The Allen Grove Local History Fund

The Allen Grove Local History Fund has made four grants this year, three to local societies and one to an individual. The individual award was Mrs Kersey for research on a book on the communities of the villages of Bearsted and Thurnham. Hadlow Historical Society also received a grant for a book which will be an 1481 survey of the Manor of Hadlow. Cudworth and Kildown Local History Society’s grant was to buy materials for storage of documents in its archive and Shoreham and District Historical Society received its grant for oral history research into the village in the Second World War. The total awarded was £950.

The next grants will be made in about June next year. Application forms for grants can be obtained from the Hon. General Secretary and the applications must reach him by 31st March. The trustees are considering commissioning a book on the history of local history societies and details of this are in a separate note on page 8.