Ashford Hill with Headley Parish Council has amongst its many responsibilities, the privilege of looking after the First World War and the Second World War remembrance memorials within the villages. The war memorials located within the curtilage of our parish churches of St Peter and St Paul have suffered from adverse weather conditions over a number of years and were in need of some care and attention.
Recently, we were able to undertake a schedule of maintenance work on both of the memorials which included professional cleaning of the stone work together with mortar repairs. Work was also carried out on the restoration of some of the lettering of the names of the 43 fallen men of our armed forces who lived within our villages.
The schedule of work was only possible as the cost of this work has been met from the Parish Council’s ‘precept’ which is a sum of money our residents pay through their Council Tax payments.
The Parish Council hopes you feel that the work undertaken has been worthwhile as our memorials are looking at their best to honour the memory of the villagers that lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars and we encourage you to have a closer look at the memorials when you’re next passing.
