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Name
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Hendred
Heritage Trust |
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| Champs
Chapel Museum, home to the Hendred Heritage Trust |
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| Committee |
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Chairman |
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John Stevenson |
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Secretary |
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Tony Hine (Letcombe
Regis) |
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Treasurer |
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Tony James |
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Trustees
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Miss Heather Beary
Dame Jennifer Jenkins
Robin Hine
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Peter Mulford
Norman Francis
John Stevenson |
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| No. of overall
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Approximately 80 |
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| Purpose
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To
promote local and general public interest and education in the history
& culture of East Hendred and its surrounding area.
To acquire, conserve and display relics and artefacts relating to the
village community.
To obtain premises suitable for the activities of the Trust. |
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Brief history
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The
East Hendred Heritage Trust grew out of the Museum/Heritage organisation
started by the Hendreds Society, when they held successful local
exhibitions of Hendred heritage in the late 1960's and 1970's. When Champs
Chapel was refurbished by the Eyston family a more permanent collection of
village memorabilia was started, under the auspices of Olga Ashthorpe
(also a Parish Councillor and Clerk to the Parish Council).
In 1995 a group of village people took on the responsibility of
Trusteeship for the Trust and negotiated a short term lease of the Chapel
from the Hendred Estate. The trustees have also been able to find
locations for storage of some archives and plan a permanent base in Snells
Hall.
Individuals providing donations (via Gift Aid) or by regular covenants
support the Trust financially. |
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Where
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There
are monthly meetings of the committee and exhibitions are staged on a
variety of village themes. The museum is housed in the 15th Century
Carthusian Chapel of Jesus of Bethlehem. |
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Special events for Millennium year
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Museum
month (May) saw the opening of the village 2000 year history story.
A performance of 'Now & Then'
was held in January in Snells Hall, describing the village in the year 1900,
and showing an audio-visual presentation of the Eyston family and Hendred
House. The Heritage Trust also mounted a major contribution to the village
Family Show in August with the village
fire engine on display. The Trust also provided a display and slide show
for the Exhibition of Millennium events and activities in Snells Hall in
December, including a special showing of old cine films of the village. |
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