Burncross Action Team

Background:

Burncross Action Team formed a history sub group in 2011 in collaberation with Chapeltown and High Green Archives and local residents who had a genuine interest in the history of Burncross.

Partnership / Community / Collaboration:

• Local Historians – Beryl Greaves / Joan Jones (Chapeltown & High Green Archive),
• Jan Sintemaartensdijk (Dutch historian / writer who has published books on the topic of the war years and  translated a Dutch diary for our History Group,
• Dutch camp residents. 

History Board Sitings:

Board 1 (Location = Barnes Hall Road)

Board 2 

Board 3 (Location = Milton Road)

Acknowledgements & other reference material used:

  • Life and Times of Bracken Hill – A chapeltown & High Green Archive Publication – ISBN 09513952 2 X (1992)

  • Chapeltown & High Green The War Years – A chapeltown & High Green Archive Publication – ISBN 0 9513952 0 3 (1988)

  • The Sheffield Star – Archive materials Farmers Weekly – April 23rd, 1937

  • Auction of Barnes Hall Farm – 24th March 1959 at 14:30 – Held by Henry Spencer


Materials and information supplied by:

• Local Historians – Beryl Greaves / Joan Jones (Chapeltown & High Green Archive),

• Post - war camp residents, • Local Burncross residents,

• Dutch historian - Jan Sintemaartensdijk (Writer who has published books on the topic of the war years and  translated a Dutch diary for our History Group,

• Dutch camp leader – Lien Van Den Groot.