Cherry Willingham Community School
Year 9 projects 2012
Four projects for Year 9 students - about the
village of Cherry Willingham - and being
organised in partnership with:
 Representatives of CW Parish Council
 Members of the CW2020 Steering Group
 Members of CW Heritage Group
and supported by
 Mary Porter from Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
 Alex Thornton from Historical Environment
Records (LCC)
Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012
9.05–9.30: Introduction to the project and the outside visit
9.30-11: Timeline from Iron Age through Roman, Anglo-Saxon, mediaeval
to the present day including relationship to Lincoln and River Witham,
medieval history of the area of the Witham Valley and the key role of the
abbeys, the manor house and the fish ponds
Introduction to outside visit
11-11.30: Break
11.30-12: Full year briefing on all four projects
12-1.30: Visit to pond to photograph and learn about the work undertaken
by the Parish Council to recover the pond, relate to the history of the
village from morning session including looking at the Roman & AngloSaxon artefacts found in the area.
1.30-2.15 Lunch
2.15-3.15: Review and record first day activities and think about the next
steps for day 2
Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012
Medieval fish pond on Lady Meers Road
Part of a group of ponds probable serving
the Manor House in the village
Rescued from housing because of its
historical significance and the presence
of the great crested newt – which is a
nationally protected species
 Pond dredged and restored, fenced and landscaped
 Heritage Lottery grant to develop this further and encourage further wildlife
 We now want your help to design information boards so that that residents
and villagers can be fully informed about its history and its natural
environment
Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012
Project Aim: To design
information boards to inform
residents and visitors about
the history of the pond in the
context of the village and
surrounding landscape
1. To research the nature of the ponds and the history of the village and
surrounding landscape and artefacts discovered in the area.
2. To consider which of this information should be displayed and to obtain the
agreement of the Parish Council.
3. To research the type of boards used in other historical locations, along with
the costs of each, and agree with the Parish Council on the most appropriate
for this location along with a budget.
4. To produce final designs for each display and submit these to the Parish
Council.
Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012
History of the village in two major stages
Period
Bronze Age
Iron Age 800BC
Roman AD43C410
Anglo-Saxon 5th
century to 1066
Medieval - 5th to
15th centuries
Up to WW2
(1939)
WW2 (1939-45)
Post WW2
(1945-2012)
Lincoln Cherry
Willingham
Local
area
National
events
Ordnance Survey map from 1907
Notice how small the village is!
Road map
from 2012
Notice how
the village
has grown!
Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012
Later on you
will visit the
pond and see
some “finds”
made in a
resident’s
garden
Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012
History of the village in two major stages
Period
Bronze Age
Iron Age 800BC
Roman AD43C410
Anglo-Saxon 5th
century to 1066
Medieval - 5th to
15th centuries
Up to WW2
(1939)
WW2 (1939-45)
Post WW2
(1945-2012)
Lincoln Cherry
Willingham
Local
area
National
events
Cherry Willingham
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Growth to
Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012
Let us try and fit in a few example entries
Period
Bronze Age
Iron Age 800BC
Roman AD43C410
Anglo-Saxon to
11th century
Medieval - to
15th century
Up to WW2
(1939)
WW2 (1939-45)
Post WW2
(1945-2012)
Lincoln Cherry
Willingham
Local
area
National
events
A. Date of Norman
conquest – Battle of
Hastings
B. New church in
Cherry
C. Fiskerton canoes
D. Start of Lincoln
cathedral
E. Domesday book
Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012
We fit in our example entries
Period
Lincoln Cherry
Willingham
Bronze Age
Iron Age 800BC
Roman AD43C410
Anglo-Saxon to
11th century
Medieval - to
15th century
Up to WW2
(1939)
WW2 (1939-45)
Local
area
National
events
C.
A. Date of Norman
conquest – Battle of
Hastings
B. New church in
Cherry
C. Fiskerton canoes
D.1072
F.
A. 1066
E. 1086
B. 1753
D. Start of Lincoln
cathedral
E. Domesday book
Post WW2
(1945-2012)
F. Manor House and Fish Ponds in Cherry Willingham in the medieval period on
which you will be focusing
Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012
You are now going to research further about
MEDIEVAL manor houses and fish ponds
 Divide into four groups – two to research manor
houses and two fish ponds
 Use the internet and printed materials provided to
answer the following questions. Record your findings
for later reference and sharing with the other groups
 What is the role of the manor house in a medieval
village? What effect did it have on the ordinary
villagers and their lives? What can you learn about
CW manor house?
 What role did fish ponds play in providing food for the
manor house and villagers? Why did they need to
build them? What was needed to make a good site
for them? Where did the fish come from and how did
they catch them?
Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012
Outside visit: You are going
out to the pond where you
will meet Alex Thornton an
archaeologist working for
Lincolnshire Historical
Environment Records
 You will walk to the pond where Alex will talk to you about both some
archaeological finds which come from Mr Jones’ garden
 She will explain something about their history and how archaeologists work
to find such pieces and identify them
 Cllr Anne Welburn will also talk about how the pond has been saved and
developed so far
 At all times you must stay together and with the adults – do not wander off
on your own
Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012
Some examples of information boards
found in Lincoln
Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012
You now continue your research about
MEDIEVAL manor houses and fish ponds
 You review and continue the research you started this
morning. In the light of what you have learned at the
pond what else do you want to find out?
 What is the role of the manor house in a medieval
village? What effect did it have on the ordinary
villagers and their lives? What can you learn about
CW manor house?
 What role did fish ponds play in providing food for the
manor house and villagers? Why did they need to
build them? What was needed to make a good site
for them? Where did the fish come from and how did
they catch them?
Cherry Willingham Community School Year 9 projects 2012
Review: What have we
learned today and what will
we be doing next time
 Spend a few minutes in your groups noting down the important things you
have learned today
 You share some of these with each other
 Next time you will finalise your research and begin to choose what
information you want to include on the boards as well as choosing some
designs of boards
 What have you recorded today that will help you in this task?