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Name: Walsham History Group Event 7/2024 – Gardens Weekend
Start: 2024-08-26
End: 2024-08-26
Location: Memorial Hall

Walsham le Willows is a thriving Suffolk village with clubs, groups, annual events, a vibrant sports club and a rich documented history chronicled in the quarterly reviews written and published by the Walsham le Willows History group.

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THURSDAY 12th SEPTEMBER

Parish Council urgently needs to know how you use bus services

Please complete the online survey as soon as possible possible (paper version available) .

Please encourage any bus users you know to do the same. Share widely to help us get a complete picture of bus service requirements of all residents who rely on them.

Even if you are an irregular user please cmplete the form as best you can and explain how you use the service in other comments section.

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Current enhanced temporary timetable 2nd September to 31st December

Please Note: all buses will serve West Suffolk College, and it is understood the intention is to retain the original stops in Walsham le Willows. This will confirmed in the final public timetables to be published as soon as available.

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Flood investigations

SCC have advised that Walsham le Willows currently comes 13 in a list of 48 communities with regard to S19 flood investigations work. The Walsham le Willows investigation is scheduled for the autumn. Read more here.

DEFRA Property Flood Resilience Repair Grant Scheme

Suffolk County Council will administer this grant which offers up to £5,000 towards a range of resilience works to residents and organisations meeting the scheme criteria. They are working closely with the Environment Agency, and are currently dealing with an unprecedented volume of Section 19 Flood Investigations. This may take some time as the flooding affected areas across Suffolk.

We understand this will only be available to those who registered their flooded property before 21st December 2023 as advised.

6th February 2024 – More information on the scheme including where to find a surveyor

Flood Recovery Information from SCC

Parish Council Flood Response

The Parish Council Flood Response Group have:

Worked with affected residents to ensure eligibility for financial assistance as well as advice and support from SCC and their agents on how to safeguard properties in future .
Submitted three evidence documents as requested to SCC and the Environment Agency.
Held a follow up meeting for affected residents.
Met with Environment Agency representatives.

Next Steps

Await S19 by Suffolk County Council, the lead flood agency, towards the autumn.
Involve other agencies like MSDC where there may be funding synergies for any suggestion mitigation work

Call for Land by Mid Suffolk District Council

Mid Suffolk are looking for land which could be planted on or improved for nature.

They need landowners – farmers, parish or town councils, businesses, or individuals, who want to do something with their land to benefit the natural environment and the wildlife this supports.

Advice, support and often the materials and resources needed to make this happen are available.

You don’t need a clear plan at this stage, just an interest in doing something is enough. MSDC will work with you to form a plan if needed, or help turn an existing plan into reality.

If you are interested please get in touch with Richard Parmee | Biodiversity Project Manager | 01449 724 762 | 07927 589 614

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Walsham has had an enthusiastic and prolific history group since 1980 and it is still going strong. The group still meets regularly, and have produced a Brief History of Walsham, and comprehensive Reviews on particular aspects of Walsham’s historical record which have been published at the rate of three or four a year since 1997, and a selection of books and compact discs.

Cover of the book The Black Death: An intimate History by John Hatcher

Walsham le Willows has a rich history that is based on the survival of exceptionally good 14th-century manorial records which led to Walsham being chosen as the setting for the fictionalised history The Black Death: An Intimate History, by John Hatcher set in the years following the summer of 1348 as the Black Death ravaged European society. John Hatcher used the excellent manorial records to ‘fill in the gaps’ for his story.

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