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Credits
The History of the Village History Project
The village history project was first considered in 2007, following a chance meeting between the then Director of Hadrian’s Wall Heritage Limited (HWHL) and Ian McAndrew. During their conversation, Ian told him several of the stories associated with St Bees – the legend of Bega, the founding of St Bees School by Archbishop Grindal, the Theological College and most recently the extraordinary find of St Bees Man.
As a result of that conversation, a further meeting was arranged between members of the village History Group and Marie Whitehead, of HWHL, who was then developing the “Hadrian’s Wall corridor” down the west coast of Cumbria. In turn this led to some initial funding from HWHL, a public meeting and some draft proposals for history displays. An application was made to the Heritage Lottery Fund and, after an initial setback, we were subsequently awarded a grant of £45,000.
Since then it has taken a long time to arrive at the displays you see here today and many people and organizations have helped it happen.
Acknowledgements
- Ian McAndrew, who conceived the idea through his chance meeting with HWHL and led the team that brought it to fruition
- Chris Robson, John Kennedy and Rosalie McAndrew who did much of the administrative and planning work
- The various historians without whose research and willingness to allow us to use it, there would be no history to tell - Bob Jopling, Trevor Park, Tony Reeve, Tom Rice, Doug Sim, Mary and the late John Todd, and many others.
- Neville Denson for information on Josefina de Vasconcellos and genral proof reading
- Jo Scott and David Patrick, who provided the interpretive and graphic design work, and Peter Snowball who produced the new illustrations
- Ian McAndrew, Julian Needham and Doug Sim for the photographs
- Marie Whitehead and later Julie Sloan from HWHL who applied to the Heritage Lottery Fund on our behalf for funding and managed the financial side of the project
- The Vicar and Parochial Church Council for supporting the project and, most importantly, allowing the displays to be housed in the Priory
- The members of the DAC who supported the project and helped us obtain a Faculty for the work
- St Bees Parish Council, St Bees Schools and English Heritage for expressing their support which helped us secure the grant
- Doug Sim, David Hope, Malcolm Lightfoot, Chris Robson, Ian McAndrew, Frank & Debbie Bowler for work ranging from weightlifting (the stone effigies on to the new plinth and pews) to staining, varnishing, painting and clearing up various areas
- The people who produced the displays you see here today – Alan Armstrong who built all the cabinets, graphic display units and associated units, Leach Colour Limited who produced the graphic boards, Rob Fisher and his team from FusionLX for the design and installation of the lighting, Dixon for supplying and fitting the carpets
- The congregation of the Priory church, who put up with the disruption our work has caused (and are hopefully delighted with the results!)
St Bees Village History Group
June 2010
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