The Parish Council supports the Sherborne Brook Support Group’s heritage significance statement and is grateful for the efforts of those involved. It will act as a useful input to the ongoing Conservation Management Plan research commissioned by the National Trust, and as a reference for other community/Parish related matters. In the context of the document, ‘we’ means ‘Sherborne Brook Support Group’.
If you have any comments you would like to share with the Sherborne Brook Support Group (the authors), please contact sherborne_brook@icloud.com
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The document is compiled by the Sherborne Brook Support Group and seeks to define the heritage significance of the Sherborne Brook and its surrounding landscape and ecology. The document references a number of international and national policies with regard to communities expressing their wishes and stating publicly the significance of their local landscape and what exists within it.
A historical summary is provided which charts the link between the village community today back to their predecessors who have dwelt here over 2000 years and how villagers in the past left their imprint on the landscape. We apply accepted techniques for making assessments of heritage, landscape value and significance, and address the flora and fauna which add to the heritage. We define the important features of the heritage of the Brook to us, and invite support, endorsement and or comment. All images in this document are taken within Sherborne, past and present.
A significant number of villagers have been involved in drawing this document up and suggesting edits.
