Daily Archives: 28th June 2021

Interesting Facts

Amcotts Moor Shoe In 1747 Amcotts villager John Tate made a discovery whilst out digging for peat. As he dug down, he cut the toe off a left shoe from a female body which had been preserved within the peat. News of this discovery soon reached local antiquary George Stovin from Hirst Priory in Belton.…

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The Isle of Axholme was at one time famous for growing celery. During the nineteenth century it would have been transported across the country by rail. Much of it travelled along the Isle of Axholme Joint Railway line. In 1927 7000 bundles of celery left Epworth station in just three days. We can see them…