Witney News - Support for heritage projects

Witney - A view from Church Green

Advertisements

Support for heritage projects

West Oxfordshire District Council has awarded grants totalling £4,758 towards the development of heritage opportunities in West Oxfordshire.

Heritage Grants between £100 and £500 are being given to 10 organisations, museums and local history groups to support projects they are running that benefit communities in West Oxfordshire.

Cllr Hilary Biles, Cabinet Member for Leisure and Tourism, said: “Some of the projects supported by the grants include archiving of historical documents and records, digitalising records, preservation of artefacts and help towards exhibition costs. The Council is keen to support projects which promote the heritage of our District and we are very pleased to be able to contribute in this way.”

Projects to benefit from grants include:

  • Bampton Community Archive and Local Studies, towards costs for exhibitions.
  • Combe Mill Society, to pay for equipment and facilities for disabled visitors.
  • Minster Lovell Historical Society, to purchase a digital projector.
  • Chipping Norton Museum, towards running costs.
  • Oxford Bus Museum Trust Ltd, Long Hanborough, to purchase a projector.
  • Bartons’ History Group, to scan and preserve significant village history documents.
  • Ducklington Village History Group, towards costs of producing a booklet detailing life in Victorian Ducklington.
  • The Charlbury Society, to restore a local artefact, The Post Office Lamp.
  • Witney and District Museum, to purchase display boards.
  • Cogges Manor Farm Museum, to purchase display boards.

Details of Heritage Grants available in 2009/10 will be announced early next year. Visit the Council’s website, www.westoxon.gov.uk/heritagegrants, for further details or call Leisure & Tourism on 01993 861080.

Posted : 16/06/2008 10:06:07

Other recent Witney news items posted on the Witney website


Ultrafast broadband delivered to more than 10,000 properties in the District

More than 10,000 rural homes and businesses in West Oxfordshire now have access to ultrafast full-fibre internet, providing them with some of the fastest broadband speeds in the world. This milesto...


Residents and businesses urged to be patient as Covid-19 test centre is built in Witney

An NHS Covid-19 testing centre is to be built in Witney to improve support for residents. The building will be situated in the Woodford Way car park and is expected to remain for at least three mon...


Oxfordshire close to 'high' COVID-19 alert level

Residents are being advised to be extra vigilant, particularly over half-term, as cases of coronavirus continue to spread across the county. Evidence shows that, in the past two weeks, the virus ha...


West Oxfordshire Gym Data Reveals the Numbers of Locals that Returned to the Gym after lockdown

Better, the largest operator of municipal leisure facilities in the UK releases gym usage data since reopening: West Oxfordshire has seen a total of 20537 visits to their local gyms 26-34-year old...


View the full Witney Blog