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HCS Website up and running again
After a long absence the Conservation Society website is running again. The prolonged absence was caused by my host’s unilateral action in moving me to a new platform and leaving me to pick up the pieces! The Conservation Society itself is in prolonged hibernation although I continue to act as webmaster and contact person. If […]
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Proposal for Neptune
The 18th century statue of Neptune which graced the front of the Great House until 1810 is currently lying in the grounds of Woodstock School in Rectory Gardens. This was how he was in 2001: Unfortunately the statue has been mishandled since then and is now in a broken state. We now have a proposal […]
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Rescuing the Wilderness
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Goram returns
2016 sees the return of a Goram Fair to Blaise Castle Estate on Saturday 30th July between 10:00 and 18:00 with free entry. An information sheet is attached and you can find out more on http://www.goramevents.co.uk/ If anyone can date the attached photos please contact via info@henburyconservation.co.uk
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December 2015 update
Henbury Conservation Society is still functioning despite the lack of anyone willing to act as Chair. Tim Parkinson acts as secretary and maintains the web site (occasionally!) and Andrew Chugg looks after the monies. During the year Jill Campbell motivated a small team to really tidy up the forgotten triangle at the foot of Church […]
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Henbury Dynasties by Marguerite Tonkin
We have plenty of stock of Marguerite’s third book about people and places in the Henbury area, This is available at £2.50 ea for collection locally or £5 postage free for a single copy. To order please complete and submit the form below [contact-form to=’tim.timparkinson@gmail.com’ subject=’Henbury Dynasties’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’No of […]
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AGM minutes and annual report
Here is Chris Carroll’s report : Chair’s review of 2013-14 And the AGM minutes : AGM Minutes20141015
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Henbury Court in 1908
An image from the Know your Place Vaughan postcard project. Henbury Court was demolished in the 1950s.
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The Great House and Neptune
Andrew Chugg’s illustrated talk on the history of The Great House was full of interesting facts. He has kindly made his slides available and they can be found here . And the good news is that I have located Neptune in the grounds of Woodstock School. Andrew and I are working on the next steps […]