Stanhoe Archive
From 2008 to 2023 Stanhoe Archive was the village’s local history group. Members worked to transcribe documents dating from the 14th century to the 1970s, collect old photos, interview Stanhoe residents for an oral history collection, and research the history of the village through maps and fieldwalking.
photo: Pamela Austin
Stanhoe Archive members with the grant notification from Awards for All on 20 May 2008: (l-r) Ken Foskett, Mary-Anne Hallinan, Pamela Austin, Charles Butcher, Geraldine Butcher, Rosemary Brown, Terry Austin, Mary Lancefield
You can see the photo collection here, and sound recordings here.
In 2008 Stanhoe Archive members were the happy recipients of a grant of £2,590 from the National Lottery under the Awards for All scheme. They used the money to buy a digital recording machine for oral history work, a digital projector and screen for presentations, and other equipment and materials for displays and conservation.
In 2023 the group decided to shut down. Its work was largely completed, and several of the original members had died or moved away from Stanhoe.
If you would like to share documents, photos or memories relating to Stanhoe, please get in touch with the former chairperson (tel 01603 873386).