Rutland Oral History

Information about oral history projects in Rutland

If you would like to add details of your project to this page, email us at emoha@le.ac.uk. For all projects that have been granted Local Heritage Initiative grants, look at the LHI East Midlands page. For information about oral history in the other counties of the East Midlands have a look at the East Midlands Projects page.

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Cottesmore - The Living Village is looking to produce a range of outputs showing how the village has grown and changed over the last 150 years. The Cottesmore History and Archeology Group recived a grant of £5,900 form the Heritage Lottery Fund. Website - http://cottesmorehistory.blogspot.co.uk/

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The Heritage of Rutland Water. Rutland Local History & Record Society. When the Gwash Valley was flooded in the mid-1970s, Rutland Water became England’s largest man-made lake set in the country’s smallest county. An area of water created as a reservoir and initially strongly opposed has become a major tourist attraction internationally recognized for its wildlife.

This community project will investigate, document and publicize the changing heritage of this area. This will be the first time that such a detailed and comprehensive survey has been attempted and may be the last opportunity before memories disappear. Project Contact Mr Robert Ovens. Address c/o Rutland County Museum. Catmose Street. OAKHAM. Rutland. LE15 6HW. Finishing Date 31 May 07. The Group received a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £24591.

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