Battle of Hatfield Investigation Society

Some good news from yesterday afternoon ..

The Diocese of Southwell have confirmed receipt of the completed D.A.C. form and our supporting documents from the P.C.C. re. our request to carry out non invasive activities at St. Mary's, Cuckney.

This means that the Diocese will definitely consider our application on the 13th of October and that their decision will be forthcoming by the end of November.

Tonight, Joseph and I are interviewing a local man long associated with St. Mary's to try to pinpoint the reburial site(s) of the unearthed skeletons and ascertain whether any photographs were taken of them (besides other questions).

It seems incredible that no one would have taken the photo opportunity of a lifetime yet we have drawn a blank from various leads and subsequent investigations. After this, possibly as a last gambit, we will be placing a quarter page advertisement in the Warsop News.

We also intend to solve the mystery of the "missing" Parish register part of which relates to 1950/51, as we believe this ought to document where the bodies were reburied (and other details). However, presently, St. Mary's and Notts County Council Archives believe that the other possesses it.

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