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It was so enjoyable celebrating a Christmas Party with our neighbours & people we have work with during the year

Thank you Cherrie & Bobby for preparing all the food and running the Bar.

Ring the bell ………. come & help yourselves to some nibbles

Andy ….. the skipper of the African Queen with Mary Clare Denny who has lived in St. Margarets House in Mapledurham Village for more than 20 years

Andy & Bridget Cumming – Bruce who lives in the Vicarage in Mapledurham Village

Lady Ann Eyston with Andy & Bridget Cumming-Bruce.

Mr John Eyston, the owner of Mapledurham Estate, with Jeanette Howse Business Development Executive for Tourism South East & Lola Mapledurham Estate Secretary who recently won ‘Gold At Beautiful South Award’

Julie the Office Assistant Mapledurham Estate, Jane Starling who lives in the village & runs a Nordic Walking Business please visit her website www.nordicwalking.com, Lady Anne Eyston & Mary Clare

Mr & Mrs L Redgwell ……….. Mapledurham Lock Keeper, Environment Agency

Corry Starling the Country Park Bailiff

Andy & I with Mary Claire

The Weir at Mapledurham which has supplied power to the Water Mill for at least 1000 years

A silhouette of St. Margarets Church & Mapledurham House. For more details please visit their website www.mapledurham.co.uk

See if you can identify the name engraved on the Water Mill’s wall, clue being ‘ The Eagle Has Landed’

The Old Mill, recorded in ‘The Doomsday Book’

A rear view of The Mill

The Archimedes Screw Hydro Electric System ………. the result of many years of planning by the owner Mr John Eyston. For more information about this amazing green electric power please visit www.mannpower-hydro.co.uk