Robert Pocock, 1760-1830, a Gravesend resident, by profession a printer and by inclination a botanist.... with connections to Henslow, SF Grey and other important figures of that period. Sadly he died in Wilmington and received a pauper’s burial.
Now the NWK Local Group of Kent Wildlife Trust has been awarded an Heritage Lottery Fund grant to find those herbarium sheets, produce a digital herbarium available to
all and to host a celebration of Robert Pocock and his work as a botanist.
16 volunteers have been trained and are currently
searching through the herbarium at the NHM to re collate the Pocock Herbarium.
So far some 70 sheets have been located, along with stray herbarium sheets from
the Banksian Herbarium!
More details can be found on Robert Pocock
Dartford Library Exhibition 16th November - 14th December 2013: "Documentarium - Opening up Kent's Archives" which is currently on display at
the Peter Blake Gallery in Dartford Library. This is a new exhibition by Alan Kane - an
artists’ view of the county's history. More details can be found at Exhibition
The Peace
Pledge Union, in partnership with the Heritage Lottery Fund, has announced the launch of a new project to uncover some of the neglected
stories of the First World War.
From 1916-1918 some sixteen thousand men registered as Conscientious Objectors Many of these
men would face unfair trial, imprisonment and torture. Some were faced with the
death penalty and over 100 would die as a result of their commitment to peace.
After the war some were shunned and in the modern day their lives, stories and
struggles are largely forgotten.
The project aims to find out who these men were - why did they object? Who supported them? What punishments did they receive. Peace Pledge Union
The project aims to find out who these men were - why did they object? Who supported them? What punishments did they receive. Peace Pledge Union
