The new Effingham heritage board erected in front of the parade of shops on The Street will be unveiled at 2.30pm on Friday 23rd August by Elisabeth Gaunt, daughter of Sir Barnes Wallis famed inventor of the bouncing bomb used in the Dam Busters’ raid, who lived in Effingham for nearly 50 years and is featured on the heritage board.
The project to produce the heritage board was a collaboration between EFFRA and the Parish Council. Funding was provided by Guildford Borough Council’s Concurrent Functions Grant Aid with the amount being matched by the Parish Council and topped up by EFFRA and Surrey County Council.
The heritage board is intended to celebrate the history of the village, more of which you can read here. The heritage board gives a brief history of the village and the people for whom it is best known – Sir Barnes Wallis and the Lord Howards of Effingham. It also identifies the main buildings of historical interest with their locations in the village which are also included in the Effingham Heritage Trail. We hope to produce a new edition of the Heritage Trail in due course using the beautiful graphic map from the board.
Residents are warmly invited to come and see the heritage board unveiled.