Love from Thorney!
We have a new acquisition for the Museum in Thorney. This mess tin, a two part aluminium food container, was bought at auction, labelled...
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Feb 27, 20231 min read
Annual Report time, 1840
The Thorney Museum has recently gained access to a copy of a manuscript from over 180 years ago. As Curator, I have transcribed this to...
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dotthorney
Dec 23, 20221 min read
A Life Sentence in Thorney Abbey, starting 1459
Reginald Pecock had been Bishop of Chichester, but was found guilty of heresy, going against the teachings of the Catholic Church. He...
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Dec 6, 20221 min read
The Honourable Doctor
Last week, Thorney Museum was represented at the book launch for The Honourable Doctor, a novel based on the true story of an early...
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dotthorney
Nov 14, 20221 min read
A spectacular building
Thorney Museum is one part of the Tankyard - but not everyone knows why it is called the Tankyard. The reason is that the water tank for...
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dotthorney
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Putting the uniforms away
It is clear to everyone that the cost of energy is a challenge for those running many buildings. This includes the Thorney Society and...
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May 11, 20222 min read
Who was who? Thorney's "Book of Lives"
A member of the Parish Council mentioned this book to me a couple of months ago. As the medieval history of Thorney is quite difficult...
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dotthorney
Apr 15, 20221 min read
2022 sees a new start
After more than two years of closure due to building works and the Pandemic, the Thorney Society is delighted to announce that the...
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dotthorney
Feb 23, 20221 min read
Not a lot changes...
Thorney Museum is being helped by volunteers (Maggie Primavesi and Katie Purkiss) as we work through the things which need to be...
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dotthorney
Feb 11, 20221 min read
Madam President
This month the Committee of the Thorney Society were delighted to offer Margaret Fletcher the role of Honorary President. Margaret has...
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dotthorney
Sep 14, 20212 min read
Post delivered to Thorney Museum!
Thanks to a local resident down Willow Hall Lane, this post which used to stand on the western edge of the parish of Thorney was donated...
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Jul 6, 20202 min read
The Abbey is open again! the long view...
It was last week that Thorney Abbey was able to open for private prayer again. The Coronavirus lockdown period was the third time when...
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dotthorney
Jun 28, 20201 min read
#CelebrateTheFens
Last weekend there were to have been many events celebrating the unique environment and history of the Fens. The situation with the...
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Jun 21, 20201 min read
Miss Peckover and the Peace Society
Thank you to Jeremy Culpin and to Robert Bell at the Wisbech and Fenland Museum for finding out about this topic. In the Lincolnshire...
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dotthorney
Jun 14, 20201 min read
Volunteering at Thorney Museum
If you are interested in the village and in our local heritage, the Thorney Society would be interested to hear from you. At the moment...
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Jun 11, 20201 min read
The Scottish Soldier in the Fens
In the seventeenth century, under Cromwell, Scottish prisoners of war were marched to the Fens and made to work on the increased drainage...
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dotthorney
Jun 7, 20201 min read
The dog's train ticket
This is one of the smaller things we have in the Museum. It is a ticket for a dog, in 1957, which was travelling from Thorney to Wryde...
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dotthorney
May 31, 20201 min read
The Red Book of Thorney
The medieval abbey of Thorney was a centre of scholarship, but also a wealthy administrative centre for the lands it held over a wide...
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May 24, 20201 min read
A Royal Visit
The Thorney Annals 963-1412 AD were edited, translated and published by Dr Cyril Hart in 1997. It is one of the sources used to look at...
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May 17, 20202 min read
Thorney cottages
From the 1840s to the 1860s, around 80% of the cottages in Thorney village (a little later in many of the farms on the Fen) were rebuilt...
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