Battle of Hatfield group hold AGM

The Battle of Hatfield Investigation Society is holding its fifth annual meeting and presentation on Friday 19th June.

The event at Cuckney Village Hall starts at 7.30pm. The group has made a final bid final bid for a £10,000 investigation to discover whether 200 buried skeletons will prove an ancient battle took place near Warsop.

The Battle of Hatfield Investigation Society (BIOHIS) hopes to rewrite the history of the Battle of Hatfield and relocate the site of the death of Edwin - England’s first Christian king - from Doncaster to Cuckney.

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The group has spent two years trying to resolve the mystery of the skeletons discovered in mass burial pits by subsidence contractors at St. Mary’s Church, Cuckney in 1950/51.

They have submitted a bid for £10,000 Heritage Lottery Funding or a wide-ranging study involving the whole community.

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