerton S wall, to R of 2nd window to E of S porch 1640 mm agl LR120
2054 Church of St Nicholas Keyworth Nave, SE corner, on buttress 2120 mm agl LR120 SK716565
2055 Church of St Mary Magdalene Kirklington To R of 3rd window to E of S porch 1420 mm agl LR129 SK614309
2056 Church of St Swithin Lambley S transept. On a carved stone set into the 1870 mm agl LR120 SK679576 wall
2057 Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Langford Chancel south wall. Hidden mm agl LR129 SK63 1454
2058 Church of St Bartholomew buttress to R of S porch 1060 mm agl LR121 SK821591
2059 Church of St Bartholomew Laxton buttress to R of S porch 1250 mm agl LR121 SK821591 Roman numerals
2060 Church of St Michael the Archangel Linby N wall, NE facing buttress 1200 mm agl LR120 SK722670
2061 Church of St Michael Mansfield S wall of S Annexe. To lower R 750 mm agl LR120 SK534509
2062 Church of St Peter and St Paul North Collingham S wall mm agl LR120 SK540609
2063 Church of All Saints North Muskham Top quoin to L of priest door 1500 mm agl LR121 SK830620 Roman Numerals
2065 Church of St Wilfrid NorwellButtress to R of Priest door 1280 mm agl LR120 SK798587
2066 Church of St Lawrence Nottingham Dial S transept., W buttress 2500 mm agl LR120 SK776618
2067 Church of St Lawrence Nottingham Dial Inside S porch. On E wall by church door, 1500 mm agl LR120 SK776618
2068 Church of St Lawrence Nottingham Dial INSIDE the church. On N wall, facing S mm agl LR120 SK776618
2070 Church of St Mary Dial 'Beside the High Vestry door - deep dug 1800 mm agl LR129 SK577397
2069 Church of St Peter Nuthall Dial Tower, West face, N buttress, to LofW 2150 mm agl LR129 SK573397
2071 Church of St Patrick Dial S buttress E end of Nave 1000 mm agl LR129 SK514445
2072 Church of St Patrick Orston Dial Nave, S wall, 1st buttress 1750 mm agl LR129 SK514445
2073 Church of St Mary Dial Chancel, L jamb of priest door 1500 mm agl LR129 SK769412
2074 Church of St Mary Dial Nave buttress, 2nd to R of S porch 1200 mm agl LR129 SK769412
2075 Church of St Mary Ratcliffe on Soar Dial Nave, N door (blocked), R jamb 750 mm agl LR129 SK769412
2076 Church of the Holy Trinity Rolleston R side of S porch buttress, facing EAST 1400 mm agl LR129 SK494289
2077 Church of the Holy Trinity Scarrington Quoin stone LR120 SK742525
2078 Church of the Holy Trinity Scarrington ? (Quoin stone) LR120 SK742525
2079 Church of St John of Beverley Shelton Chancel, R jamb of priest door 1000 mm agl LR129 SK735416
2080 Church of St Mary and All Saints South Collingham L jamb of 1st window to L of S porch 900 mm agl LR129 SK780447
2081 Church of St Mary and All Saints South Collingham Nave. L jamb stone of 2nd window to R of 900 mm agl
2082 Church of St Mary and All Saints South Collingham S porch. L quoin stone 1300 mm agl LR129
2083 Church of St John the Baptist Sutton on Trent S aisle, SE buttress 1700 mm agl LR121 SK826614 L19 P'1 C2 Roman Numerals
2084 Church of St John the Baptist Sutton on Trent South aisle, SE buttress 2250 mm agl LR121 SK826614
2085 Church of All Saints Syerston Quoin stone LR121 SK801659
2086 Church of All Saints Syerston Quoin stone LR121 SK801659
2087 Church of All Saints Thoroton 1300 mm agl LR129 SK746475
2088 Church of All Saints Thoroton Below MSN 2087 1000 mm agl LR129 SK746475
2089 Church of St Helena West Markham Tower W buttress, S face 1200 mm agl LR129 SK764425
2090 Church of All Saints Wilford (SE ?) Quoin Stone mm agl LR120 SK722727
2092 Church of St Wilfrid Woodborough Buttress to R of priest door 1880 mm agl LR129 SK566378
2093 Church of St Wilfrid Woodborough Buttress to R of priest door 1560 mm agl LR129 SK567373
2094 Church of St Wilfrid Woodborough Buttress to R of priest door 1560 mm agl LR129 SK567373 Roman Numerals
2095 Church of St Swithun Wysall INSIDE small vestry built over priest door 1650 mm agl LR129 SK632477
2096 Church of St Swithun Wysall Chancel, S wall 1650 mm agl LR129 SK632477
2097 Church of St Swithun Wysall LR129 SK632477
2098 Church of St Swithun Wysall LR129 SK632477
2099 Church of St Swithun Wysall LR129 SK632477
2100 Church of St Swithun Wysall INSIDE tower LR129 SK632477
400 Church of the Holy Trinity Chancel, S wall, to L of priest door. 1600 mm agl LR129 SK604272
 

VI - Other things to do whilst near Nottingham

From the Ice Age drawings at Creswell Crags, a perfectly preserved snapshot of a typical 1920s home at Mr Straw’s House in Worksop, to the magnificent Elizabethan mansion that is Wollaton Hall, or to wonderful Hardwick Hall, Nottinghamshire is crammed with historical attractions.
Experience fun and engaging heritage at the Galleries of Justice Museum, the City of Caves and the Great Central (Heritage) Railway - which is actually scheduled to be running on the Friday and Saturday of the weekend of the conference. Explore the pretty village of Edwinstowe, supposedly the place where Robin Hood and Maid Marian tied the knot. Or venture into Laxton, the only village in England that still operates traditional open field farming.

There are lots of opportunities to experience something totally new. With a whole host of trails around the city and county, exploring the local heritage doesn't have to cost the earth!

More information will be provided as we hear of reactions to the Conference.  Keep coming back to get updates.

 

 

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