A RARE chance to meet the Lord of the Manor is being hosted by Stanford Rivers Parish Council this month.
A reception will be held at Toot Hill Village Hall on September 12 to meet the Stanford Rivers Lord of the Manor Joel Goldman. This will be the first time that parishioners have had an opportunity to meet Mr Goldman.
His grandfather, Harold Scott, is the author of a book about the history of Stanford Rivers, which was published in 1974.
The current parish council chairman John Glover has recently had the book reproduced for the community and copies are available for £25 each, hard bound in black with gold lettering.
From this tattered old book came the search for the Lord of the Manor. Said Cllr Glover: "A chance meeting in St Margaret's Church, Stanford Rivers, put me in touch with Alix Tystad, daughter of Harold Scott, and subsequently with her son, Mr Joel Goldman – we had found the Lord of the Manor and invited our parishioners to the reception."
