Strengthening Our Estate Management Team
Strengthening Our Estate Management Team
The Duchy of Lancaster continues to grow the team looking after its rural estates with the addition of two rural surveyors, Olivia Mayo and Robert Noblet-Stone, as well as the appointment of UCL graduate Jeffrey Ma to the post of Land Use Analyst. Olivia will join Archie Rose in looking after our Yorkshire Survey and […]
Hedge Restoration Project, Crewe Estate, Cheshire
Following the success of a similar project on the Whitewell Estate in Lancashire, the Duchy has begun work to restore almost four kilometres of hedgerows across its Crewe Estate in Cheshire. The work focuses primarily on the ‘gapping up’ of existing hedges, supplemented by the planting of new ones and the incorporate of in-hedge trees. […]
New Tenants Move In To Red Lion Farmhouse
Following the refurbishment of a Grade II listed residential property on the Duchy’s Crewe Estate in Cheshire, Red Lion Farmhouse has been let to Tim and Joanne Leese. Tim is an experienced engineer with a strong track record in the automotive industry, where he has held various senior roles for companies such as Rolls Royce […]
Cricket Bat Willow Planted In Crewe
The existing woodland on the Crewe Estate in Cheshire included approximately 15 acres of poplar stands which had become over-mature and which, in line with the Duchy’s woodland management plan, were felled last year. Over the next few years, the Duchy plans to restock these sites with English cricket bat willow (Salix Alba Caerulea), working […]
900 Jubilee Trees Planted
As part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations this year, the Duchy of Lancaster is to plant almost 900 trees across its estates in Cheshire, Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Staffordshire and Yorkshire in support of The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) initiative. 70 commemorative oak and pear trees have been planted across the key farm holdings and a new […]
