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The Trust
The Murray Downland Trust was founded in 1993 and named after both Dr Elizabeth (Betty) Murray, former Principal of Bishop Otter College, in Chichester, West Sussex, and her brother, Kenneth Murray. The Murrays were pioneers of downland conservation
at Heyshott in West Sussex.
The Trust is a Registered Charity and a Company
Limited by Guarantee under the Companies Act.
Objectives
The Trust rescues and enhances neglected areas of unimproved chalk downland in the counties of Sussex and Hampshire, revealing their richness in terms of the species of flora and fauna present. The formal objectives are laid down in the Trust's Memorandum of Association (Clause 3) as: " ... for the public benefit,
the preservation, protection, development and improvement of areas
of land of botanical, zoological, ecological, archaeological, historical
or landscape interest or of natural beauty, by the acquisition by
gift, purchase or lease or management by arrangement of downland,
grassland, fenland, woodlands, agricultural land, common land and
any land whatsoever."
The Directors have set their short and medium term objectives as managing small areas of chalk downland in Sussex and Hampshire, and so establishing a 'chain' of reserves.
Company No. 2873432
Registered Charity No. 1040076
Entry on the Charity Commission's Website
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