Magpie Memoria – Linking Heritage and You
The Surrey Diggers Trail was initially created in 2005 by a group of interested historians and residents who formed the Elmbridge Diggers Heritage Group. The Group was a non-profit making association, set up to administer a grant made to create the Trail and the associated website which had been supported by Elmbridge Museum; Elmbridge Borough Council ; Natural England ; Nationwide ; Heritage Lottery Fund and the RC Sherriff Rosebriars Trust .
Following the creation of the Trail, the website, commissioning and final display of the Winstanley mosaic in Cobham; the work of the Group was completed. The official trail opening took place in April 2005, the 356th anniversary of the start of the Diggers community.
Nearly 15 years later, in October 2019, Elmbridge Museum was approached by the Citizens Project team at Royal Holloway, University of London . From 2017, the team there had been working with local schools and museums to develop a variety of resources which explored themes of protest and liberty.
Magpie Memoria – Linking Heritage and You