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Current Projects
| Project
Detail |
Completion
Date |
| War Memorial | Proposed cleaning/restoration |
| Village Welcome Pack | |
| Wicken Notelets | |
| Wild Flower Planting | Continuing project |
| Annual Litter Pick | |
| Farm Walks in Wicken | |
| Tree Planting | |
| Wild Flower Recording | |
| DVD & CD rom | various aspects of the village |
Past Projects
| St John’s Church Clock | Fund raising and organising the restoration of the clock dial and re-balancing the hands and dial works. |
| Road Finger Posts | Painting signs and posts and refurbishing the Willow Bridge railings. |
| Church Tower Restoration | Producing and selling Christmas cards in aid of the restoration fund. |
| Footpaths | Waymarking of the village footpaths. |
| Bridge Date Stone | Organising and fund raising for the restoration of the 1840 date stone on the Leckhampstead Road bridge. |
| Gospel
Elm |
Fund raising and organising the repairs to the Gospel Elm site. |
| Village
Pound |
Contributing to the repair of the Pound. |
| Churchyard |
Provision of Yew trees to fill gaps in the churchyard hedge. |
| Footpath
Stile |
Repair of the footpath stile. |
| Village
Green |
Planting and maintenance of shrubs on the village green. |
| Telephone
box |
Lobbying for maintenance of the telephone box and repair of stone walls. |
| Church
Cobble Path |
Co-organising the repair of the church path. |
| Notice
Board |
Provision of a second village notice board. |
| Grants |
Co-ordinating Environmental Enhancement Grants from SNDC. |
| A
Little History of Wicken |
Production of a history of the village and its people from Saxon times to the present day. |
| Bulb
Planting |
Continuing annual bulb planting to enhance village verges. |
| Millennium Photographic Record | Organising a photographic record of each household in the village at the Millennium. |
| Village Archive on CDROM | Production of a CDROM containing photographic, written and aural records of Wicken through the ages |
| British
Legion Seat |
Refurbishment of the seat at the village entrance. |
| Walking map |
A map showing the footpaths around the village and places of interest |
| DVD -
Medieval Wicken |
A description of the finds made in Wicken during 2004 - 2005 |
| Wild Flower Planting |
A programme of planting on specific sites in the village |
Village Archive
The Conservation Society maintains the Village Archive: Collecting maps, news cuttings photographs and other artefacts. Recording oral histories and personal memories of the village. Conserving old village photographs. Documenting important village features, such as; old paths, sundial, church tower pinnacles, Wicken Estate gates and picket fences.
Involvement in Local Planning
Monitoring
and responding to planning applications submitted to SNDC.
Commenting on conservation issues and making representations at Planning
Committee meetings. Submitting advice, comments and information on Wicken
Conservation Area and the Wicken Character Statement.
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