Duchy Barn Garden, Higham Ferrers

Published August 1, 2023

The community garden adjacent to Chichele College on the Higham Ferrers estate in Northamptonshire continues to reveal glimpses of its historic past as volunteers work to maintain and further improve the site. Since the official opening of the Duchy Barn Garden, local volunteers have carried on their painstaking work of removing ivy, replacing stonework and […]

Posted in Latest News | Also tagged Archie Rose, Carol Fitzgerald, Chichele College, community project, Duchy Barn Garden, Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund, Higham Ferrers Archaeology and Research Society, Higham Ferrers estate, Queen's Green Canopy, Southern Survey

The Power of Community

Published October 19, 2021

A community garden that took shape during lockdown has been captured on film. The short feature, which celebrates the efforts of volunteers responsible for the creation of the garden, was shot in September as part of the Nene Valley Festival. The garden, which sits alongside the 15th century Chichele College owned by the Duchy of […]

Posted in Latest News | Also tagged Carol Fitzgerald, Chichele College, community project, community volunteers, Duchy Barn Garden, Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund, Gateway Club, Higham Ferrers Tourism, Nenescape, Southern Survey

A Place of Sanctuary and Quiet Contemplation

Published July 22, 2020

A medieval garden brought back to life by volunteers has provided the people of Higham Ferrers with a place of sanctuary and quiet contemplation during the Covid-19 pandemic. One NHS worker would sit on the bench to listen to the weekly clapping for key workers, for example, while families and friends found it a safe […]

Posted in Latest News | Also tagged Chichele College, Duchy Barn Garden, Duchy Surveyor of Lands, Jon Sellick, Southern Survey

Centenary Year For Rushden Golf Club

Published April 23, 2019

One of our longest serving tenants is celebrating their centenary this year. Rushden Golf Club first began with a small group of local businessmen who in the early 1900s marked out a field at Stanwick in order to play a few holes. By 1919 however the Club had settled into its present site on Duchy […]

Posted in Latest News | Also tagged Christopher Sparrow, Head of Rural, Northamptonshire, Rushden Golf Club, Southern Survey

New Lease of Life for Disused Farm Buildings

Published January 17, 2019

The Duchy of Lancaster has formed a joint venture with award-winning housebuilder Francis Jackson Homes to transform a number of disused agricultural buildings on its Higham Ferrers estate in Northamptonshire into a small residential development. Five individually designed homes will be created on Bidwell Lane in the village of Caldecott, just 2 miles from the […]

Posted in Latest News | Also tagged family homes, Francis Jackson Homes, Graeme Chalk, Head of Project Management, Northamptonshire, residential development, Southern Survey