History

Wassail—an ancient English tradition

Wassailing is 1000 year old English tradition. Stuart King outlines the simple chronology and and some details of the wassail bowl.

Little Missenden, Threatened by High Speed Rail (HS2)

Little Missenden is a typical ‘Mid Sommer Murders’ village’. Sneek in and take a look at the phantom hedgecutter!

I built an Automaton

An automaton can amuse and entertain using the simplest of mechanical technology and can be made by anyone using basic woodworking skills.

Wild wood Archaeology

The Wildwood is still giving up its secrets, albeit slowly. Exploration started rather late due to a wet spring but continued well into the autumn with each carefully dug and recorded trench revealing a little more of life from prehistory to the medieval period.

Mystery of the Moor—4000 years of woodturning

A Bronze Age burial chamber was discovered on Dartmoor, with the remains of a woman, and four lathe-turned ear studs. So began an archaeological experiment.