Advert for Hyde900 Hyde Abbey Garden work party on 11 April 2026. Photo of a semi-circular yew hedge 'chapel' in the Garden on left of image. Text on the right of the photo says: Join us to help maintain the beautiful community garden designed to commemorate Hyde Abbey. Just an hour or two makes a huge difference! Blue rectangle with Hyde900 in white text at the bottom - the Hyde900 logo.

⏰ Meet in the Garden from 9.30am - feel free to head off whenever you need

📍 Hyde Abbey Garden, SO23 7DQ

New volunteers are always welcome, please bring gloves / gardening hand tools.

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Many thanks to all who helped at Hyde Abbey Garden today - the sun shone and the self-heal planting is underway!

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Art@StBarts 2026 - more details & ticket booking at threesaints.org.uk/art
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⏰ Meet in the Garden from 9.30am - feel free to head off whenever you need
📍 Hyde Abbey Garden, SO23 7DQ
New volunteers are always welcome, please bring gloves / gardening hand tools - just an hour or two makes a huge difference!
#hyde900
#hydeabbey
#heritagegarden
#winchesteruk

Yew ‘chapels’ beautifully trimmed by Mike Short, daffodils in bloom, and cowslip planting is underway!

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A huge thank you to Jacqueline who began planting 500 primroses to join the snowdrops and crocus on the banks of #hydeabbeygarden

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Congratulations and thank you to Jacqueline and Penny who today completed the planting of at least 200 double snowdrops on the banks of #hydeabbeygarden

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A glimpse of colour on a very wet day at #hydeabbeygarden

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Snowdrops emerging at #hydeabbeygarden

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Signs of new growth in #hydeabbeygarden

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A few snippets from #hyde900 2025 events 📷
A huge thank you to everyone who supported them and to all who helped make them happen.

Happy New Year!

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#medievalwinchester
#localhistory

🎄Merry Christmas from Hyde900!🎄

Thank you so much for your support in celebrating Hyde's incredible heritage this year. Wishing you a joyful and peaceful Christmas.

#HappyChristmas #ThankYou #Hyde900 #HydeAbbey #HistoricWinchester #WinchesterUK

Medieval tiles made during the #hyde900 #HeritageOpenDay are ready to be reunited with their makers! They're waiting to be collected from:
📍Hyde Tavern, 57 Hyde St, Winchester SO23 7DY
⏰Weekday evenings 6-8pm, Saturdays 3-8pm

#hydeabbey #winchesteruk #heritagecrafts #inlaidtiles #handmadetiles

NLS stone recording - day 5. Almost finished!
Here’s a few of the worked stone pieces we processed yesterday from the 2016-2023 community test pits.

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A small team on a dull and damp day but we made progress with the weeds! Many thanks to all who’ve helped maintain #hydeabbeygarden this year, we’ll be back for more work parties next year! #hyde900 #winchesteruk #heritagegarden

📅 Sat 6 Dec 2025
⏰ Meet in the Garden from 9.30am - feel free to head off whenever you need
📍 #hydeabbeygarden SO23 7DQ
New volunteers are always welcome, please bring gloves / gardening hand tools - just an hour or two makes a huge difference!

#hyde900 #heritagegarden #winchesteruk

NLS recording - day 4. More crates processed - here’s some more of the worked stone finds from the 2016-2023 community test pits.
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#Hyde900 representatives attended the official unveiling of the new pilgrim's waymarker at St Bart's, Hyde, part of the 68-mile #stjamesway from Reading Abbey to Southampton, on the English section of the Camino Santiago de Compostela.

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4 images of weed clearing, holly cylinders, holly berries, people weeding.

Thank you to all who helped at today's #HydeAbbeyGarden work party. The Garden looks very good in parts but the weeds seem to grow quicker than we can move them so we'll be back on 6 December to try to get everything under control!

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NLS recording - day 3. More worked stone finds from the 2016-2023 community test pits.
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📅 Sat 15 Nov 2025
⏰ Meet in the Garden from 9.30am - feel free to head off whenever you need
📍 Hyde Abbey Garden, SO23 7DQ
New volunteers are always welcome, please bring gloves / gardening hand tools - just an hour or two makes a huge difference!

#hyde900 #hydeabbeygarden #winchesteruk

Finds recording - day 2. Continuing to work our way through crates of NLS from the 2016-2023 community test pits

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A huge thank you to Cambridge Renaissance Voices, Professor David Carpenter, St Bart's and all who joined us for a wonderful 2025 King Alfred Weekend - Hyde900's 20th anniversary!

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Join us on Saturday for a short AGM, coffee and cakes - 11am, St Bart's, SO23 7DF - www.hyde900.org.uk/about/agm

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Step back to Tudor England in the historic setting of St. Bart's — join Cambridge Renaissance Voices for music by Taverner, Tallis & Byrd 🎶

📍 St Bart's, Winchester
🗓 Fri 24 Oct 2025, 7.15pm

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Huge thanks to everyone who helped in Hyde Abbey Garden on Saturday! 🌿
It’s amazing how fast weeds grow but with the help of our new volunteers, we cleared lots of moss and weeds, & added violets - thank you all!

#HydeAbbeyGarden #Hyde900 #WinchesterUK #HistoricWinchester #HeritageGarden

Professor David Carpenter, KCL
📍 St. Bart’s Church, Winchester, SO23 7DF
💷 £12 non-members / £8 Hyde900 members
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Join David Carpenter as he explains why the 1225 version deserves to be called the ‘real’ Magna Carta.

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📅 Sat 18 Oct 2025
⏰ Meet in the Garden from 9.30am - feel free to head off whenever you need
📍 Hyde Abbey Garden, SO23 7DQ
New volunteers are always welcome, please bring gloves / gardening hand tools - just an hour or two makes a huge difference!

#hyde900 #hydeabbeygarden #winchesteruk

Finds processing day - recording and photographing significant stone finds across our 2016-2023 community excavations of local gardens.

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