Author: Dot Broady-Hawkes

21st Annual General Meeting of Lathom Park Trust

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The 21st Annual General Meeting of Lathom Park Trust will be held at the Ormskirk & District Scout HQ, Hall Lane Lathom, L40 5UN on Tuesday 9th April 2024 at 7pm, there will be no speaker presentation after the legal business meeting this year, we are arranging a separate date for that. It will therefore be a members only meeting. Any member who has not yet renewed their annual membership subscription can submit it up to and including immediately before the start of the meeting. Please note...
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New Chairman Appointed

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Paul Sherman was elected by the Board of Trustees to be the new Chairman of Lathom Park Trust late last year. Paul has a wealth of knowledge on he archaeology of Lathom Park and Lathom District. He is a founder and Director of North West Heritage CIC and a volunteer crew member and Trustee of he Southport Offshore Lifeboat. Paul will work towards advancing the curren projects underaken by he Trust with expert guidance and knowledge.
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Scheduled Monument Status for Roman Fort, Lathom, Burscough Nr Ormskirk

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The attached link will take you to the Historic England listing for the Roman Fort site in West Lancashire. The Trust funded a number of surveys and field walks on the site around 15 years ago after looking at earlier documented evidence of Roman activity on the fields there.   https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1470328
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Tribute to Ken Vincent

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Kenneth Isaac Vincent 29 Dec 1932-20 Feb 2020 It is with great sadness that The Trustees heard of the sudden passing of our long serving Trustee Mr Kenneth Vincent at the age of 87. Kenneth was passionate about the history of Lathom and he shared some wonderful memories of Lathom with us. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this sad time. He will be a great loss to many.
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