The Belchamp Walter Historical Society
The Belchamp Walter Historical Society does not exist. Quite frankly there doesn't seem to be any interest for there to be one.
While this website contains information related to the History of Belchamp Walter it is the work of one person drawing on what he can find from what he sees on local artifacts and finds on the Internet.
When I say that there is no interest that is not strictly true as there is a continuing interest from a wide base from many places around the world. There is also a great potential for interest in the recent filming that took place here last year, 2021. In a similar manner to the continued interest in Lovejoy, that was also filmed in Belchamp Walter, when the movie "Downton - a New Era" is released in March 2022 there will be people looking for where it was filmed.
Friends of the Church
In addition, the injection of cash (from the filming) into the Churchs' coffers has enabled the PCC to pay more of its Parish Share up to the Church of England. In my opinion this has just delayed the inevitability of the closing of the Church as a place of worship, I also believe that the Church, and surrounding Churches, should be made redundant and the buildings made into some sort of museum.
In a similar timescale there has been the institution of a "Friends of Belchamp Walter Church", FoBWC, that is supposedly setup to raise funds for the preservation of the building. Again, I have my doubts on the success of this project.
The Frustrated Webmaster
The webmaster of this website is also the webmaster of the "Friends" website and also the Parish Council. Due to the lack of interest in the websites I really do think that I am wasting my time with both the Friends and Parish Council sites.
I have given-up on the Village Hall website as there is definitely no interest, or at least feedback, from those that are involved on the Village Hall Committee.
I am continuing with my own site and am frankly embarrassed that both Foxearth and Gestingthorpe has very good websites. It is my suspicion that both of those websites are something that Ashley Cooper has a hand in!