The King George V Field was bequeathed to the Parish, by John and Eleanor Ramsden in 1937, for the benefit of the parishioners and has served many purposes over the years; ranging from its use as a cricket pitch to grazing.
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The Parish Council is working with Operation Wallacea and local land-owners to develop the King George V field for the benefit of the Parish and its wildlife. This will be supported by a management plan and will allow us to be eligible for the many grants that are available for this type of conservation. The map shows the proposed siting of the new play area and planting and, although not finalised, it gives an indication of what we are hoping to achieve.
Hedge Laying
We held a hedge-laying course in November 2021 to teach the art to those who would like to learn it. In the process we laid the hedge at the back of the village hall nearest the old school house..
Tree Planting
On 29th November 2021 an Old Bolingbroke Field Day was held to plant trees and shrubs. It was very successful with lots of help from the 2 companies involved (Ground Control and Operation Wallacea) and 3 students from Desire Change.
Volunteers from Old Bolingbroke worked very hard in advance to prepare for the planting and on the day were there with spades and mallets at the ready.
Look North had a report on the 29th and the Horncastle News put a feature in this week’s paper (Dec 8th), on their Facebook page and on the LincolnshireWorld.com website which you can view HERE.
Trees and hedging were generously provided by Ground Control as part of their sustainability mission to be Carbon Neutral by 2025.
Surveys
In order to get approval for any tree or hedge planting in the field we had to have 2 surveys done by PCAS Archaeology Ltd of Lincoln, as the field is a site of historical and archaeological interest. These surveys were carried out in November 2021.
The results of these two surveys, which make very interesting reading, are available to read and/or download by clicking HERE.