AUBOURN AND HADDINGTON

Aubourn Clock Tower Restoration

Aubourn’s Landmark to be restored

The Grade II listed building known as Aubourn Clock Tower is being restored for future generations thanks to grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund, HLF , Lincolnshire Economic Partnership, RACOL and the Aubourn and Haddington Parish Council.
The East Midlands Committee of the Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded Aubourn and Haddington Parish Council £86,100 to assist in a project that will refurbish the roofs of the building and open the chancel area for community use.
The project will see the restoration and conservation of the oak shingled spire and the Collyweston slated apse roof using original materials and the refurbishment of the chancel to allow community access and to display items of local historic interest. In addition to this, a parish leaflet and website will be produced and a heritage trail through Aubourn and Haddington will be established.

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Picture of Aubourn Clock Tower

With the help of 50 Lincolnshire Army cadets, the villagers of Aubourn planted 2000 trees to mark the millennium in 2000. Brett Collier of the Ramblers Association celebrated his 80th birthday by dedicating 80 trees in the new wood and assisted with the planting. The 2-hectare (5-acre) site was given to the community by the Neville Estates and was part of Sibsey Field, which lies between the hamlets of Aubourn and Haddington. The name is thought to mean land attached to a small settlement. The millennium feature in the Sibsey Wood is a ring of Californian redwoods. Although when planted they were small, they reflect a similar ring in Haddington which are now some hundred years old.