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BENTLEY WITH ARKSEY  HERITAGE SOCIETY

 

 

 

 

About our Society

 

A group of local people founded Bentley with Arksey Heritage Society in 1988, in order to search record and preserve the history and heritage of Bentley and Arksey near Doncaster.

We are a voluntary organisation which is self funded, and we are based in the heritage corner at Bentley Library. We have put on many displays of our own and taken part in many larger exhibitions including the Local history Festival and the Coalfield exhibition at St Georges Church, Doncaster. We have supported the local Bentley Bonanza gala in Bentley Park through our membership of the Bentley Area Community Partnership Group, and have worked with schools in the area to encourage children with Local Studies projects.


We have a small museum of artefacts and photographs, we have also arranged day trips of historical interest for our members and we have had four and five day holidays.

 

Society items for sale

 

 

The Society has also produced a book called ‘A Journey into the Past,’ which contains photographs of earlier times; the book can be bought at one of our meetings for £4.00 each or from the Post Office on the High Street Bentley. Or we can send you a copy for £4 + the cost of postage.

 

 

 

All money from these items goes towards the Society funds.

 

Society Programme Of Events

 

The Society meets on the first Friday of the month during the summer months i.e. April until September.  We meet at Bentley Methodist Church Hall, Chapel Street, Bentley, between 7pm and 9pm.  All are welcome to attend meetings and free tea and coffee is provided. We also meet on occasional Saturday afternoons at the same venue.

 

If you require any further information about meetings or events or to buy any of the items mentioned above please contact us by email or by telephone on the number below.

 

The Society will be having a stall at this year's Bentley Bonanza on Sunday 28th June 2009 between 1pm and 5pm at Bentley Park and Pavilion.  The theme of this year's Bonanza is 'Past, Present and Future' and the society will be putting on a display about Bentley and Arksey's past in the form of an illustrated timeline.  Copies of the Society's publication will be on sale on the day.

 

 

 

Mrs Jean Baldwin on Doncaster 01302 873863

mailto:bentleywitharkseyheritagesociety@yahoo.co.uk

 

 

USEFUL WEB LINKS

 

Doncaster Council website

www.doncaster.gov.uk

 

 

DONCASTER LIBRARYS ON-LINE CATALOGUE

http://194.152.88.99/#focus

On-line catalogue and requests

This can be used to search for any item in the stock of Doncaster Library and Information Services, and display location of items and whether or not they are immediately available. Items can be requested for collection at your nearest library.

 

 Donny Online

www.donny.co.uk

The biggest Doncaster community information and entertainment web site.

 

Northern College

www.northern.ac.uk

Northern college run several free short courses including topics about different aspects of history.

 

Old Dronfield Society

http://www.olddronfieldsociety.org.uk/

The Old Dronfield Society was formed in 1968 to promote interest in the history of the town and its neighbourhood.

 

Pontefract and District Archaeological Society

http://www.wdco.org/site/Pontefract-and--District-Archaeological-Society/index.htm

Excavations, Field walking, Geophysical surveys, winter lecture programme, Young Archaeologist's Club, excursions GB and world-wide. Winner, Pitt Rivers Award 2000 for the St Aidan's sunken ship project

 

FLOODING - TOLL BAR & BENTLEY, DONCASTER - JUNE 2007

(Photographs reproduced by kind permission of Nigel Barthorpe)

http://www.syfire.gov.uk/PDF_Files/PGFloods0607.pdf

 

 

PHOTO BANK OF SOCIETY

 

CLICK HERE

 

 

 

 

New Members are always welcome at any one of our meetings

 

 

CREATED BY Christopher Cummins ON 20^TH OCTOBER 2005

LAST UPDATED 21st June 2009

 

 

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