Paul Sherman was elected by the Board of Trustees to be the new Chairman of Lathom Park Trust late last year. Paul has a wealth of knowledge on he archaeology of Lathom Park and Lathom District. He is a founder and Director of North West Heritage CIC and a volunteer crew member and Trustee of he Southport Offshore Lifeboat.
Paul will work towards advancing the curren projects underaken by he Trust with expert guidance and knowledge.
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Scheduled Monument Status for Roman Fort, Lathom, Burscough Nr Ormskirk
The attached link will take you to the Historic England listing for the Roman Fort site in West Lancashire. The Trust funded a number of surveys and field walks on the site around 15 years ago after looking at earlier documented evidence of Roman activity on the fields there.
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1470328
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Tribute to Ken Vincent
Kenneth Isaac Vincent 29 Dec 1932-20 Feb 2020
It is with great sadness that The Trustees heard of the sudden passing of our long serving Trustee Mr Kenneth Vincent at the age of 87. Kenneth was passionate about the history of Lathom and he shared some wonderful memories of Lathom with us. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this sad time. He will be a great loss to many.
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Review of 2019
The Trust took part in some amazing events throughout 2019. We started the year with a small display in the Civic Hall, Ormskirk and this set the scene for a busy few months.
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NEW PROJECT ‘A Life In Service’
We are pleased to announce that Lathom Park Trust is undertaking a new research-based project. Entitled 'A Life In Service' the project will focus on the staff of Lathom House over the period 1725-1925.
We will be researching the lives of the staff members, their families and their stories with a view to publishing the material in various formats over the coming years.
The trustees are already in the process of transcribing census records in order to identify potential research subjects and ...
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Archaeology
In 1998, the history of Lathom was – and had been for centuries, surrounded by myths, folklore and academic argument.
Work involving archaeologists, researchers, historians and our own members since Lathom Park Trust was informally set up in 1998 before its formal launch in 2000, has gone some way to discovering the real truths.
Significant Iron Age, Romano-British and Medieval settlements have been discovered along with ancient Parklands – details of which can be found on preceding pages....
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Latham Spa Roughs Survey
Lathom Park Trust has finished for this season at least a survey of Spa Roughs, on the edge of Lathom Park. Its been a fantastic effort aided by a team of volunteers, that included students from Edge Hill University who braved all manners of weathers to discover more about Lathoms fascinating past. Not only did it mean facing the weathers, but also pitting ourselves against the vegetation. The area is woodland and there is a vast density of underbrush, more specifically...
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Aims of the Trust
To advance the education of the public in the history of Lathom Park primarily but not exclusively through:
Carrying out and supporting historical and archaeological research and surveys within Lathom Park and the dissemination of the results of such research.
Promoting the historical and archaeological significance of Lathom Park and encouraging the indentification, protection and preservation of significant sites.
Offering and supporting training for the general ...
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