Heritage Trust Fund

King's Sutton Heritage
Trust Fund......


Mission Statement: To promote, protect and enhance the history, facilities, structures, and amenities of the village of King's Sutton and the surrounding area for the benefit of its inhabitants by utilizing funds which are charitably donated on projects that are outside of the scope of normal rates and taxes.

We have a tremendous Heritage within the confines of our village......We all have a responsibility to future generations to encourage the maintenance of our History and the building of our communities in the years ahead.

Our initial Project was the formation of this website.
It is envisaged that this will continue to be expanded in the years ahead. Expansion, as required, will continue with full consultation of all of the interested parties within the confines of the village. Content will be changed at the request of groups and inhabitants, assuming that it is deemed suitable.

Project 1...The Website.......Update 3 29/03/08
We are now just over 2 years old and continuing to expand our coverage for all age groups and interests. We are currently chasing the 10000th visitor mark. The Forum is still inhabited with mainly overseas members but this is good because it shows that King's Sutton is well remembered by all who have been touched by its magic. Many of these are looking to increase their knowledge of the village where their ancestors came from. We manage to respond as best we can to requests for information about ancestors but would really like someone with a particular interest in geneology to join us. The new Photo Album is growing and attracting attention as more people request additional photos of the village, past and present. It is proposed that we extend this feature and would welcome any photos of your families, life and times in King's Sutton,
perhaps to place on the ''Memories'' section. One enterprising resident is currrently recording the memories of various 'elders' from the village.

Project 3...The Reading Rooms Coronation Challenge Cup....update 26/07/07.

The cup was unearthed months ago, found by a village resident and handed to our committee. Following extensive advertising and research its true history has still not been resolved although we know it was first presented in 1937. However, pending further investigation it was decided that it should be offered to the King's Sutton Primary school.

"On behalf of the Heritage Trust, John Wheatley presented the Reading Rooms Cup at the School Speech Day on July 17th. The Trophy was awarded for an outstanding piece of literary work chosen by the School. This is the first time the prize has been awarded and the winner was Molly Reed of Year 6."

The cup was awarded with a 'Prize' of a £10 book token and will now become an annual event.

Information Update

Project 2...The History Archive.....Update...29/03/08

The 'Times Past' page continues to be one of the most popular pages on the site and will continue to be expanded as time permits. It is still only a brief outline of the in depth information currently available. The full 'History Archive' which will eventually expand to more than 15 pages currently has four separate pages, namely ..........
'Historiy Archive'.....Giving an overview of the parts to come. 'The Lords of the Manor of Kings Sutton' .....has a great deal of information about this section of our history.   'Memories' ....Currently only three memories are presented. The memories page is to be extended to show more photos of past events within the village. 'The Great Fire'......Only abrief outline is currently available directly on this page as the full text including photos needs to be downloaded from the links given.

The 'History Archive' pages are still under construction utilising the huge variety of information available for publication. The archive will remain 'Open' so that it can be added to in the years ahead from whatever sources are forwarded or are un-earthed.

Have an evening with your extended family and go through your old photos, family information, scrapbooks or documented 'memories'. It is fun and I am sure the children would love it! At a recent gathering of my own family I saw photos from my childhood (50 plus years ago ) that I didnt know existed! My sons were surprized to see me in my late teens! ( However this was not in King's Sutton)

We would be really interested to hear from you with a view to adding this to the stock of available information.      Email us here.

Information forgotten is information lost to future generations........The history archive will endeavor to protect such information, memories and photos for our future heritage.   It is important...please get involved.

What is a Charity ???

Does Charity begin at Home?

It is difficult to quantify just how many people in King's Sutton are actively engaged in charitable activities. However it is certainly quite a sizeable number. But there are also many who do not actively take part in any fundraising simply because they have not taken any one, ongoing, cause to heart. The Heritage Trust Fund is, in essence, inward looking, because it concerns King's Sutton and its residents. However many of the proposed projects will have an on-going effect on a much wider audience beyond the confines of our village.

Volunteers are needed who want to make a difference within our own community. Of course we understand that those who are already engaged in other charities may not wish to participate but we are deliberately making our Charitable Objectives wide enough so that we will be able to tackle a range of projects and would therefore welcome everyone to become involved.....

Your assistance would be appreciated in any way that you are able to contribute. ( This may simply be the introduction of a project that is close to your heart, but which you may not have the expertise to progress.......We may be able to assist! )

If you would like more details of how you can
be involved please.........Email me Today