of this service could be made available. We are not only currently acting as
unpaid gatherers of vital distributional information, but we are also making a
significant contribution to the cultural heritage of the county of Essex.
3) That we more actively promote our work in one or other of the county magazines
or newspapers. I quite often read things in the national press that I read about
later in the Naturalist and find that it was reported incorrectly and out of context
in the media.
4) That we should consider the setting up of a commercial arm to our society so
that it becomes possible to pay our recorders and expert members when
biological recording work and specialist interpretation is requested on a
commercial scale. This might initially be a separate organisation constructed
so that it could become bolted onto the Field Club and a percentage levy could
be taken to go towards financing the Club's collections and library. Obviously
care would have to be taken not to compromise or impinge upon the amateur
and potential charitable status of the Club.
5) That we reduce the collections and library to a more manageable size, keeping
only the very best of the material.
Next year is the 125* Anniversary of the Field Club. I hope this milestone will also be
notable as the date we finally managed to get some progress on the future of the Club's
collections.
Help needed
Contact Mark Hanson 3 Church Cottages, Church Rd.,Boreham,Essex CM3 3EG also
email mark@hanson2468.fsnet.co.uk
During the research for the Essex Parks book I came across three items that I could
never find a satisfactory answer to -
1) Does anyone know the location of Maldon Park. It was apparently a medieval deer
park and is mentioned as being in existence in 1287 (Placitorum Abbrevatio, 212) and
was within the ownership of the Bishopric of London......
2) If you look through the Essex Parks book there are two engravings reproduced from
an 18th Century guide to Essex - Muilman, P. (1769-72) a New and Complete History of
Essex....by a Gentleman . The engravings depict Barrington Hall on page 177 and
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Essex Field Club Newsletter No. 44, May 2004