A leading team of archaelogists based from Winchester Uni are to excavate the ruins of the old Church (back of the current St Andrew's) which date back to 15c (I think!) to find remnants of an older church, thought to be Saxon. This will take place in the week leading up to the 13th July and the Church will be open all week to display finds etc. Anyone living locally could make a photo-journal of the stages and any Time Team fans will have something local to tickle their fancies! Catch The Journal nearer the time for further details.
I learned of this and many other details, of varying interest, on the Festival historic tour of Laverstock given by blue badge guides yesterday afternoon. Thanks both to them and to the couple who opened up their home, the Old Vicarage (oldest house in Laverstock c 1450) for elderflower cordial and shortbread by the riverside afterwards. Though not a Laverstock resident myself, these tours can be both interesting and a very pleasant (and cheap!) way of whiling away an afternoon.
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