Folly Arch repairs underway

Work has begun on the restoration of Folly Arch, more than four years after cracks started to appear in the listed structure.

According to the North Mymms District Green Belt Society (NMDGBS) the first task will be to underpin and stabilise the arch in order that work on the cracks can be carried out.

Metal supports have been holding the arch together since September 1999 after cracks in the structure widened.

Since 1999 several dates, including January this year, were given for the start of the repair work, but these have all slipped.

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25 March 2003

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More about Folly Arch on this site
History of Gobions Estate - Chapter One
History of Gobions Estate - Chapter Four
A Modern History of Brookmans Park - Chapter Two
A Modern History of Brookmans Park - Chapter Four
A Modern History of Brookmans Park - Chapter Five
A Modern History of Brookmans Park - Photographs
North Mymms - Parish and People - Photographs Two
North Mymms - Parish and People - Chapter Thirteen
The History of Gobions - Chapter Two
Gobions history to be unearthed
Gobions Woodland Trust - Annual Report for 1998
North Mymms - Place Names
Extracts from History Society Archives 1911

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