Four projects for Year 9 students - about the village of Cherry Willingham - and being organised in partnership with:  Representatives of CW Parish Council  Members of the CW2020 Steering Group  Members of CW Heritage Group and supported by  Mary Porter from Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust  Alex Thornton from Historical Environment Records (LCC) Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012

Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects –9.30: Introduction to the project and the outside visit : Walk around the village to learn about the various older buildings/sites and their history : Break : Full year briefing on all four projects : In small groups meet residents who have lived in the village for a long time to learn how it has developed over the last 50/60 years and to record their experiences either in writing or digitally. Introduction to a time-line from Iron Age through Roman, Anglo- Saxon, mediaeval to the present day including relationship to Lincoln and River Witham : Lunch : Review and record first day activities and think about the next steps for day 2

Project Aim: To research the history and heritage of the village and devise means of recording the results for later presentation Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012  Understand what is currently known about the history of Cherry Willingham and its context in the surrounding area against a time-line.  Undertake further research via the internet and by contact with e.g. the County Archives, Heritage Lincolnshire, the Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology and the Collection.  Carry out interviews with older residents of the village to record their recollection of more recent history.  Collate all this information and record it, with its sources, in a form that can be indexed and accessed electronically.

Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012 PeriodLincolnCherry Willingham Local area National events Bronze Age Iron Age 800BC Roman AD43- C410 Anglo-Saxon 5 th century to 1066 Medieval - 5 th to 15 th centuries Up to WW2 (1939) WW2 ( ) Post WW2 ( ) History of the village in two major stages

Ordnance Survey map from 1907 Notice how small the village is!

Road map from 2012 Notice how the village has grown!

Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012 PeriodLincolnCherry Willingham Local area National events Bronze Age Iron Age 800BC Roman AD43- C410 Anglo-Saxon 5 th century to 1066 Medieval - 5 th to 15 th centuries Up to WW2 (1939) WW2 ( ) Post WW2 ( ) Cherry Willingham } } }A very small village }within walking }distance of Lincoln } } } } } }Growth to some }1,600 houses and }3,500 people History of the village in two major stages

Outside visit: Walk around the village to look for older sites and houses and to record them on a map Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012  You will be divided into several smaller groups each to be accompanied by an adult  You will be going on a walk around parts of Cherry Willingham armed with some photos and a map

Old House Buildin g Artefac ts  The photos are largely of buildings/sites that are part of the village’s older history prior to World War 2  You may also take your own photos of them and note any questions you may have for later research  At all times you must stay in your groups and with your adult – do not wander off on your own

Meeting residents: To hear and record their stories of the changing face of the village in the last 50/60 years Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012  You will be divided into smaller groups to listen to one of our visiting residents as they tell their story  Listen to them and either write down some notes of what they say or record them electronically if available  Feel free to ask them questions to clarify what they have told you  Depending on time, you may move on to another resident and repeat the process with them  Remember the aim is to capture their stories so that you can compile them into a record later  Share some important things you have learned and ask any further questions before we thank our visitors

Time-line: To begin to think about the history of the village against a time-line Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012  Remember what we said this morning about the growth of the village in the last few years

Ordnance Survey map from 1907

Road map from 2012

Time-line: To begin to think about the history of the village against a time-line Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012  Short presentation on the periods we shall be looking at and why  Try and fit some vey well known historical events into the time-line

Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012 PeriodLincolnCherry Willingham Local area National events Bronze Age Iron Age 800BC Roman AD43- C410 Anglo-Saxon to 11 th century Medieval - to 15 th century Up to WW2 (1939) WW2 ( ) Post WW2 ( ) A. Date of Norman conquest – Battle of Hastings B. New church in Cherry C. Fiskerton canoes D. Start of Lincoln cathedral E. Domesday book Let us try and fit in a few example entries

Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012 PeriodLincolnCherry Willingham Local area National events Bronze Age Iron Age 800BC C. Roman AD43- C410 Anglo-Saxon to 11 th century Medieval - to 15 th century D.1072A E Up to WW2 (1939) B WW2 ( ) Post WW2 ( ) A. Date of Norman conquest – Battle of Hastings B. New church in Cherry C. Fiskerton canoes D. Start of Lincoln cathedral E. Domesday book Let us try and fit in a few example entries

Review: What have we learned today and what will we be doing next time Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012  Spend a few minutes in small groups just noting down the important things you have learned today  We share with each other some of these  Next time we will be look in more detail at this historical data, selecting what we think is important and agreeing how we will present this to residents on the third day  What have we recorded that will help us in this task?