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Thundridge Old Church Action Group, a Charitable CIO Charity No: 1202921

Trustees’ Annual Report & Statement of Financial Activity for the period 01 May 2024 to 31 March 2025

Thundridge Old Church Action Group

Trustees’ Annual Report & Statement of Financial Activity for the period 01 May 2024 to 31 March 2025

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.................................................................................................4 Introduction.................................................................................................4
1.1 Charitable Objects ............................................................................................. 4
1.2 Overview (Executive Summary) ........................................................................ 4
2. Activities & Achievements ...........................................................................6
2.1 Outputs & Outcomes ........................................................................................ 6
2.1.1 Grant ................................................................................................................. 6
2.1.2 Development Project ........................................................................................ 6
2.1.3 Communications ............................................................................................... 8
2.1.4 Research ............................................................................................................ 8
2.1.5 Events .............................................................................................................. 10
2.2 Looking Ahead ................................................................................................. 11
3. Financial Review ........................................................................................ 12
3.1 Financial Position ............................................................................................ 12
3.2 Details of Any Funds Materially in Deficit ....................................................... 12
3.3 Policy on Reserves ........................................................................................... 12
3.4 Principal Sources of Funding ........................................................................... 12
3.5 Description of the Principal Risks Facing the Charity ...................................... 13
3.6 Remuneration of Trustees .............................................................................. 14
3.7 Statutory Statements on Liabilities ................................................................. 14
4. Reference and Administration Details ........................................................ 15
4.1 Charity Name & Registration .......................................................................... 15
4.2 Charity’s Principal Address .............................................................................. 15
4.3 Names of the Trustees Who Manage the Charity........................................... 15
4.4 Names of Advisors & Senior Members of Staff............................................... 15
4.6 Independent Examiner .................................................................................... 15
5. Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 ............................................... 16
5.1 Receipts and Payments .......................................................................................... 16
5.2 Assets and Liabilities .............................................................................................. 17
6. Structure, Governance & Management ...................................................... 18
6.1 Type of Governing Document ......................................................................... 18
6.2 Statutory Declaration ...................................................................................... 18
6.3 Trustee Selection Methods ............................................................................. 18
7.0 Appendix – Activities ................................................................................. 19

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Trustees Annual Report & Statement of Financial Activity for the period 03 May 2024 to 31 March 2025

1. Introduction

1.1 Charitable Objects

To preserve for the benefit of the residents of the parish of Thundridge and the public, the grade II listed tower and graveyard of St Mary and All Saints' Church by conserving and maintaining them in sound condition with public access and removing the threat of demolition by creating conditions by which responsibility can be transferred from the Diocese of St Albans.

To research and advance the education of the public in all aspects of the church’s history, the scheduled monument within which it is sited, the immediate environs and the unspoiled historic surrounding River Rib valley.

To promote the preservation and maintenance of the same locality as a green and recreational space to the benefit of the environment and the health and welfare of the public

1.2 Overview (Executive Summary)

2025 has been transformational. It has put Thundridge Old Church Action Group (TOCAG) on a pathway to achieving all its key aims through an extraordinary £72,000 grant from Historic England. TOCAG is recognised as providing, after decades of unsuccessful attempts by previous stakeholders, the potential for a permanent future for the Old Church as an asset managed by and for the local community and wider public, removed from Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register and as a liability to the Diocese of St Albans.

TOCAG has also demonstrated through research over the last few years the unknown and unappreciated historic significance of the Old Church, extending from local history and personal stories through to events of national and international importance such as the Abolition of Slavery movement and the American war of Independence. Even this is just the tip of the iceberg with so much more to discover and share, bringing history back to life and help building pride in our forgotten heritage. The huge support Historic England are giving to this project shows how highly the Old Church is valued and the confidence they place in the TOCAG vision and potential.

Whilst this report covers the financial period 2024/25 it presents a timely opportunity to review a critical moment for TOCAG and the Old Church, in effect a manifesto, and therefore the remainder of the narrative is current as of December 2025.

2026 could be a springboard to the core vision of the Old Church and Tower as a unique green space unlike anywhere else for visiting, learning, relaxing and entertainment – within the constraints of its special situation and character. However, at the same time this brings forward our greatest challenge.

TOCAG must grow

TOCAG must have a robust board of actively involved trustees and volunteers, with a range of relevant skills who can effectively manage and keep the charity going for the foreseeable future to enable it to commit to 7-year lease for churchyard and tower.

With legal responsibility for the site and a credible plan for community use, the National Lottery has given positive indications that TOCAG could successfully apply in 2026 for a grant substantial enough to make the tower safe, accessible and ready to take its place as a community asset.

However, whilst the recent momentum and achievements have generated huge interest and some new active supporters, this is not enough.

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Taking complete legal responsibility for a heritage building, applying for grants, running a repair programme and bringing it into creative use is a whole team effort beyond the capabilities of a few people, however dedicated.

TOCAG would also need independent funds to be able to operate the site and the charity.

We must stress clearly to anyone motivated and inspired by the vision for saving the tower for future generations and bringing it to life – now is the time your practical active involvement, donations and support is needed if TOCAG is to transition from being a campaign and research group to a charity with legal responsibilities for the repair, maintenance and operation of a historic building. This is your history, your heritage and your community – please reach out and join us.

Without a larger team, the trustees may be forced to conclude that the TOCAG vision for the Old Church is not achievable and the situation may fall back to where it started in 2019 when the Diocese of St Albans stated that, in the absence of an organisation willing to take on the ownership or management of the site, 'an application for demolition will be the only other option available’. This time, they can argue to the Secretary of State in the statutory process that every chance was given but this site in fact has no sustainable future.

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2. Activities & Achievements

2.1 Outputs & Outcomes

2.1.1 Grant

On 26[th] February 2025 TOCAG signed a grant award from Historic England jointly with the Diocese of St Albans, with TOCAG and the Diocese of St Albans each providing 5% match funding. This is an enormous proportional contribution relative to our funds, showing the seriousness of our commitment. I would like to give thanks to anyone who has helped TOCAG financially in the last few years; none of this would have been possible without you.

This grant funds just the development phase of a project that we hope goes on to repair and preserve the tower and prepare the site for limited use. It’s aims can be summarised as

The grant gave TOCAG great opportunities for publicity on social media and national radio.

2.1.2 Development Project

After the grant award, TOCAG tendered the contract to seven firms of conservation architects with experience and background in historic buildings. Initial responses were reduced to a shortlist of three and after careful consideration Thomas Ford Architects were appointed.

TOCAG took a detailed and leading role in the project, with the Diocese and Historic England as stakeholders, with planning, requirements definition, all statutory and local landowner permissions, responsibility for enablers and detailed cost control and contractual reporting. Managing a project of this size and complexity requires skills and experience not inherent to any of the current trustees and has required a huge personal effort, continually developing the competency of the charity as a result.

The project created a clear and enormously encouraging groundswell of interest both in person and online. It’s clear how much people are interested in the site and what we are doing. Social Media engagement has quadrupled, and a recent video summarising the project achievements has had, at the time of writing, 37,000 views. There is every indication that the potential really is there to make this a project people will give up their precious time and enjoy getting involved.

Nothing exemplifies this more than the ‘rubble processing’ TOCAG organised in October. The challenge was to remove about six tonnes of bricks, gravestone fragments, soil, building materials and rubbish from the tower down to a solid floor so that we could put up scaffolding to do the structural investigations. Every single piece needed to be prised, shovelled, barrowed, sorted, sieved, cleaned, and bagged. 200 gravestone fragments needed to be labelled, photographed, measured, archeologically recorded, crated and stored. The effort to organise and make that happen was enormous but a large group of volunteers, some old friends of the tower and some completely new, came together to make it happen. This is objectively a remarkable achievement for a small group.

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Two people who had met and talked to us while onsite a few weeks earlier went on to become our de-facto site manager and a trustee.

The challenge is to keep that virtuous spiral going. More people involved means more ideas, more activity which attracts more interest and engagement and so on. Our message is ‘this is your church’ - bring your interest, your skills and your vision and together we can do something amazing.

The current grant funded project is approaching its conclusion in February 2025. Some of the highlighted achievements at the site itself include

The architect and structural engineers assessed the tower externally from a mobile platform and internally from the scaffold and reviewed a previous condition survey from 2023. The outcome can be briefly summarised that whilst there are many issues with the fabric of the tower that currently make it dangerous to approach and enter and are still deteriorating, the majority can be addressed with minimal in place interventions such as pinning and repointing.

TOCAG, architects and Historic England agree in a minimal intervention approach, consolidating, stabilising and preserving the tower to make it structurally safe and as a useable building, but avoiding as far as possible restoration and replacing to maintain the aesthetic of the tower as a historic ruin. This even extends to the potential to replace both floors and bring the spiral stair back into use, the original joist sockets being largely useable as they are with new timbers.

However, there is one highly significant exception. The concrete flat roof is believed to have been originally installed in the 1940s, with a second layer added in the 1990s. Unfortunately, the original layer was poorly made and the combination of that and the new layer is not structurally sound. The interface of this heavy modern slab and Tudor rubble walls is also suspect. As a result, the entire roof must be removed and replaced.

By next February the project will produce a detailed and costed Scope of Works of the most urgent repairs, focussing on everything at the high level of the tower so that scaffolding only needs to be done once and to a quality that minimises ongoing maintenance – a ‘once in a generation’ repair principle. No organisation or private individual is likely to consider taking responsibility for a building that presents a high likelihood of ongoing maintenance costs.

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2.1.3 Communications

Due to a shortage of volunteers TOCAGs online presence and communications remains sub optimal. The website https://thundridgeoldchurch.org/ has had little attention for a long time, and the email mailing list is difficult to use and delegate and consequently is underutilised, neglecting a significant group of supporters

TOCAG has, however been extremely fortunate in the support of Sarah Junke as a skilled and enormously appreciated volunteer and now also Trustee, with a professional background in history and archival services. She has, from her base in Florida, been leveraging TOCAG research especially that previously presented in our exhibitions and talks to post regularly on our Facebook and Instagram social media. Thanks to this our social media following has more than doubled and continues to grow with even greater increases in engagement. We believe TOCAGs public value is just as much in the online space in education, research and bringing history to life, complementing the motivated local in-person audience.

Sarah has also proposed and is implementing for TOCAG a dedicated instance of industry standard online archival software called Omeka at https://archive.thundridgeoldchurch.org/. This allows accession of artefacts, source material and curated research articles from TOCAGs research archives in a structured way where they can be interrelated, searched by the public and used to curate exhibits flexibly as well as supporting controlled public collaboration on research projects (see ‘Research’). We are very excited for Omeka to add considerably to our online presence and capability, complementing the more static website and dynamic but ephemeral and shorter ‘form factor’ of social media.

We are also delighted to have volunteer Jerry Dyer with video editing and drone skills who has done a superb job complementing pictures and written word with recordings of the development project, interviews and storytelling such as the history of our bells, published on his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@The_Past_Everywhere

TOCAG needs more communications officers with IT literacy and/or content creators to be part of turning more of our research and history into shareable, fun, interesting and engaging materials and stories online in written and multimedia formats, in onsite interpretation and into schools and events.

2.1.4 Research

William Hughes

TOCAG research, led by trustee Emma Blowers, is uncovering the unexpected and highly significant role people in the Thundridge area took in the very early Abolition of Slavery movement. One of the key individuals was Reverend William Hughes who publicly challenged arguments published by another cleric that the Bible condoned slavery by delivering the sermon ‘A Discourse in Favour of the Abolition of Slavery in the British West Indies’ in Ware, later published by public demand. In recognition of his influential arguments, in July 1788 he was made an honorary member of Clarkson’s ‘Society for

Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade’. TOCAG discovered a fragment of his lost gravemarker and were granted Scheduled Monument Consent (SMC) and a faculty from the Diocese of St Albans to create an archaeological report and remove the fragment to a place of safety. Several months later further fragments were found, and a second round of consents granted. TOCAG hope to discover,

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record and preserve further fragments and consider a project to use them to partially reconstruct the gravemarker as a memorial to Rev Hughes and those with the courage to stand against slavery.

Gravemarker fragments

As mentioned above, the Scheduled Monument consent (SMC) TOCAG secured for emptying the tower of rubble required a full formal archaeological report of all artefacts and especially gravemarker fragments. Every one of 200 fragments needs to be measured, photographed, drawn, transcribed and described. All the data needs to be digitised into a pre-designed and agreed spreadsheet and a report written with background, context, commentary and analysis. This report needs to be submitted to national databases and Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS). All artefacts will also be uploaded into Omeka as a permanent and publicly searchable online record. The effort to do this is considerable, and work is ongoing. Once again, this demonstrates an exceptional professionalism and commitment from TOCAG in general and our volunteers and research lead in particular. These artefacts will be related to each other, and to the wider churchyard project (see below) in reconstructions, genealogical and story telling narratives.

Churchyard Project

TOCAG have initiated an open ended long-term project to: reference every known grave within the churchyard; archaeologically record all remaining gravemarkers; locate memorials precisely on churchyard ground surveys done by Historic England; cross reference memorials to historic parish records and 19[th] and 20[th] surveys; and research, explore and share the life stories of individuals and families for whom the Old Church and surrounding area was the focus of their lives.

The 200 gravestone fragments found in the rubble of the tower (above) will form part of the initial inputs to this data as do articles and research already written by Emma.

TOCAG advertised for volunteers to become involved, with most activity initially at least being remote in the home, though some onsite work and meetups are anticipated in future. This is a new initiative for TOCAG and we are experimenting and learning how to coordinate and empower people to contribute positively within their areas of interest and capabilities. We are also delighted to be working with a year 9 pupil of a local school within the scope of this work for her bronze Duke of Edinburgh award. We would very much welcome anyone interested in contributing and even more so with experience in leading and coordinating projects such as this.

Village Life

Emma Blowers continues to research individuals with life events at or responsibility for the Old Church, and their familial ties and significance to the church and the locality. Some have purely local significance and some either they or their families or events they were involved in regional or national importance with truly remarkable and highly engaging stories. These articles are at present mostly published in a local ‘Village Life’ publication, there is a backlog task to bring them to our online community.

Thundridge Bells

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The four bells that hung in the Old Church tower were transferred to the new parish church tower of Thundridge in 1853 where they still hang. One is dated to around 1480 and was very likely made with three siblings at the same time as the tower itself. Three of the bells have not been rung for about 40 years and none photographed. TOCAG, working with Jery Dyer, organised a professional sound recordist, a senior member of the Hertford County Association of Change-Ringers and a videographer and with the permission of the Diocese of St Albans and the churchwarden the bells were carefully individually sounded and recorded. Added to this they were cleaned and photographed. Subsequently the sounds of the bells were reassembled digitally into a peal typical from the mid 17[th] century when the last of them was cast and the entire event assembled into a published video

2.1.5 Events

Disney Rose

On 24[th] June TOCAG again revived an eight-hundredyear-old tradition to 'render yearly one rose at the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist' which is also midsummers day. This is a condition in a ‘Feet of Fines’ document transferring 'the manor of Thunrich' (and other properties) from William Disney the Elder (knight) and Eustache his wife to William Disney the younger and his wife Joan (and the heirs of their bodies) on payment of 300 marks of silver on the 20[th] of October 1347 in the reign of Edward III.

The event was attended by Thundridge beavers, local families and supporters with craft activities organised, and tea and cakes. It was highly enjoyable, went very well and generated excellent publicity. However, despite being extremely well advertised for several months’ including personal attendance at a local professional production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, attendance was well below what had been hoped and did not justify the

extended and significant effort in organising and contributing to it especially given the small already occupied volunteer capability. The interim conclusion is that there is insufficient support for open invitation events such as this and higher priority should be given to online activities or events with a specific and pre-agreed audience.

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2.2 Looking Ahead

2026 is going to be a make-or-break year for TOCAG and the Old Church where the outcomes cannot be confidently predicted (ref: section 3.5). Nevertheless, the following is an optimistic but reasonable timeline of activities and actions.

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3. Financial Review

3.1 Financial Position

TOCAG finances remained straightforward in 2025, since the grant money and project invoicing was by agreement managed through the accounts of the Diocese of St Albans. Nevertheless, TOCAG defined and managed project cost control and invoicing which was at a times challenging. In this, as in many other matters, the current team have little prior experience of operating project contracts and finances of this kind and are on a steep learning curve.

A major commitment was required by Historic England for 5% match funding on the total grant amount, which falls due in the 2025/26 accounting period.

TOCAG are very aware that operating as an independent charity with legal responsibility for a historic building and six figure sum budgets is an entirely different league to our current commercial and financial capabilities. We will need advice and support, including some professional services, from people with experience of contracts and financial administration to become competent in this capability.

3.2 Details of Any Funds Materially in Deficit

The Charity has no funds which are materially in deficit.

3.3 Policy on Reserves

TOCAG reserves are small, and there are no committed designations while the new organisation assesses its capabilities. TOCAG has no debt or liabilities.

It is expected that any major projects of repair to the tower, one of its principal objectives, will come largely from specific grant sources as restricted funds rather than reserves.

Reserves are currently anticipated to be allocated to objectives such as.

3.4 Principal Sources of Funding

TOCAG funding remains principally through small scale public donations and reclamation of associated Gift Aid, for all of which we are immensely grateful.

Some funds come from giving public talks, and a small amount from merchandise sales.

TOCAG hopes to develop a modest sustainable business model leveraging events at the site such as musical, theatrical, filming and private events including wedding celebrations but not civil marriages. To date, no such revenue creating events have been developed or taken place.

TOCAG have been notified that it is the subject of a future bequest, though not its source or nature.

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3.5 Description of the Principal Risks Facing the Charity

As described in previous sections, TOCAGs achievements and potential are extraordinarily positive. At present there are no risks to the operation of the charity as a campaigning and research group.

However, to move forward in 2026 TOCAG must make a step change in its capabilities.

TOCAG are expected to sign a 7-year lease with the Diocese of St Albans for the churchyard and tower, presenting both a legal and financial risk. The terms of this lease have been discussed verbally but not yet documented. Some risks may be mitigated but the responsibilities and liabilities this would place on the organisation are significant and legally binding. It has not escaped TOCAGs notice that it is expected to sign such a lease before there is any guarantee or even application for grant funding to progress the management or development of the site.

Secondly, TOCAG need to apply for grant funding expected to be at the scale of hundreds of thousands of pounds. This is a huge effort in its own right but also requires TOCAG can demonstrate it is a ‘robust’ organisation capable of delivering the stated aims of the grant and its vision for the foreseeable future. This indirectly drives a requirement for the other organisational capabilities described here.

Thirdly, TOCAG need to deliver on the stated vision and to the expectations of grant funding and statutory bodies of a site and a building as a community asset and a place in use.

Together this would require TOCAG to become an organisation of a different scale and capability to the one that it is in 2025. The Trustees must very carefully consider whether these are commitments that they individually, and the charity collectively, are able to fulfil and whether the charity’s vision, despite all that has been achieved to date, has sufficient public support to be practically deliverable.

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3.6 Remuneration of Trustees

All Trustees act in a voluntary capacity and receive no remuneration or other material benefits from their services to the Charity.

Out-of-pocket expenses necessarily and reasonably incurred by Trustees in promoting the purposes of the Charity are reimbursed at cost.

3.7 Statutory Statements on Liabilities

The Trustees declare that:

The charity has given no guarantees where potential liability under the guarantee is outstanding at the date of this statement.

The charity has no debt outstanding at the date of this statement which is owed by the CIO and which is secured by an express charge on any assets of the CIO.

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4. Reference and Administration Details

4.1 Charity Name & Registration

Name: Thundridge Old Church Action Group

Charity No: 1202921

Registered with HM Revenue & Customs

4.2 Charity’s Principal Address

3 Meadow View Cottages, Cold Christmas, Thundridge, Hertfordshire SG127SW

e-mail: friends@thundridgeoldchurch.org

website: www.thundridgeoldchurch.org

4.3 Names of the Trustees Who Manage the Charity

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Name Office Appointed Initial term Resigned
David Blowers Chair, Treasurer, 03/05/23 4 years
Administration
Christopher 03/05/23 2 years
Melluish
Emma Blowers Research, 03/05/23 2 years
Education and
Outreach
Sarah Junke Communications 03/11/25 2 years
Simon Constance 12/11/25 2 years
Claire Ridgewell 03/05/23 3 years 12/11/2025
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4.4 Names of Advisors & Senior Members of Staff

Not Applicable

4.6 Independent Examiner

As Thundridge Old Church Action Group income is well below the £25,000 threshold required by the Charity Commission in the period reported, and has limited funds available for professional services, no Independent Examination has been carried out on this report.

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5. Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

5.1 Receipts and Payments

A1 Receipts

Charitable Service Fees Donations

Fundraising Events Sub total (Gross income for AR)

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Unrestricted Restricted Total Last
funds funds funds year
145 - 145 60
-
1,398 1,398 5,584
- - - 541
1,543 - 1,543 6,185
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A2 Asset & investment sales

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50 50
Merchandising 50 -
50 50
Sub total 50 -
Total receipts 1,593 - 1,593 6,235
A3 Payments
Equipment - - - 20
Printing, Stationery and Supplies 252 - 252 150
Repairs and maintenance - - - 85
Cost of fundraising events 10 - 10 -
Services 17 - 17 -
Sub total
279 - 279 255
A4 Asset & investment
purchases
- - -
Sub total
- - - -
Total payments 279 - 279 255
Net of receipts/(payments)
1,314 - 1,314 5,979
A6 Cash funds last year end
6,164 - 6,164 185
Cash funds this year end
7,478 - 7,478 6,164
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Unrestricted funds Restricted funds

5.2 Assets and Liabilities

Categories
B1 Cash funds		 Details
Bank Accounts
Total cash
funds		 7,478
7,478
-
7,478 -

The Charity has no Assets or Liabilities of the following categories at the time of reporting.

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6. Structure, Governance & Management

6.1 Type of Governing Document

Constitution

6.2 Statutory Declaration

The Trustees confirm that they have paid due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.

6.3 Trustee Selection Methods

There must be at least three charity trustees. If the number falls below this minimum, the remaining trustee or trustees may act only to call a meeting of the charity trustees or appoint a new charity trustee. There is no maximum number of charity trustees that may be appointed to the CIO.

Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees.

In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.

Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf.

24 December 2025

Dave Blowers (Chair)

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7.0 Appendix – Activities

Bell Recording

Thundridge Hill House Open Day

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Bat Survey

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