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Members of the Trust are: 

Colin Robinson *#
Keith Griffiths  *#
Alec Hayward  *#
The Lady Newborough *
Mrs Andrea Hamilton-Hill *
Rev David North 
Marion Lycett 
David Ellis  *
Helen Hughes * 
Sylvia Ray * 
Peter Ray
Sarah Thursfield
Nathan Blanchard  
Tim and Kirsty Craig
John Lythe
Martin Stringer
Jane Juliff *#
Oswestry Borough Council (Represented by Cllr Steven Charmley)
Whittington Parish Council (Represented by Cllr Brenda Smith)

* denotes Charity Trustees and directors

# denotes members of the Management Committee 

Advisers to the Trust are:

Nathan Blanchard (formerly Conservation Officer at Oswestry Borough Council)
Richard Hughes of Milton Francis and Hughes (Solicitors)
Andrew Clarke of Morris Cook and Co (Auditors)
Janet Miller of WS Atkins Heritage and team (Consultants who undertook the feasibility study)
Jamie Coath of Purcell, Miller, Tritton (Consultants who undertook the Conservation Plan)
Peter Napier (Conservation Architect)
Peter Brown (Freelance Archaeologist)
Architectural Heritage Fund
Association of Preservation Trusts
Steve Evison and Joy Braithwaite of Rural Resources
Howard Price of Ashmead Price, Landscape Architect
Sula Rayska of Rayska Heritage, Project Manager

The Restoration work was undertaken by:

Builders - Frank Galliers Ltd
Architects - Purcell, Miller, Tritton
Quantity Surveyors - Cyril Orchard
Planning Supervisor - Cyril Orchard
Archeologists: Richard Morriss, Nigel Baker, Pat Frost

Organisations that have grant funded the Restoration work are:

Heritage Lottery Fund
Shropshire Tourism Action Plan
Oswestry Community Tourism Initiative
DEFRA's Rural Enterprise Scheme
English Heritage
Cory Enviromental Trust
Richard Burbidge Ltd
Architectural Heritage Fund
Leader+
Friends of Whittington Castle
Shropshire County Council
Mercers Company
Millichope Foundation
Alan Evans Trust
Manifold Trust
Lord Leverhulme Trust
W A Cadbury Trust
A number of other charitable Trusts who prefer to remain anonymous

Organisations that have grant funded other elements of the Trusts activities are:

Architectural Heritage Fund
Shropshire County Council
English Heritage
Oswestry Borough Council
Whittington Parish Council
Friends of Whittington Castle
Shropshire Tourism Marketing Consortium
National Lottery Awards for All scheme
The Countryside Agency under the Doorstep Greens scheme
Leader+

Particular thanks to

Maria Perks, AHF (for her energy and enthusiasm)
Mathew Slocombe, SPAB (for the Country Life article) 
Owen Paterson MP (for his moral support)
Marcus Pook (for his assistance with the negotiations over acquisition)
Brian Smith, Ted Cleaverly, Jill Jones of Oswestry Borough Council (for their advice and encouragement in the early days)
Mr Phillip Godsal (for his patience)
J Thomas (for completing the urgent repairs)
Sara Lindridge
all Friends of Whittington Castle (for their enthusiasm and commitment)
Porthywaen Silver Band (for their support)
Peter Brown, Mark Bowden, Peter King, David Clarendon, Mike Watson et al (for helping us better understand the history and significance of the site)
David Jordan and team (for the geophysical survey)
Paul Renfry (for addressing our AGM and sharing his knowledge of the Fitswarines)
David Preston, Clerk to Oswestry Town Council (for addressing our AGM and sharing his experience of the grant funding of heritage projects)
Daily Telegraph (for the feature on the Medieval Garden in the garden section of the paper on 27/4/02) 
The Princes Foundation (for "Regeneration through Heritage" its highly successful series of seminars aimed at communities who want to develop their local heritage buildings)
Mr Paul Walker of Walkers Engineering for his assistance with the purchase of Grounds Maintenance equipment
Gill Guest, Shropshire Magazine and Shropshire Star for kind permission to reproduce the article about the medieval garden which appeared in the June 2002 edition of "The Shropshire Magazine".
John Lythe and the Grounds Maintenance team
 

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Last modified: June 12, 2007