Search FavouritesWe've been getting regular reports on the sort of thing you've been searching on, so I'll try and fill in any pointers here that you may not have found while searching. There are around 140 links on the “More...” pages, so have a look there for local links. Your favourite topics recently have been:
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Other favourite topics in the past have been: Accommodation: There's loads of accommodation around Warwickshire, and plenty of specialist sites on which to find it. I know of two B&Bs in the village - Apothecary's (The Old Dispensary) and Meadow Cottage. See also Houses for rent/sale. Advertisements: this site does not currently carry advertising as such; to advertise in the Wellesbourne and Walton News, you need to contact Mike Crocker, 470380, michael@crocker.wanadoo.co.uk. Air Ambulance, Warwickshire & Northamptonshire: this link is in More... - www.wnaa.co.uk. Allotments: D. Roche is the Lettings Secretary of the Wellesbourne Allotment and Gardens Association - contact tel. 470792. Banks: Before WWII there were 3 banks in Wellesbourne. Now there's only one: Barclays. They're in Kineton Road. Buses, Bus stops: The WCC site shows bus times (new timetable Jun 2009).
[This link shifts by a few places every so often, so apologies if it doesn't always point to Wellesbourne - it's out of my control, I'm afraid, but I do monitor it and adjust it fairly often.]
On Yahoo Answers, courtesy of Dabidah, I found:
“Contact Traveline on 0870 608 2 608,
or Stagecoach (they run buses out of Leamington Spa and Stratford regularly).
Call Bus Line on 01788 545555 for more information.”
Bus Stops: There are plenty of these around Wellesbourne. In Chestnut Square there is a bus shelter with a plaque commemorating Joseph Arch and the speech which started the Agricultural Labourers' Union (see History). Bypass, when built: The Wellesbourne Bypass was constructed in
1989-90 and opened on 20 June 1990 - I remember the opening: a couple (Don and Joan Lambton) danced the length of the bypass on the opening day, and John Grantham's mum held the scissors for the Councillor who cut the ribbon. See Pam's Bypass site. Camping/ Caravanning, Newlands et al: see entry in More... Car Boot Sales: the fundraisers tried to have one for Shipston Home Nursing in early September 2008 but the ground was so waterlogged it had to be called off. Cemetaries/ Burial Grounds: St Peter's Churchyard is nearly full and discussions are under way between the Diocese and Parish Council to buy another piece of land. Follow progress in the Parish Council Minutes. Charity shop: There's the Myton Hamlet Hospice shop in Warwick Road, open Mon-Sat 9.00am - 4.30pm, tel. 01789 842284. More on Myton Hamlet Hospice on the OPIN site. Chedham’s Yard: Most of us were very excited when Chedham's Yard won the BBC's Restoration Village competition. As well as the work needed to restore the Yard, there will of course be logistical problems. The site itself is on Church Walk, off Chestnut Square, and parking will be difficult. It's only really open on actual Open Days, when parking is on Dog Close. It's currently still at the planning stage, so there's not much to see at present. I say 'most' - some people are dead against the project, or want it moved: see a Nov'06 article in the Stratford Herald (available on their site to subscribers only). Work is proceeding apace on cleaning and storing the artefacts, as these pictures show. A new web site has been started, www.chedhamsyard.btik.com, and after initial problems it is up and running again with a selection of news and history, though some pages are just stubs; the old site, www.chedhamsyard.org is still available for reference and is planned to be replaced by an even more comprehensive site. Choral Society: meets on Tuesdays - see Diary on page 2 of Monthly News. Churches: Up to date information on what's going on at St Peter's C of E, Roman Catholic and Methodist churches in Wellesbourne, and St James's C of E church in Walton, including contact details for clergy, churchwardens, etc. appear each month on the Churches page. See 'Mmm Yyyy News' at the top of the Menu column and follow the links. There is also fixed information on the Amenities page. The Church Centre can be hired - see page 2 of the Monthly News. Church Lane/ Street/ Walk: There's no Church Lane; Church Street leads from the gyratory system to, guess what, the Church! (St Peter's). Church Walk leads from Chestnut Square, past Chedham’s Yard, arriving at the Church from the opposite direction. As the name suggests, you can't do this journey by car, but you can just about get there in a wheelchair. Just to confuse matters still further, there's also a Chapel Street, leading south-east from Chestnut Square. The chapel is not in use, having been replaced by a larger one in Bridge Street. Chapel Street was badly flooded in 2007. Clubs and Hobbies: There are lots of clubs etc. listed in 8 categories on the Clubs page. Fill in the Submission form if you want to add or update one. Coffee Mornings: There's one near the end of every month in the Carr Room at St Peter's; Macmillans do “The Biggest Coffee Morning in the World” in September each year, raising over £500 each time. See the Diary on page 2 in the monthly news for details. Councillors: David Johnston, Sue Main et al There's a nifty link in Amenities for contacting any political representative from District up to Europen Parliament. Actually I used the Nineveh argument myself once (it's the name of Sue's house) as it's more distinctive than Main. The two Davids are holding a surgery on Friday 3rd July - see July'09 p3 . Crematorium: There's a link to the Crematorium in More... Crocker: there are several Crockers in Wellesbourne - Mike's the one you need to contact to advertise in the Wellesbourne and Walton News; Tony is on the PCC, but I don't have any public info on him. Dene Valley Sports and Leisure Centre (DVSLC, formerly DVSC): A new sports and leisure centre planned for Wellesbourne and the surrounding area. In October 2008 Stratford District Council withdrew their promised financial support, citing the “current economic climate”, but Roger Wright has not given up, and will pursue all possible options to get the project completed. See November 08 News page 8 for news from the Parish Council; watch Parish Council Minutes and this Press Release for developments. Dentists: Langman & Associates, 2 Willow Drive CV35 9SB, tel. 840786 Doctors: There's a link to Hastings House Medical Centre in More... In case the site goes down again (it went down early in 2008) I've posted a link to an NHS site with the main details of the practice. Dry Cleaners: in School Road, tel. 470704 “Your Local Dry Cleaners & Specialist Launderers”. Events, Diary of / What's On: See page 2 of the monthly news. On the left, you'll find Daily, Weekly and Fortnightly Activities, and on the right one-offs and irregular events as well as details of who to send info about forthcoming events. There's also usually a “hotspot” on the Home Page listing a series of Charity Events in aid of Shipston Home Nursing, as well as other pointers to important events. Flooding: Stratford District Council have produced a detailed database collating reports and post-flood data. There is an Emergency Plan available on disc in the Parish Office. Flower Shop, Interflora: Wellesbourne Florists are at 2 Newbold Road, Wellesbourne CV35 9NZ, Tel. 01789 840376 www.wellesbourneflorists.co.uk . They are in the Teleflorist Relay System. Football, Wellesbourne Wanderers: link in More... www.WellesbourneWanderersFC.co.uk Fresh ’n’ Fruity: Greengrocer and Fruiterer, 6 The Precinct, tel. 840744, closed Mondays. Galleries: Walton Gallery is closed. It may be able to reopen some time in new premises, but I have no news at present. I'll put up the latest info when I have it. If anyone else knows anything about that or any other gallery, please let me know . Meanwhile there's Compton Verney not far away. Garages/ Car Sales: there are six in Wellesbourne; 2 sell cars; 1 sells petrol; most do repairs: Garden Centres: If you'd remembered to put the quotes on, you'd have found Duncan's Pet and Garden Centre in Warwick Road, tel. 841847 (closed Thursdays). Further afield there is one in Charlecote (tel. 841842), and still further there's Wyevale (entrance now at the far end!). Genealogy, Family History: There isn't a link or group as such, but I would imagine the History Group would have the best information. Hairdresser/ Barber: there are four - for full details, see the Index link under Shops & Amenities . Halls, hire of: Details at the foot of page 2 of the monthly news. Horticulture Society: see Clubs/ Hobbies Houses for rent/sale: This is another area where you need to do a more specialised search. There are 2 Estate Agents in Wellesbourne: Peter Clarke, www.PeterClarke.co.uk, and Connells (formerly Malcolm Hawkesford), www.connells.co.uk; Prime Location, www.primelocation.com is a useful site to find property for sale or rental. See also Accommodation / B&Bs. Jen Fennell: worked for some time at the chemists, and later at the One Stop in Bridge Street. A trawl of this site will highlight her life and the sponsored walk held in her memory with proceeds going to Myton Hamlet and Macmillan Cancer Support in July 2007. Ken Wood was profiled in March 2006 when he was described as a Pattern Maker and Hockey Umpire, but he was much more, doing sterling work for St Peter's Church. He died in April 2009 at 83. Lions, Wellesbourne and District: News of this group's activities appears each month, formerly on the Timely Mail page. They have their own web site, www.wellesbourne-lions.org.uk . Lynda Scriven: By far the most searched for argument when I first put the search engine in place was Lynda Scriven. Lynda Scriven (there, that should get this page to the top!) is our hard-working Parish Clerk. You can find her at the Parish Council Office in office hours, listed in Amenities: PC Office, as are details of Meetings. Find Council business and information on The Local Channel. Map of Wellesbourne, St Peter’s, Post Codes:
There are a number of mapping facilities, notably Street Map, which points to Chestnut Square CV35 9QR, the heart of Wellesbourne Mountford, if not the whole village, and Google.
I've had a request for a map with hotspots showing local features which are linked to when you click on them, and rather than reviving a feature from some years ago using hotspots to show possible sites for new housing (all rejected) which my son worked on for a school project,
I'll be putting some pictures up on Google in the next few weeks.
St Peter's church will appear as a hotspot; see Churches.
Talking of Google, a car with their logo, a roof mounted camera and Paris numberplates was spotted in Gloster Gardens in April 2009 - expect to be on Street View soon! Market, Wellesbourne Airfield: Now overtaking Lynda is “Market”. I'm assuming people are looking for the one on the Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield. I know very little about it except that it's held every Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday and closes at 4 p.m. (when the A429 northbound is jammed with hot dog vans and punters leaving for home). There's a new number to book a stall: 07836 737911. Much has been written about Wellesbourne being a Market Town older than Kineton and other settlements hereabouts, and moves to turn Wellesbourne into a Town. You'll find references in the Parish Council Minutes for early 2006, but this has been shelved while there are more important things to discuss, like the Dene Valley Sports Centre and Chedham's Yard. Directions - from the north: M40 J15; take A429(S) towards Stow; continue for c.5 miles; follow market signs; from the south: take A429(N) towards Wellesbourne; follow market signs. By Train: to Leamington Spa then cross the road to catch No. 18 bus at 6 mins past each hour. (Bank Holidays it's the 18A at 28 past from Warwick Station). The Airfield has its own link from More... which somehow comes in ahead of this site in Search Engine ratings unless you add “village” to the argument. Moon Daisies: I don't recall seeing anything about them on the site, so I Googled them and found growingnative.org.uk/flower_month.htm . As they were Flower of the Month for June 2007, they may well disappear. Digging around on Pam's sites I've found some on her Bypass site - I think someone is playing games here! More About...: This is a page linked to from the foot of both the new-style menus and all the old-style pages. It started by just giving some background on Wellesbourne's geology and related matters, with a few links to other useful sites, but has now grown into a valuable resource consisting of around 140 links in four categories to a variety of information your webmaster considers could be of benefit to both the casual visitor and the dedicated student of Wellesbourne and the surrounding area. All of the links are checked on a 6-monthly cycle and any failing links flagged, researched and eventually removed if no suitable replacement can be found. Many of the items on this page are to be found in these links. More... has now got so big I decided early in 2009 to split it into 2. Mothers’ Union: see link in Clubs/ Social. Norman Howes, Rev Canon: Rev Howes was vicar of Wellesbourne for some time (30 years?), retiring in February 2003. After 4 years in Northend he has returned to Wellesbourne. His wife Roni still does some catering. His son Simon took lots of photos of the retirement party which you can see here, along with some pictures of old Wellesbourne and Indonesia. Pam Copson was one of the founders of the Wellesbourne Web, doing her share of putting the pages together, and contributing line drawings of the local flora and fauna for the Wellesbourne and Walton News; she was the county registrar for local wildlife and took a keen interest in bell ringing and churches (her husband Ted still rings in Sherborne): see the teaching aids for church bell ringers site and the St Peter's history site linking from the More... page. Pam died in November 2006 after a long illness. Parish Council, Councillors: Details of the Parish Council are on the Amenities page, with links to the PC's own site, The Local Channel . There's a list of Councillors - to contact them, leave a message with the Clerk and she'll pass it on; if they are a District or County Councillor you can use the link in Amenities. Parish Council Meetings: These are held on the first Tuesday of every month, with sub-committee meetings on other dates, usually Tuesdays. These are detailed at the foot of the Parish Council News each month. All meetings are at 7.30pm, main meetings at the Methodist Hall in Bridge Street, others at the Council Office in School Road, and the public are free to attend, and raise points at the start. Parish Council Minutes: I put some Minutes up here some time ago but they disappeared when we lost the site. Recently they are starting to appear on The Local Channel - they're running about 2 months behind, so if you want to see them before they're up, they're in Wellesbourne Library (see here for times). The best way to get hold of Minutes is to attend the following month's meeting. Photographs, pictures: The Pictures link in the main and monthly menus points to a set of links back to pictures we have featured in the past. Unfortunately, because we lost the site in 2006 and it will take time to rebuild it, many of these links have not yet been restored, such as the feature on Czech Patriots. See the Back Numbers page to see which months' pictures are available. On the More... page you will find links to a photographic studio and a site displaying old pictures of anywhere you care to name. Planning: We don't do Planning on this site - you should find it on the Parish Council site, but due to the delay in getting stuff up there, it's probably better to go to District: http://apps.stratford.gov.uk/eplanning; there you can search in various ways, including by property, e.g. 3 Valletta Way, but if the house number is 3, 5 or 9 it will be found in the postcode, so the whole road will show up! In these cases it's probably better to include the house number with the street. Political Parties: We don't do politics either. The Conservatives are based at Sue Main's house, Nineveh, tel. 292316; the Liberal Democrats are at David Johnston's, The White House (11 Church Street, tel. 841100), and there's a Green Party member at 28 Elliott Drive, tel. 841994, but I haven't seen him for a while. Oh, and there's another party which is supposed to be running the country, but we don't have anything to do with them around here. Contact any of them using the link in Amenities. Population: Wellesbourne has a population around 6,000, which puts it at the large end for a village (though some are larger, notably Kidlington, Oxfordshire, at 17,500, which resolutely refuses to become a town). Wellesbourne's population at the 2001 Census was 5,691 (including Walton); by comparison, Southam (a town) has 6,509, Kineton 2,278 and Harbury 2,485. These figures come from Wikipedia (see More...). See also WCC stats for Wellesbourne Parish (PDF - get free Reader). Pre-school: There are several Pre-school groups - see page 2 of the Monthly News: Daily Activities (Pre-school), Weekly Activities (Toddlers). Pubs, Hotels, Restaurants, Cafes etc.: There are 2 pubs in Wellesbourne: The King's Head and the Stag's Head. There used to be several more, including the Talbot, but they all closed some years ago. There are eating guides including Dining Pubs and some referencing the Stag's Head.
See also Catherine's excellent Guide to Eating Out in Wellesbourne including: Reflexology: A studio has started up in Warwick Road offering holistic health and beauty treatments including Reflexology, Aromatherapy and various forms of Massage. See www.sutoni.co.uk. Refuse Collection, Recycling: See several entries in More... To find out what day your rubbish is collected, ring 260616 with your post code. Rubbish Bin Collection: The Stratford Council site has now been updated with the Apr-Nov 2009 calendar. See More... Registers: Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals: these are recorded on the Church page each month. Usually funerals are held for people who have led a full life, but sometimes a life is cut short, as in the case of Colin Phazey, at 28. I found his Facebook entry and a group set up to remember him and possibly get a school reunion together in his name. Roads in Wellesbourne: Queries about specific roads in Wellesbourne will find what they find; there are some good mapping services out there such as Street Map where you can put in a road name or post code and get a map of the area with your target highlighted. The Dovehouse Estate was once a farm. In 1975 work started on the estate, opposite the airfield. Most of the roads are named after WWII bombers or places connected with the RAF, such as Gloster Gardens (hence the strange spelling) and Hammerton Way. See also Church Lane/ Street/ Walk and Map/ Postcodes . Road Surface Dressing: The entry in More... is still current: the page was updated on 17/04/2009, and the timetable shows work for May-June 2009, including several roads in Wellesbourne. Scarecrows: There have been displays of scarecrows in Walton in the summer; in 2007 the organiser had to pull out, and there are no plans to revive the feature in the immediate future, but the committee could do so if it is thought worthwhile. Meanwhile scarecrows were on display in nearby Barford over August Bank Holiday 2007; the pictures are up on the Barford website (Gallery 39 - see More/ Neighbours/ Barford/ Picture Gallery) and they were there again 23-25 August 2008. School, Wellesbourne C of E Primary: Wellesbourne has its own thriving primary school. Mr Burgess has now moved on, so a new head has been found. There are other schools in nearby Hampton Lucy and Loxley. See also other schools in the area. Scouts/Cubs/Beavers: after many years with nothing for boys (Guides never went away - see Index) there is now an oversubscribed Cub pack. The organisers hope to expand to Scouts and Beavers, but are short of leaders. See Clubs/ Youth and The Local Channel . Shops - Chemist, Chip, Wool et al.: We have a wealth of shops in Wellesbourne, excellently summarised by Pam Copson in her Fanfare series of articles in 2004 (I'll link to them once we get them restored). If you live in Wellesbourne or Walton you should have a paper copy of the Index of Shops and Amenities. The latest edition is dated 2009 with colour pictures on the front.
If you have Broadband, you can check out the 2009/10 edition as an 11.3mb PDF at www.thelocal channel.co.uk/wellesbourne/page744126.aspx on the Parish Council's website (otherwise it could take some time!). The 2006/7 edition (8.5mb) is still there, should you want it. Station, Nearest: since 1963 when Kineton was closed, it's Stratford. Stella Cox: was very active in the village until her death at 83 in 2006. She is remembered in May'06. Street Fair/ Fayre: 2007's Fayre had very little publicity (just a big yellow sign on Church Street), so in 2008 all the stops were pulled out and thanks to Polly Oldfield, John Grantham and the team it all went a lot better (see July'08 p5). Nowadays we talk to the BBC and local papers and get more publicity. Naturally there was another one on 6th June 2009 - see May'09 p5 for details, July'09 p6 for a report. Val Bartlett: aka Florrie, is Parish Councillor representing Walton. She used to run Walton Gallery. Village Hall: School Road CV35 9NH: can be hired - see News, page 2 . Villages in Warwickshire: We have links to over 20 towns and villages across Warwickshire, such as Barford, Ettington etc., each with their own website, plus generic sites with descriptions and further links. See “Meet Our Neighbours” in More... WAG - Wellesbourne Action Group / Issues: A group set up to get things done in Wellesbourne and Walton. There is a link from the Monthly News Safety Page. See also www.warkcom.net/wag . The police asked WAG to gather the top 3 issues of concern to inhabitants of the parish. They were gathered and largely resolved. You can see them summarised on the WAG site. Walks/ Footpaths/ Joseph Arch/ Barford: The WAG (see above) meets every Tuesday and 4th Saturday to go for a walk around the village and surrounding area. One of the walks they are particularly keen to do is one from Joseph Arch's cottage in Barford to the Stag's Head in Wellesbourne, known as the Joseph Arch Way. It was blocked by a padlocked gate near Barford, but WAG got a stile put in. Follow their progress in the WAG section of the Safety Page each month.
On 12 February 2009 WAG put on a walk from Joseph Arch's cottage in Church Street, Barford, to the Stag's Head in Wellesbourne which went very well.
On 9 June 2009 WAG did the walk again, starting at 6.30pm, hoping for even more people at a better time, but in fact only 9 people came. Walton Hall and Hotel: There used to be 2 entries in More..., one for the old timeshare operation, which has now wound down, and one for the new owners, Paramount Hotels, now part of Barceló. The complex has grown in recent years and is now 2 venues, the Hall and a Hotel. Walton Village, Amenities: The village of Walton is aboout 3 miles east of Wellesbourne, and is included in the parish of Wellesbourne. Amenities appear in the Index and on the Amenities page. Lady Elizabeth Hamilton writes up news of Walton happenings every month in the News. Water Mill: Again, there's an entry in More... (It's shut till new tenants can be found. The November 2008 deal fell through). Meanwhile there's another one at Charlecote - see Visiting / Open Days for dates and times. Webmaster: that's me, Peter Davies. More about me in Who, What... Weddings: If you are planning one in Wellesbourne or Walton, go to the Church page in the monthly news and contact the vicar at the relevant church. If you're looking for details of recent weddings, go to the same page and check out “From the Registers”. Wedding planners are springing up all over the place: www.confetti.co.uk looks quite comprehensive; www.weddingmapper.com does it all with Google Maps. Wellesbourne Mountford: Wellesbourne used to be 2 villages, Wellesbourne Hastings and Wellesbourne Mountford after local land owners until 1947 when they were merged. The airfield still has Mountford in its name. The boundary is the River Dene. Wellesbourne and Walton News: this is a free A4 magazine full of news and articles published every month and pushed through every door in Wellesbourne and Walton by a dedicated team of volunteers. It is also reproduced on this site for people outside the parish (see “... News” on menu, left). Details of the publishing and distribution team are at the foot of page 2. Women’s Institute (WI): See their updated entry under Clubs/ Social. Yoga: Yoga for Life is run on Tuesdays 7.30-9.00pm and Thursdays 1.30-3.00pm at St Peter's Church Centre by Mrs Calladene (01926 423697). This is one of hundreds of entries in the Index of Shops and Amenities. For reasons of Data Protection the Index is maintained on the PC's website, not here. See Shops . Young Firefighters: Again, there's an entry in More... |
