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Tender Details
- Country: United Kingdom
- Summary: Historian in Residence
- GBT Ref No: 121570269
- Deadline: 04 Jul 2025
- Competition: ICB
- Financier: Self Financed
- Purchaser Ownership: Public
- Tender Value: 5000
- Notice Type: Tender
- Document Ref. No.: St Osyth Priory and Parish Trust HIR
- Purchaser's Detail :
- Description :
- With public access restored through events and the education centre after 30 years of closure, The National Lottery Heritage Fund Development Phase funded Project will focus on the redevelopment of the Grade II* listed Tithe Barn and Grade II listed Old Dairy into an attractive venue that can host weddings, celebrations, and community events alike.
As part of this project, The Trust are offering a consultancy for a historian (including archaeologists, heritage librarians, museologists, archivists, teachers, and heritage
architects) to explore the history of St Osyth Priory and to engage our volunteers and community with the heritage of the site. Please note, that this position is funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund Development Phase Grant.
The history of the site is under-researched, but information is available from a number of sources, with the Priory specifically referenced in documents relating to the dissolution in the
National Archive and British Library, St Osyth mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon name stones at Lindisfarne, and the seal of St Osyth held by Alnwick Castle. Further information is available
via the collections of Colchester Castle, a Historic England report, the works of local historian Phyllis M Hendy, and previous studies by architects from City & Country. The Trust
will support access to these works where possible.
The Historian will undertake research into the history of St Osyth Priory; this could include existing c... - Documents :
Purchaser : ST OSYTH PRIORY & PARISH TRUST
St Osyth Education Centre & Museum, 'Behind the Wall' Colchester Road St. Osyth CO16 8HA England
Contact Person : Chyanne Payne
Email :tenders@stosythpriorytrust.org.uk
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