Tag: local

Heritage Walks for all the family…

Are you new to the area? Want to learn more about your local heritage and explore historic maps?     Know Your Place are running a series of FREE HERITAGE WALKS around the region to help you discover your local heritage on the go. Attend an introductory talk and bring your smart phones and tablets to […]

Spring Events 2017

Announcing our exciting programme of public events across the West of England this Spring. As the first signs of Spring start to appear, we have been busy putting together a fun and varied programme of events that will bring our team out and about across the West of England region in the coming months. From […]

Showing off the Best of the West: Plans for our Touring Exhibition

Sharing our plans for the touring exhibition. Since June we have been working with our appointed exhibition designers – Hotrod Creations and City Insights – to develop ideas for the exhibition, work out what will go in it and decide where it will travel. What we want the exhibition to do The aims of our exhibition are very similar […]

Revealing history on your street

Over the past few months we’ve been travelling the length and breadth of the West of England to work with curators, archivists and librarians, in search of heritage that could be shared on Know Your Place. This heritage includes early photographs, compelling oral histories, beautiful illustrations and fascinating objects that help tell the story of our place.   We hope […]

From Battlefields to Excavations: Sharing the Historic Environment Record

Archaeology and HER Officer Paul Driscoll explains the importance of sharing South Gloucestershire’s heritage data on Know Your Place. The Historic Environment Record (HER) for South Gloucestershire was recently made available through the South Gloucestershire edition of Know Your Place.  The HER is a database of heritage assets and investigations, such as archaeological sites, listed buildings, […]