Bonsall History was one of the first groups in the UK to receive a Heritage Lottery Fund 'All Our Stories' grant.
All Our Stories was launched in 2012 in support of BBC 2's
The Great British Story, and was designed to create opportunities for everyone in the village to get involved in their heritage. The award of just over £9,000 was used to fund
Bonsall History Trails and Leaflets to tell stories about the heritage of the village. The project involved researching and creating the six trails; exhibitions of villagers' photographs and the Bonsall History Project's archive; a landscape photography workshop; a talk given by a wildlife expert; training in social media (to keep a record of the project - see the blog at
https://bonsallhistory.wordpress.com); outings to educational and heritage-based destinations; film shows (archive footage of Derbyshire); and getting the people of Bonsall involved in researching the village's history. This was an opportunity for older members of the community to record their knowledge of past days in Bonsall and for newer members of the community to learn about Bonsall and its heritage. The project culminated in a series of six illustrated leaflets that guide walkers along trails in and around the village that cover the history of Bonsall