{"id":280,"date":"2026-04-17T10:13:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:16:20","slug":"digging-up-haverhill-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280","title":{"rendered":"Digging up Haverhill, again!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The second talk on the archaeology of Haverhill, Tracy looks at St Botolph Church, which was on the corner of crowland road and the rec. This late Saxon church was demolished in the 1500’s, but the churchyard remains and was excavated in the 1990’s before housing was built over it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking at the history from late Saxon through to the 1500’s, come along and find out the history of the Saxon church and what was discovered in the church yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 6 May 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.30pm Haverhill arts centre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members \u00a32 non members \u00a33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The second talk on the archaeology of Haverhill, Tracy looks at St Botolph Church, which was on the corner of crowland road and the rec. This late Saxon church was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-talks"],"yoast_head":"\nDigging up Haverhill, again! - Haverhill Local History Museum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Digging up Haverhill, again! - Haverhill Local History Museum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The second talk on the archaeology of Haverhill, Tracy looks at St Botolph Church, which was on the corner of crowland road and the rec. This late Saxon church was…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Haverhill Local History Museum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HaverhillHistory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-17T10:13:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-17T10:16:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/poster-dig-up-church-e1776420921283.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"952\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tracy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tracy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tracy\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/106fd9232c9c4be2f097d3289d11662c\"},\"headline\":\"Digging up Haverhill, again!\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-17T10:13:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-17T10:16:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280\"},\"wordCount\":93,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/poster-dig-up-church-e1776420921283.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Talks\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280\",\"name\":\"Digging up Haverhill, again! - Haverhill Local History Museum\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/poster-dig-up-church-e1776420921283.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-17T10:13:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-17T10:16:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/poster-dig-up-church-e1776420921283.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/poster-dig-up-church-e1776420921283.png\",\"width\":952,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Digging up Haverhill, again!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/\",\"name\":\"Haverhill Local History Museum\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Haverhill Local History Museum\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cropped-382784310_334802942382136_4622562221501580303_n-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cropped-382784310_334802942382136_4622562221501580303_n-1.jpg\",\"width\":139,\"height\":149,\"caption\":\"Haverhill Local History Museum\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HaverhillHistory\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/106fd9232c9c4be2f097d3289d11662c\",\"name\":\"Tracy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/75eb44fa94c1690b1bfc5de168ec561c722b34987f505cdf62c87f291c047160?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/75eb44fa94c1690b1bfc5de168ec561c722b34987f505cdf62c87f291c047160?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tracy\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Digging up Haverhill, again! - Haverhill Local History Museum","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Digging up Haverhill, again! - Haverhill Local History Museum","og_description":"The second talk on the archaeology of Haverhill, Tracy looks at St Botolph Church, which was on the corner of crowland road and the rec. This late Saxon church was…","og_url":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280","og_site_name":"Haverhill Local History Museum","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HaverhillHistory","article_published_time":"2026-04-17T10:13:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-17T10:16:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":952,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/poster-dig-up-church-e1776420921283.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Tracy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tracy","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280"},"author":{"name":"Tracy","@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/106fd9232c9c4be2f097d3289d11662c"},"headline":"Digging up Haverhill, again!","datePublished":"2026-04-17T10:13:41+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-17T10:16:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280"},"wordCount":93,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/poster-dig-up-church-e1776420921283.png","articleSection":["Talks"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280","url":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280","name":"Digging up Haverhill, again! - Haverhill Local History Museum","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/poster-dig-up-church-e1776420921283.png","datePublished":"2026-04-17T10:13:41+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-17T10:16:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/poster-dig-up-church-e1776420921283.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/poster-dig-up-church-e1776420921283.png","width":952,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?p=280#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Digging up Haverhill, again!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/","name":"Haverhill Local History Museum","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#organization","name":"Haverhill Local History Museum","url":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cropped-382784310_334802942382136_4622562221501580303_n-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cropped-382784310_334802942382136_4622562221501580303_n-1.jpg","width":139,"height":149,"caption":"Haverhill Local History Museum"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HaverhillHistory"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/106fd9232c9c4be2f097d3289d11662c","name":"Tracy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/75eb44fa94c1690b1bfc5de168ec561c722b34987f505cdf62c87f291c047160?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/75eb44fa94c1690b1bfc5de168ec561c722b34987f505cdf62c87f291c047160?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tracy"},"url":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284,"href":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions\/284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haverhillhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}