Winifred Heath (24 December 1892 – 22 August 1988) was a nurse and naturalist. [1] [2]
Heath was born in the Lickey Hills, Worcestershire. She became a student nurse in London before travelling to India as a missionary nurse. [1] After returning to the UK she worked as a district nurse in Chesterton, Cambridge before moving to Nettleham.
Heath was a long-standing member of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union. She was an honorary life-member of the LNU and at the time of her death was its oldest member. [2] She spent much of her retirement fundraising for the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust and in her honour a nature reserve, formerly Bratoft Meadows, was renamed Heath's Meadows. [1] Heath's Meadows are a grassland meadow site near Burgh le Marsh covering 5.5 hectares (14 acres). [3] She was a volunteer for the RSPCA, the Donkey Sanctuary and the Lincolnshire branch of the Council for the Protection of Rural England. [2]
Winifred Heath (24 December 1892 – 22 August 1988) was a nurse and naturalist. [1] [2]
Heath was born in the Lickey Hills, Worcestershire. She became a student nurse in London before travelling to India as a missionary nurse. [1] After returning to the UK she worked as a district nurse in Chesterton, Cambridge before moving to Nettleham.
Heath was a long-standing member of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union. She was an honorary life-member of the LNU and at the time of her death was its oldest member. [2] She spent much of her retirement fundraising for the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust and in her honour a nature reserve, formerly Bratoft Meadows, was renamed Heath's Meadows. [1] Heath's Meadows are a grassland meadow site near Burgh le Marsh covering 5.5 hectares (14 acres). [3] She was a volunteer for the RSPCA, the Donkey Sanctuary and the Lincolnshire branch of the Council for the Protection of Rural England. [2]