• Background to the Pits Trust

    Charity Number 243172 (see link at foot of page).

    The Claxton Parish Pit Charity (the Pits Trust) was registered with the Charity Commissioners in July 1965.  Its origins date back to the Enclosure Acts when parishes were invested with properties which were for public benefit.  It was previously known as the “Poor’s Allotment” and “Poor’s Trust”. (more…)

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