CDFAS HERITAGE  & CONSERVATION GROUP

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LATEST NEWS
Eyam Hall work is to be resumed in 2008
PMSA very attractive dossier is now complete and ready to present to Robert Burstow at Derby University.

EYAM HALL
CDFAS launched a Heritage & Conservation Group. They have worked on a winter 2005-6 project at Eyam Hall on their wonderful library, with many 17^th century books. These having been dusted over and checked for damage are now to be catalogued on a database. Under Mrs Nicola Wright’s guidance the group have fulfilled a useful task for the Wright family who have lived at Eyam Hall for some 400 years. The family portraits have been dusted and checked and finally for this season, the tapestries are to be cleaned and checked. It has been painstaking and interesting work and very worthwhile.

Work resumed at EYAM HALL in January 2007 under the direction of Mrs Nicola Wright.  Volunteers  have been sorting and listing late 19th century and early 20th century clothes and household items belonging to the Wright family.  They have had a fascinating glimpse into the past looking at undergarments, uniforms, furs, table linen and baby clothes and much more.  Also beautiful embroidery, lace and other needlework worked by Irene Wright who was born in the late 19th century.  The group have had enjoyed unwrapping and looking at all these treasures, some of which will later be shown in themed exhibitions at Eyam Hall.

Cataloguing and checking for damage is undertaken by this group led by Pat Paulett  01629 812521.

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PUBLIC MONUMENTS & SCULPTURE ASSOCIATION’S NATIONAL RECORDING PROJECT

This project is to record public freestanding and decorative sculptures in Derbyshire and we are starting in Buxton where there must be quite a number of public sculptures. Ecclesiastical sculpture or war memorials will not be included unless of outstanding interest.

The record will be photographic and descriptive, giving the exact location. I have forms to fill in for each sculpture from Robert Burstow of Derby University.

In January 2007 James Kellie has photographed two of the items, a selection is introduced above.

Four members with an intimate knowledge of the town have set about recording the noteworthy monuments and sculptures found around Buxton for a National Recording Project, which is being put together county by county. The Derbyshire records are being compiled by Dr Robert Burstow of Derby University, who has sent us rather complicated forms for each monument.

Margaret Schofield and Ann Vessey have made an excellent start on making records for all the urns, drinking fountains, the war memorial, central to the ‘slopes’ overlooking the crescent with it’s decorative Cavendish Coat of Arms.

Geoff Willis and Keith Robinson will be tackling tombstones, obelisks and we hope they will find statues at Pooles Cavern Garden.

James Kellie will follow in their wake with his camera poised to eventually make an archive CD of the Buxton monuments.

Angela Kellie  Co-ordinator