Thornham old drill hall

Thornham drill hall

 

  Thornham Drill hall was built in 1907

It was built in the grounds of the Rectory at the expense of the incumbent Vicar Rev. W. Weller and provided "a lovely spacious place for concerts, dances and meetings; just what was needed in those days".

 

It was used to train the Church Lads Brigade in the use of rifles – timely skills with the Great War on the horizon

 

2006-

Playing field acquired- A land exchange gave freehold ownership of a six acre field at the west end of the village to Thornam Charities.

2007-
Fundraising to develop the field

The Drill Hall served the needs of the village well for more than a century, but was on a physically constrained site with no parking facilities, no longer suited to modern usage.

2012-
Thornam Drill hall was sold in December 2012 to provide much needed finance for the new Hall.
A grant of £475,000 was secured from the Big Lottery Fund in August crowning three years of solid fund raising efforts locally.

2013-
New village hall was built (september)