Virtual Ecologies: Chalk and Clay

In February 2025, the Virtual Ecologies project team delivered a ‘Chalk and Clay’ workshop at Champney Treasure House exploring the history of chalk in its relation to the unique geology of the East Riding. The work explored chalk as an industrial material, its relationship to the clay and alluvium deposits of the coast, and how […]

Thorngumbald Through Time

In partnership with Thorngumbald Primary School, we have been celebrating “that village yon side of Hedon” (as described in George Sidney Skeggs‘ significant publication “Thorngumbald”). Thorngumbald is often considered as a transient, commuter community, a place where people often pass through when travelling to Hull. We were delighted to find that this curiously-named village, in […]