ElsecarHAZ

Elsecar Heritage Action Zone: a partnership project between @BarnsleyMuseums & @HistoricEngland, discovering and sharing @DiscoverElsecar's industrial heritage.

[ElsecarHAZ @ElsecarHAZ]

Have you seen our new @BarnsleyMuseums blogsite? Featuring a new blog about last year's #NewcomenDig at @DiscoverElsecar with @GreatPlace_WE and @ArcHeritageYAT which uncovered the boiler house of our amazing #NewcomenEngine https://t.co/Rcm7ELJcod #CommunityArchaeology 👇👇👇

[Barnsley Museums @BarnsleyMuseums]

Yesterday was a great day at the Northern Cultural Education Awards with @EldonHaz proud to be a finalist in the Inspirational Partnership category for work with @TrinityAcadStE

[Barnsley Museums @BarnsleyMuseums]

On yer bike!

Read about the history of the building that has been transformed through the @EldonHaz project

https://t.co/TlzKFGHlOJ

[Brian Elliott @BElliottAuthor]

Thomas Newcomen’s (1664-1729) engine (1712) was adopted at many coal mines but only one survives on its original site @DiscoverElsecar . An iron monger and Baptist preacher, he is remembered via many street names including at Doncaster, Hoyland, Hull and London. @HistoryJT

[Brian Elliott @BElliottAuthor]

My interest in @DiscoverElsecar began in late 60s when I was a student. In early 1970s I tutored local history classes in Barnsley for WEA and Sheffield University. Summer excursions included tours of Newcomen engine, permission granted by NCB. Always remember/
@HistoryJT

[Barnsley Archives & Local Studies @BarnsArchives]

We have an #ArchiveCollection filled with photographs of Hoyland and Elsecar.

Does anyone remember the Futurist Cinema?

⛵️Elsecar canal basin
📽️ Futurist Cinema
🍻 Elsecar Midland Club
⚽️ Hoyland Junior Football Club

#Archive30 https://t.co/rstdiJbRTo

[Barnsley Museums @BarnsleyMuseums]

For #BritishScienceWeek here's a thread about the Newcomen Engine at @DiscoverElsecar which you can read more about on our blogsite

https://t.co/NCZ1R0am7Q

[ElsecarHAZ @ElsecarHAZ]

On #InternationalWomensDay we're remembering Elsecar's Adeline Jackson, who became the first female glass technologist in the UK working at Wood Brothers in #Barnsley. Read more about her here 👇 https://t.co/nWIvCMbf89 @BarnsleyMuseums @BarnsArchives @HistoricEngland

[ElsecarHAZ @ElsecarHAZ]

Happy #LeapDay everyone! Can we join the #MuseumTwitter game of #LeapFrog with this lovely frogged brick? Found during the #NewcomenDig it's only the second one (that we know of) from a small 19th century brickworks near Elsecar. Probably not very good at jumping mind... 🐸

[ElsecarHAZ @ElsecarHAZ]

@RLCMuseum @BarnsleyMuseums @REME_MUSEUM @ColMuseums @MPSHeritage @MaryRoseMuseum @AncientHouseMus @SoldiersofShrop @AGCMuseum @mi_intel Barnsley never disappoints 🤣

[ElsecarHAZ @ElsecarHAZ]

@BarnsleyMuseums @RLCMuseum @REME_MUSEUM @ColMuseums @MPSHeritage @MaryRoseMuseum @AncientHouseMus @SoldiersofShrop @AGCMuseum @mi_intel Not forgetting Elsecar Old Horse as well 🐎Master Copperfield, who featured in the Elsecar Old Horse Play in the early 1900s #MusuemTwitter #HistoricalHorses https://t.co/Ymsf8Aa0Qz

[Barnsley Museums @BarnsleyMuseums]

For #NationalOldStuffDay here's one of the more obscure objects in our collections:

The Old Horse Party was founded around 1900 by a local miner from Elsecar called Tom Walker who had written a short, light-hearted three act play about a horse losing its shoe @DiscoverElsecar

[ElsecarHAZ @ElsecarHAZ]

We love this letter, which was discovered (and collected by @BarnsleyArchives) as part of the Elsecar HAZ. We're also delighted that Mrs Denton appears to have had her request granted #ChristmasCoal #SouthYorkshire #Elsecar @BarnsleyMuseums @HistoricEngland @explorearchives

[Barnsley Archives & Local Studies @BarnsArchives]

#ArchiveAdventCalendar In December 1941, Mrs Denton - a miner's widow, wrote to the Fitzwilliam Estate to ask about her Christmas coal allowance, given to miners from the Elsecar pits until nationalisation in 1947. #FestiveTraditions @DiscoverElsecar @NCMME

[Graham Walker @GW1962]

Bravo #Barnsley! @BarnsleyCouncil today announced @BarnsleyMuseums and outdoor attractions had record-breaking visitor numbers April- June, it’s busiest quarter on record. with 505,000+ visitors, 34,000 more than same time last year, one of many achievements highlighted in latest performance report. Not surprised #Barnsleyisbrill. Go visit @EBMuseum @CooperBarnsley @DiscoverElsecar @CannonHall1760 @Worsbrough_Mill @BarnsleyMHT #ad

[Experience Barnsley Museum @EBMuseum]

.@ParkwayBarnsley opened #OnThisDay in 2007

Our 1960s reconstruction takes you to Eldon Street when it was still the Odeon. Watch the full video on YouTube

https://t.co/TVnheB4y4c

@EldonHaz @HistoricEngland

[Elsecar Heritage Centre @DiscoverElsecar]

#YorkshireHumour We have two Elsecar themed postcards. Nessie spotted in Elsecar reservoir and 'Yorkshire Sayings' a postcard sent from Blackpool to an Elsecar family in 1917 @DialectHeritage @ElsecarHAZ #YorkshireDay

[Barnsley Museums @BarnsleyMuseums]

As part of the #FestivalOfArchaeology we're looking back on the #MiltonDig from 2018 with a short video of some of the discoveries from the excavation

https://t.co/kFLR5ee4Ab

You can see more of these finds at the Dig This! event at @EBMuseum tomorrow https://t.co/QgjB6SqWm6

[Barnsley Museums @BarnsleyMuseums]

For the #FestivalofArchaeology we're revisiting the Milton dig from 2018 and sharing some of the fascinating finds that were uncovered.

You can read about the excavation in this blog https://t.co/OlykoSTpOi

We'll be sharing more finds this week @DiscoverElsecar @ElsecarHAZ

[Niall Clarke @nialljclarke]

Well, I know you've all been wondering where I was this evening. I was on a tour of the site of the oldest steam engine in the world still in-situ. Courtesy of the wonderful people @BarnsleyMuseums @ElsecarHAZ taking us behind the scenes 😁

[ElsecarHAZ @ElsecarHAZ]

We had such a good time at the #MiltonDig Visit @EBMuseum tomorrow to see some of the finds as part of this year's #FestivalofArchaeology

@archaeologyuk @HistoricEngland @IGMTarch @pipearchive @ArcHeritageYAT

#ThrowbackThursday #HeritageActionZone

[Experience Barnsley Museum @EBMuseum]

#ThrowbackThursday We're looking at more of the discoveries from the #MiltonDig in 2018

You can see these objects and many more tomorrow as part of the family friendly #FestivalOfArchaeology event 11am-2pm

Read more about the excavation from 2018 https://t.co/hckWbJI4ZI

[Elsecar Heritage Centre @DiscoverElsecar]

Coming to Elsecar on Sun, 30 July, The Un-Naturalists Summer Tour. Join us for a fabulous comedy tour guaranteed to raise a smile, hear the history of the village performed in a whole new way!
Free but booking advisable - tickets available here https://t.co/eJhi94hEK1

[Mark Farnsworth @markdfarnsworth]

Bit of local history, crossing at Tingle Bridge Lane, Hemingfield.

Pre early 1950s as my house is still a field!!

@DiscoverElsecar