Hough Mill

The last session by our partners LIHS at the Califat coal mine engine house - after 200+ monthly sessions over 16 years the excavation and landscaping is complete. #coalmining #heritage #Swannington swannington-heritage.co.uk/c…

It was a pleasure to host @AshbyArtClub last week swannington-heritage.co.uk/c…. Always happy to open up for artists just for pleasure or for them to help interpret our fabulous history

Swannington Heritage Trust won Museum of the Year, Best Research and Best Project Under £750 at the #LRHFheritageawards plus highly commended for behind the scenes - see swannington-heritage.co.uk/t… It reflects the work of our fabulous volunteers.

An infectious disease closing a school in 1909 - shows history repeats itself

Always great to see people posting photos of Swannington's fabulous heritage

While pruning the gorse and removing brambles our volunteers discovered a bent silver birch - shows how hard it strived to seek the light #Swannington #birch #Leicestershire

The Berkin family of St George's Hill and Montana. More amazing tales of our extraordinary ordinary people. We are still researching the part of the Berkin family that lived in Main Street. #Berkin #Swannington #Coleorton #Montana #familyhistory

Prairie Pioneers! From Main Street To Manitoba - the story if the Fewkes family who emigrated from Swannington to Canada. See swannington-heritage.co.uk/f… #Swannington #Leicestershire #Canada #Fewkes #familyhistory

Raymond, Wright and George Fowkes - Swannington Brothers, Seafarers of the World - describes their WWII era sailing trips. See swannington-heritage.co.uk/h… #Swannington #Coalville #Leicestershire #history #fowkes

Our permissive path along the Swannington Incline is closed Tuesday 25th August as high winds are forecast. #Swannington #Coalville #Leicestershire #winds #keepsafe

Even though Hough Mill is not opening this year, maintenance work has continued. Volunteers have been busy cleaning and painting the fantail sails.

Volunteers at Robert Stephenson's 1833 Incline apologise to the ants for disturbing them while weeding the coal pavement. Hope you find a new home soon. #ants #Swannington #Leicestershire #railway

#Swannington Incline winding engine manufactured by The Horsely Coal & Iron Company in 1833 - it was in regular use until the beginning of 1948 and taken to National Railway Museum York in 1951. Anyone remember it in use or being removed? #railways #Leicestershire

Buglife buglife.org.uk/our-work/b-li… has designated bee friendly corridors to help bees (and other wildlife) thrive. The Gorse Field, Califat Spinney and Incline are all in the corridor, which is great. @Buzz_dont_tweet

Yesterday the diggers had to dodge a small swarm of bees during the Califat dig. Very topical as this article theguardian.com/environment/… reports on the creation of bee friendly highways in the UK @guardian @guardiannews #bees

A fabulous new painting for our collection - Rock Fall the death of 14 year old Thomas Webster - by Swannington Artist Christine Davies. See swannington-heritage.co.uk/c……/child-coal-miners/ for the newspaper reports of the incident. A picture paints a 1,000 words thank you Christine

Added the 1911 census and 1939 register for Hough Hill, Swannington to the website swannington-heritage.co.uk/h… Anyone with photos of Hough Hill? #Swannington #Coalville #Leicestershire

The distinctive leaf shape and unusual flowers (on the trunk) of Cercis siliquastrum (Judas tree) one of the unual trees in the Califat Spinney Arboretum. #Swannington #Coalville #Leicestershire #judas

On the 9th November 1841 Thomas Webster, aged 14, was killed by a rock fall at Whitwick Colliery see swannington-heritage.co.uk/c……/child-coal-miners/ Could you help us interpret the work of child miners by drawing or painting the scene?

Participating in the @MusDevEM Delving Deeper - Reinterpreting Collections programme via a Zoom conference with @OldRectoryLboro @belpermill and others