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LAURELS INN
C H A S EACE
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FROM 8PM
Tickets
available
at the
Laurells
Jackpot at time of going to press
£305.00!!!
Funds raised from Chase the Ace go towards the Petrockstowe Ladies Group
Village Charities
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CHURCH QUIZ.
A hilarious, transatlantic quiz, devised and run by the Rev Susannah Metz, dressed as Sister
Excrutiata, in the Baxter Hall on Saturday March 7, was a great success. Twelve competing
teams had a very enjoyable evening which included a bread and cheese supper. The members of
St Petrocs Church PCC are to be congratulated on running a very profitable event. Six bottles
of assorted wine were presented to Table 4 who were the winners by one point!
SKITTLES
Ken Heaman and Richard Kelsey are to be congratulated in rustling up 8
competitive teams to play Skittles in the Baxter Hall on Saturday Evening
March 21st. A very pleasant social evening, complete with bar, was enjoyed
by all the local teams. Team `Briony`s Bashers` were the outright winners
of the Lawson carved trophy at the end of a very traditional village evening
Team `Briony`s Bashers` being presented with the Lawson carved trophy
by Kenny Heaman after winning at the Skittles Evening in the Baxter
Hall on Saturdy March 21st.
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It is with regret that I have decided to resign as local organiser from the
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION POPPY APPEAL with immediate
effect. Over the three years that I have been organising the appeal the
support received from this village has been fantastic and the sum
collected has increased each year which is down to the generosity of the
residents and also to the dedication of the wonderful small team of door
to door collectors which we have in the village. Many thanks to you all
If anyone in the village is willing to take on the role of organiser please contact me and I will
be happy to give them details of what is involved.
MIKE BANKS.
Rowan Farm Aish Cross Petrockstowe
01837 810504..
Seeking paid assistance with the
pets. Anyone interested, please contact
Hugh & Bernadette at:
detsiblackman@yahoo.co.uk.
Merton Village Family Dog
Show & Fun Agility
Saturday 9th May
12 Noon
Refreshments
Clinton Hall
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Dates of activities @ Clinton Hall
Thursday 2nd April - Easter Holiday
Holiday Fun Day at Merton Meal &
Market - fun for all the family including a
bouncy castle, glitter tattoo's, childrens
craft workshop, stalls, games and cafe.
Thursday 9th April - Easter Holiday Holiday Fun Day at Merton Meal & Market
- fun for all the family including a bouncy castle, glitter tattoo's, childrens craft
workshop, stalls, games and cafe.
Sunday 12th April - 12-3 MERTS launch with a table top sale and cream tea.
Introducing North Devon's new LETS (Local Exchange Trading Scheme) in the
form of MERTS (Merton Exchange Rural Trading Scheme) - the exchange of
skills, professions, hobbies and interests all over the country and also some
visiting items traded by LETS from Australia.
Free entry. Stalls cost £5 or free if you join MERTS.
It is FREE to JOIN the scheme too. If you would like to buy some MERTS to get
going you pay £5 for 5 MERTS and to celebrate our launch we are giving an
additional bonus 5 MERTS too!
Thursday April 16th - Merton Meal & Market 6 week workshops begin. FREE
with Unite membership - English, Maths, Holiday German & French, Internet
skills & Energy Saving.
£10 per session (+ equipment where required) workshops - Writers Workshop,
Knitting & Crochet for beginners and Improvers, Home Brewing, Watercolours
for beginners, Wellbeing Workshop.
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On Saturday, 2nd May at 7.30
p.m., the Okehampton Choral
Society will present its Spring
Concert at Fairplace Church in
Okehampton under its new
Musical Director, Richard
Edwards. The programme will
include music by the British
composers Charles Villiers
Stanford and Benjamin Britten.
Their settings of the Te Deum and
Jubilate (Psalm 100) will afford a contrast in treatment of the same texts.
Keeping the theme of British music, the choir will be in lighter mood in a
concert performance of ‘Trial by Jury’ by Gilbert and Sullivan.
Tickets, priced £8, will be available from 1st April from Beanfeast in the
Victorian Arcade at Okehampton. They may also be obtained by ringing Bill or
Tim on 01837 53109.
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LAUREL`S QUIZ
The result of the Quiz held on Tuesday March 3rd was as follows. The winning team was
Universally Challenged, in 2nd place were Full Complement and the 3rd place went to
Red Hot Silly Peppers. £50 was raised on behalf of The Dartmoor Dog Rescue.
The next Quiz will take place on Tuesday April 7th and will be in aid of
Recreation Ground Funds.
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The Stevenstone Hunt presenting
a cheque to Claire Wilson, at
Hele Barton on Saturday February 21st, for the
magnificent sum of £1,500 in aid of The Brain Tumour
Research Fund.
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It’s almost time for this year’s Merton Vintage and Classic Rally & Summer Fayre – to be held
on Sunday 3 May. We are looking for volunteers to help us raise money for local good causes in
Merton, Petrockstowe & Petersmarland by giving us a hand on the day.
If you feel you are able to give us an hour or two of your time (or 6 if you like!!) on the day to
help us man the kitchen, wash up, sell raffle tickets, marshall cars, help with car parking, man
the entrance gate, sell bus ride tickets, etc. or help pack away after 5pm, please fill in the form
below and hand in to Taw & Torridge Coaches in Merton or pop through my door at Woodside, Merton (at the
bottom of the hill before you get to the Sawmills) as I am putting a rota together.
Without local help we simply couldn’t put the event on and so we are very grateful to those who are willing to
volunteer. We very much look forward to hearing from you.
Name & Phone No.
Car Park
Marshall Gate Duty
Cooking
Food
Serving
Food
Preparing Washing Sell Raffle Sell Bus
Set up/ Bake Cake
Food (not
up
Tickets
Tickets Take down
(s)
cooking)
Janette Newell, For Merton Moncks Committee
Just a reminder to all groups that were kind enough to sell draw tickets on behalf of the Merton Moncks.
Please return all sold and unsold tickets and money as a whole group return by Tuesday 7 April (just after
Easter weekend) to Tracey Laughton. If you would like it collected please ring 01805 603400 and leave a
message with your address.
Thank you in anticipation of your hard work in helping us to raise funds for local groups in
Merton, Petrockstowe and Petersmarland.
Many thanks Tracey
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Services at Roman Catholic Churches
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evices at Sacred Heart, Bideford are: Saturday at 6.30pm and Sunday at 11.00am
The Torrington and Okehampton details are unchanged.
Torrington: The Holy Family, Gas Lane (served from Bideford) - Mass: Sunday 9.15am
For further details telephone 01237 472519
Okehampton: St Boniface, 95 Station Road - Masses: Saturday 6.00pm,
Sunday 11.00am
For further details telephone 01837 52229
St Petroc's Church - Team Clergy
T
eam Clergy:
Revd Martin Warren: 01409 281424
Revd Susannah Metz: 01837 810621
Churchwardens:
Ann Luxton: 01837 810280
Services for April at St Petroc's
April
April
April
April
April
4th
5th
12th
19th
26th
Good Friday
7.30pm Service In The Chapel
Easter Day
11.00am HC
Low Sunday
6.30pm EP
Easter 3
11.00 am United Service St.Petrocs
At 3pm there will be a Christening Service in the Church to which all will be welcome.
Therefore there will not be an Evening Service.
The Annual meeting of the St Petroc's will be held on Sunday the 26th in the church at approx 4.15pm .
All are welcome to attend.
Chris has been busy planting up the wild flower meadow. We are most grateful for donated plants.
Decorating the church for Easter will take place on Saturday April 4th.
CLEANING ROTA April 4th - 11th Ann Luxton , April 18th - 25th David and Maureen
The family would like to thank you most sincerely for the support shown at
the funeral of Christine Andrews on Saturday 21st March. Thanks to
Suzanna Metz for such a heart felt service, organist Vera Collins and all
others who helped to decorate the Methodist Chapel. Thanks to everyone
who attended the service and giving their support at this sad time. Also a
huge thank you to the Ladies Group for their wonderful refreshments and their generosity
in giving their time and commitment in making sure that everyone had a bite to
eat and a hot cup of tea.
It was truly welcomed.
The Andrews family.
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Methodist Chapel
Services for April
5th 11.00am Mr R Owen
12th 11.ooam LA
19th 11.00am United Service at the Church
26th 11.00am Mr A Smallacombe
Flower Rota
D Andrew
C Cottle
Good Friday Service at the Chapel 7.30pm to be taken by
The Rev. Susannah Metz
Our sympathy goes to their family of Ronald
Medland who has passed away. He lived most of
his life at Southill Farm.
We remember Christine Andrew who has just died, she must
have spent well over 40 years living at Hallwood , before moving
up to the bungalow in the village.
She was a gifted organist having played the organ at the Chapel
most Sundays and sometimes at the Church.
She also played the organ for the Village Voices Choir, in it’s
heyday.
We do miss her, our sympathy to all the family at this sad time
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PETROCKSTOWE LOCAL HISTORY GROUP
glaze and the colour of the pots was a lovely yellow and
brown.
James Town in the USA has a large collection of
adie Green came with a presentation on Bideford
Bideford pottery in museums that have survived.
pottery and lots of sherds she had found along the Perhaps a trip is in order!!
North Devon coastline.
Ten members enjoyed the day class with Janet Few. For
During the 16th and 17th centuries there were probably those who have some experience of researching their
30 potters in Bideford. Sir Richard Grenvillie Lord of
family history she provided new avenues to follow and
the Manor obtained a charter from Elizabeth 1st which those who are new to it were encouraged and helped
allowed Bideford to start trading and so started the
along the way. Janet has years of experience and is very
exports of everyday household items and some
willing to pass on her knowledge.
decorative pottery to Wales, Ireland and eventually the
Our next meeting will be at Merton Hall on Friday
Eastern seaboard of the United States.
April 10th at 7.30p.m. The speaker is Robert Heskith on
When Colonists arrived from Bideford to Maine, New
Devon place names.
England, Virginia, Maryland and parts of Canada they
had with them cooking pots, plates, chamber pots and
Dates for your diary May 8th a tour of Torrington
baluster jars. These were used as ballast on board ship Museum starting at 7pm.
and all made from clay from Fremington and the local
June 18th a trip to Fursden House
area.
near Tiverton a Thursday afternoon at 2p.m.
Many colonist worked tobacco plantations and their
crops were sent back to England. Thousands of tonnes The new screen and projector are a great asset to the
of tobacco landed in Bideford in the 1600s and in 1660 Hall and thanks to
the Virginia Company created settlements to grow
Chris for supplying
tobacco.
a cable to link the
Most of the pottery made was very plain but the
projector with a
decorative pieces called Sgraffito had patterns of petals, laptop.
stippling and leaves drawn on them. All pottery had a
S
To be held at the Chapel on the
15th April
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L
ADIES GROUP hosted a spectacular Luxury Afternoon
Tea A La Claridges on Friday February 27th in the
Baxter Hall. Over 90 guests were offered a delightful
selection of sandwiches, scones and fairy cakes, served by
“maids” in traditional costume, on prettily decorated china
and flowery teapots. The Hall was heavily disguised with pot
plants and Edwardian style potted ferns and decorative china, with tables covered in lovely
embroidered table cloths and vases of spring flowers. The ladies worked very hard and
must be congratulated on running such a successful fund raising event in the village.
The Ladies Group welcomed Malcolm Busby to their Meeting on Tuesday March 24th for
a talk on the Citizens Advice Bureau of which Malcolm is a voluntary adviser in the
Okehampton branch.
This is a free service which receives no government funding but relies for its financial
support on donations and local government funding. The branch is open from 10am until
4 pm on Tuesdays and Wednesday. Malcolm received training to do this widely varied work
which deals with benefits, tax credits, debt, unemployment, housing problems, family and
other relationships, legal matters, health issues and discrimination, issues with faulty
second hand electrical goods and bad building repairs. There is complete confidentiality
between the clients and their advisers who do not tell clients what to do but will arm them
with all the facts and possible outcomes for them to decide for themselves what is right for
them. They can also offer practical support with form filling and letter writing, also
negotiating with third parties. Clients are allocated sessions of 1 hour.
Malcolm was warmly thanked for his most interesting and informative talk.
After our highly successful Afternoon Tea, we have decided to build up our own collection
of “fine china ". If anyone has any chintzy teasets, teapots and tiered cake-stands that
need a good home, please let us know and we will happily take them off your hands!
We are also looking to recruit new members. We are a friendly, lively, enthusiastic bunch
of women so why not come along to one of our meetings to try us out?
Advance Notice of Events.
We will be meeting at the Baxter Hall on 28th April for a talk on Dartmoor Prison - all
welcome.
Our May meeting, weather permitting, will be a walk at Fremington Quay, followed by a
cream tea. Date and time TBC.
The next village coffee morning will be on 15th April, at the Chapel.
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Petrockstowe Marketing Group:
A message from Pip
The Petrockstowe Website needs You…
It’s hard to believe that it’s been two years since I took on the
challenge of promoting Petrockstowe; whether you’ve been
involved as one of our volunteers or had your part to play in our
tremendously successful music video, ‘Happy’, I cannot thank
you enough for your support.
However, I feel that I have contributed as much as I can towards
promoting our community; as a result, coupled with a need to
focus on my exams this summer, I have taken the decision to
step down from running the Petrockstowe website. I am looking
for someone to take over running the website; if you are
interested please contact me for more details on
pmahoney1998@gmail.com or 01837 811702.
The Laurels – 01837 810578
Sunday lunches available from 12 noon to 2:30pm- please book
1 course……………………£7-95
2 courses…………………..£10-95
There is a vegetarian option available – please advise when booking
Chip Shop Night Takeaway evening ~ Every Tuesday from 6.00pm (either phone order or pop in)
Steak Night: 8oz sirloin and a drink of your choice for £12 – Every Thursday
Normal Opening Hours
Mondays: Lunchtime closed – Open from 6.00pm to midnight
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays: Open from 12 noon to 3.00pm and 6.00pm to midnight
Fridays: Open from 12 noon to 1.00am
Saturdays: Open from 12 noon to 1.00am
Sundays: Open from12 noon to 12 midnight
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PETROCKSTOWE GARDENING CLUB
NEWSLETTER No 207– April 2015
In March the Gardening Club welcomed Barry Starling back who gave an illustrated talk on ‘Woodland
Try feeding roses with Epsom salts at the end of
plants and shade lovers’ – the pictures shown were
April, just as the leaves are appearing. It can
very colourful indeed. Barry explained that many of
be sprinkled on the soil or watered on with a
the plants grown in this country originally come from
can. This makes the rose healthier and helps to
Canada or Japan and that a good place to grow many
prevent diseases, especially black spot.
of them, cyclamen in particular, is at the foot of trees
When the soil sticks to your boots it is too wet to
between the roots as there is plenty of leaf litter. Barry
sow any seeds, but it is ideal for transplanting
talked about plants through from early spring
anything that needs moving or dividing. It the
(snowdrops, primroses, etc) to the early summer
soil is not sticking to your boots it is perfect for
(foxgloves, geraniums, etc). One of the last to flower is
sowing seeds.
the meconopsis family – the flowers of the yellow variety open from the top downwards and if the first buds of The Club’s next meeting will be on Tuesday 14 April at
the blue variety are removed the plant will become a 8.00pm in the Baxter Hall. The speaker will be Stuart
perennial and should last a few years.
Holder and his subject will be ‘Propagation’
After a few questions Neil thanked Barry for his excel- Tea/Coffee makers: Linda Grinter, Malcolm Grinter,
lent talk and his amazing memory for all the Latin Gerard Jones
names.
ADVANCE NOTICE:
HINTS AND TIPS – APRIL
The Gardening Club have been invited by Lady Clinton
Split clumps of snowdrops by digging then up, gen- to visit the garden on the afternoon of Thursday 28
tly pulling them apart into bunches of 3 or more May (probably arriving about 2.00pm). There have
bulbs and replanting in dug over soil with some been quite a few changes made in the garden since the
bone meal incorporated into it. Work quickly last visit and it is also a different time of year. We will
so the bulbs do not dry out and water in if the be taking names of people who would like to attend at
soil is at all dry.
the April meeting. If you are unable to be at the April
meeting and would like to come on the visit please let
ADVANCE NOTICE FOR PETROCKSTOWE SUMMER FLOWER AND PRODUCE SHOW
This year the Show will be held on Saturday 1st August.
The full schedule for the Show will be attached to the May newsletter, but below are listed the
classes for the Handicrafts section of the Show. Please note that this section is open to children
as well as adults.
Caricature of a local person drawn in pencil on A4 paper in portrait layout
Handmade draught excluder or door stop
A decorated sun hat
A knitted animal
An edible necklace
Original 5 line limerick on ‘The Laurels’
Decorated wooden spoon – must be a ‘superhero’
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SENIOR CIRCLE
Thursday 9th April
2.30pm at Old Orchard
LUNCHEON CLUB
Wednesday 22nd April
At Crossways Inn Follygate
From Old Orchard 12.30pm
Dates for your Diary
Future Dates for your Diary
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Across
1. Theft (7)
5. Ambit (5)
8. Relating to a city (5)
9. Closest (7)
10. Foster (7)
11. Public square (5)
12. Floor covering (6)
14. Soldiers (6)
18. Percussion instruments (5)
20. Burrowing rodent (7)
22. View (7)
23. Stroll (5)
24. Choose (5)
25. Pull out (7)
Down
1. Curt (7)
2. Watercourse (5)
3. Leave out (7)
4. Distant but visible (6)
5. Acute (5)
6. Aromatic herb (7)
7. Additional (5)
13. Habitual method (7)
15. Oddment (7)
16. Excess (7)
17. Opportunity (6)
18. Stingless male bee (5)
19. Change position (5)
21. Shinbone (5)
Solution on page 27
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MERTON AND DISTRICT FOOTBALL CLUB
RECENT RESULTS:
1st TEAM
Combe Martin
Shamwickshire
Merton
Merton
1
3
4
4
Merton
Merton
Woolacombe
Northam Lions
0
1
1
0
4
1
3
Merton
Merton
Merton
4
2
2
2nd TEAM;
Hartland
Fremington
Hartland
APRIL FIXTURES:
1st TEAM:
Sat.
Sat.
Sat.
Sat
4th
11th
18th
25th
Braunton Reserves
Woolsery
Hartland
Chittlehampton
Away
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Home
3pm Start
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2nd TEAM:
Sat.
Sat.
Sat.
Sat.
4th
11th
18th
25th
Bideford Academy
Home
Putford Reserves
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Lynton & Lynmouth Reserves
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Anchor Chiefs Reserves
Away
3pm Start
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CRICKET CLUB held their AGM in The Methodist Chapel Meeting
Room on Wednesday March 11th . It was agreed to fertilise the `Square` as soon as the
sheep were moved. It was also agreed to add £1 to the tea money during the coming
season rather than continue with the issue of subscriptions. The report from the
Chairman, Lawson Tremellen, hoped that more players can be encouraged to join the
Club. The Secretary mentioned several ground care items which he will be unable to
carry out post his hip operation. The officers of the Club were re-elected en-bloc, apart
from the nomination of Team Captain which was left pending. Bar purchases and
Cricket Tea matters were agreed. The first game of the 2015 season will be an inter
village match on Sunday May 17. The next meeting of the Committee will be on
Thursday May 14. The Rec Clean Up Day will take place on the morning of Saturday
April 25th at 10am
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This Months Suduko
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Mic Wright’s page
The web is amazing, but mind the scams
It’s amazing what you can find out on the internet, did you know that the average cost of a
weekly shop is £86.52, but interestingly when shopping is done on a more casual basis the bill
comes to £115.64. Do casual shoppers eat more (or better) or do they waste more? Maybe more
visits to the shops makes us more open to wiles of supermarkets allowing them to sell us more.
Whatever, they spend £29.12 more weekly which is £1514.24 a year more according to a poll by
www.VoucherCodesPro.co.uk, the most popular reason for not doing a weekly shop was lack of
time. Using online shopping also helps keep costs under control, you are not distracted by offers,
sugary foods etc. although you are able to scroll through special offers if you so desire, and we
have 4 supermarkets that deliver to the village now. You can also visit supermarkets where you
can use handheld scanners, operating like a small computer they keep track of how many items
you are purchasing, if you are missing out on a special offers and most importantly how much
you are spending as you go around the store so you can keep track of your spending.
Whilst talking about food there is a new scam going around in restaurants at the moment. The
scammer calls the restaurant and, pretending to be from the bank, says that they need to talk to
the customer as there is a problem with the card machine. The customer is then asked for their
security information by the scammer pretending to be from the card machine company (bank),
then the restaurant is told all is OK, put the transaction went through OK. End of the matter,
except the scammer has all the customer’s card and security details… so don’t let this scam get
pulled on you.
Spring is coming so it’s time to get out and about, but don’t forget what you can find out from
your PC about Spring, http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/families/article-1355774910706/ on
the National Trust is an interesting article on the signs of Spring and gives ideal NT places to
visit to see each of the Spring signs in their article.
http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/download/hunt_spring_early.htm is the Woodland Trust
website where you can get a free download of Spring pictures, ideal for kids and families.
Since February it is now a specific criminal offence to post intimate images or videos of a former
partner, this carries a 2 year prison sentence with it as well. However some sources have
expressed concern that police forces may be overwhelmed by complaints without the experience
to deal with this type of crime. The Ministry of Justice website can be found at https://
www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenge-porn-be-aware-b4-you-share
What’s in a number, well 7726 is the gene coding for a human gene official full name TRIM26,
it’s also the twitter account for the official mars online administrator but more usefully for us it is
the number to report text spam to, it spells SPAM if you put the number into an alpha-numeric
keypad, so just type in SPAM on your phone keypad if you receive any text messages that appear
to be spam and forward to this number The official government department dealing with this is
the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) which deals with all matters of Data Protection in
the UK. Their website is https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/texts/ where you can see what the law
says about spam text messages and the action that the Information Commissioner's Office has
already taken since the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 came into
force
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oldcodger@petrockstowe.co.uk
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useful to find information about
neighbouring properties from the Land
Registry.
Agree any unclear areas with your
neighbours and sign an agreement with
them if possible. You can ask a surveyor
or a solicitor for advice.
Get a surveyor to draw up a detailed plan
and send this to Land Registry, with a
completed Application to determine the
exact line of a boundary, £90 fee and any
agreements with neighbours.
You can apply to have the agreement added
to the title for your property and your
neighbour’s. Fill in Form AP1 and send
it to Land Registry with a copy of the
boundary agreement and the appropriate
fee.
Neighbour disputes about boundaries
If you haven’t sent a signed agreement from
your neighbours with your application,
Land Registry will contact them to check
they’re happy with your plan.
Land Registry will refer the dispute to the
independent Land Registration division if
you and your neighbour can’t agree on
the boundaries. The Land Registration
division will make a decision on what
should happen - you may have to go to a
hearing.
Your property boundaries and trimming of
hedges
We often get calls from people having
problems with neighbours due to issues
over boundary ownership and the right to
trim hedges. Below I have set out some
advice if you are in a similar dispute or
concerned about your boundaries and
trimming.
It is far better to resolve these issues without
Police involvement and often just talking
to the neighbour is the best option.
If your neighbour is a tenant, you could
contact their landlord.
You could use a mediation service (Northern
Devon Community Mediation 0845 201
2556) if raising the issue informally
doesn’t work.
If the dispute involves a statutory nuisance
(something like loud music or barking
dogs), you can make a complaint to your
local council.
Contact the Police if your neighbour is
breaking the law by being violent or
harassing you.
As a last resort you can take legal action
through the courts.
Most land in England and Wales is
registered with general boundaries. When
a property is registered, Land Registry
creates a drawing called a ‘title plan’.
This usually only shows the general
boundaries of the property, unless the
previous owners supplied exact boundary
information. You can get a copy of the
title plan for any registered property in
England and Wales.
Working out the exact boundary
You can set the exact boundary for your land
or property if you want to.
Get as much information as possible from
your title plan, registry documents and
other documentation. You may find it
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Fence boundaries
There’s no law about who owns the
boundaries around your property, eg
which side of the fence, walls or hedges
you’re responsible for.
Check your deeds to find out if there are
any boundary agreements. If nothing’s
been agreed you can set up an
agreement with your neighbours.
Registration mistakes
If you think there’s a mistake in your
registration, write to Land Registry and
explain what’s wrong.
Citizen Centre
PO Box 6350
Coventry
CV3 9LP
Trimming Hedges
Theoretically, you should not trim your
neighbour’s hedge for fear of doing
criminal damage to their property.
However, your neighbour’s hedge has
no entitlement to occupy the air space
above your land. This would appear to
give you the right to alleviate the
nuisance caused by the encroachment
of your neighbour’s hedge onto your
land, allowing you to trim back its
branches to the point at which they
each cross the boundary. Before doing
this however, I would advise speaking
to your neighbour and advising them of
the problem and they might be happy to
trim the hedge for you or give you the
go ahead to trim it to an agreed point
and this will hopefully avoid any
complaints from your neighbour.
General practice, if you have trimmed your
side of the hedge, is to dispose of the
trimming yourself but as they are the
property of the neighbour please check
with them first.
With regard to the height of the hedge,
again this is something you could
discuss with your neighbour but as it is
your neighbour’s hedge they are
entitled to decide to what height it
grows. You may therefore trim your
side only; you may not reduce the
height of the hedge.
Contact details:
Torrington Station
Pathfield
TORRINGTON
EX38 7BX
Crime Stoppers 0800 555111
Non Emergency 101
Email:
melissa.baker@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk
or
torrington@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk
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P
ARISH COUNCIL met in the Baxter Hall on Tuesday
March 17th Present were: Vice Chairman Cllr Irene
Fisher, Cllr Julie Harris, Cllr Alan Hunkins, Cllr Brian
Cameron, Cllr David Kelsey, District Cllr Phillip Collins. and
Clerk Heather Harris.
Apologies were received from Cllr William Luxton, Cllr Josie
Jeffs and PCSO Melissa Baker.
The Minutes of the meeting held on January 20th 2015 were
read, confirmed and signed.
Matters Arising:
a) Play Area,There has been a provisional Lottery Grant of £10,000 towards renovating the Play
Area. New poles have been replaced in the Area.
b) Elections, The members of the Council filled in their nomination papers prior to their delivery
to Bideford Council Offices by the Clerk.
c) Dog Bin The new dog bin has been located near to the Bus Shelter and was discussed.
Councillor`s Reports:
Recreation Ground, Cllr Kelsey reported that the Burn`s Night Ceilidh Barn Dance on January
24th had been very successful, he also reported that the Recreation Ground Committee AGM had
been put back to April 23rd .
Baxter Hall: Cllr Julie Harris reported that a new thermostat is to be fitted in the Hall to help
control the new, recently installed, heaters. She announced that The Flower Show will take place
on August 1st, also The Hall Committee are hoping to revive some of the traditional village events
from the past.
Financial Payments: included payment for the Play Area timber and fitting the new defibrillator
exterior box.
Torrington Area Advisory Group Cllr Kelsey reported on a recent meeting which he had attended.
A.O.B.
It was agreed that the Clerk should purchase a new Laptop in order to comply with the new Eenabling systems which are being set up by Torridge District Council. There was discussion
concerning the new regulations regarding planning for barn conversions.
The subject of the possibility of losing the Thursday Bus Service to Torrington was raised.
A report from PCSO Melissa Baker in respect of
the problems caused by trimming and location of
boundary hedges was read out. Melissa also
reported that that there had been 6 crimes logged
in Petrockstowe over the past 6 months.
The continuing problem of replacement signs on
the Bury Cross signpost was once again raised.
The Vice Chairman closed the meeting at
9.10pm.
Property Boundaries and Hedge Trimming
Item received from the Community Beat Team
saying that it is far better to resolve these issues
of disagreeing with neighbours without Police
involvement. In difficult cases it is possible to use
the North Devon Community Mediation Service
on 0845 2012556. Disputes over boundaries can
often be resolved by contacting the Land registry
which can be contacted at Citizen Centre, P.O.
Box 6350, Coventry CV3 9LP
PARISH COUNCIL Annual General Meeting
will take place in the Baxter Hall on Tuesday
April 21st at 8pm All are welcome to attend.
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RESULTS FOR January
Results as follows:
1st Brenda Kent
2nd Vic & Hazel Cartwright
No. 42
No. 78
3rd Peter Lexton
No. 79
Mobile Library Timetable 2014/15
The Mobile Library will be at Baxter Hall arriving at 15.20 and departing at 15.50 on the following
dates:
Monday November 10th
Monday December 6th
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Little Otters Pre-School, at The Clinton School, Merton
Opening times: Term time- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursdays, 9am till 3.30pm, with a
lunch club 12pm – 1pm.
£3 Per hour
We aim to provide a safe and stimulating pre-school environment and to work within a framework, which ensures equality of opportunity for all children and families.
We believe that early year’s education is much more than teaching sounds, colours, numbers
and letters. It is about developing strong, curious and confident children. Our aim is to make
learning fun and for children to enjoy learning as they start their journey in life.
Your child is entitled to 15 hours, funded , the Term after they are 3 Years. We are also able to
provide 2gether funding for 2 Year olds.
For more Information please contact the school on 01805 603357 or email admin@clinton.devon.sch.uk
Little Otters Baby & Toddler Group, Merton
Where-The Clinton Hall, Merton
When- Every Friday, 9am - 11.30am
Price- £3 per child, £4 per family
(Under 6 months free)
Little Otters Baby & Toddler Group, Merton provides all kinds of fun and stimulating activities for
children aged 0-5 Years. Activities available vary from messy play, story/singing sessions, role
play to small world play and much, much more!!
A chance for Parents/Carers to have a catch up, while your children play in a safe environment. A
snack & milk will be provided for the Children and tea/coffee and biscuits for the Adults.
Please come along to the Clinton Hall, where you will be warmly welcomed!!
News from Little Otters….
This month the children have enjoyed using the travel agents in our role play area.
And we have been enjoying the lovely weather in our outdoor learning area and out on the school
mounds. Sharone, our class snail has come out of hibernation!! We hope you all have a lovely
Easter break and look forward to a busy Summer term.
Little Otters ‘stay and play’ session, every 1st & 3rd Thursday of each Month.
A chance for Parents, Siblings and young families to spend time within our fantastic facilities and
see the interesting activities we have on offer. The sessions will run, during term time, from 9am
until 10am. For more information please contact Joelle on 01805 603357
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CONTACTS
Art Group
Keith Rooke **
rookeys@krtoons.com
01837 811885
Baxter Hall Bookings
Paul Everett (Temp)
paul.everett60@gmail.com
07749 200758
Baxter Hall Secretary
Malcolm Busby
busbyspain@yahoo.co.uk
Baxter Hall Treasurer
Ken Rayner **
kenrayner7@gmail.com
01837 810778
Children’s Play Area
Heather Harris
h.harris24@btinternet.com
01837 810261
Cricket
Ken Heaman
Gardening Club
Neil and Carol Squires**
01805 624025
neil.squires725@btinternet.com
01837 810567
annluxton@hotmail.co.uk
01837 810803
01837 810280
Chris and Doreen Smith
History Group
Ann Luxton
Methodist Chapel
Jessie Skinner **
North Devon Journal Corre-
David Kelsey **
davidindevon@btinternet.com
01837 810796
Recreation Field Secretary
Louise Hansen
louisehansen1@btinternet.com
01837 811155
Senior Circle
Joan Walden
Skittles (Ladies)
Marion Steer
Skittles (Men's)
Mike Stapleton
St Petroc’s Church
Martin Warren
martinwarren535@btinternet.com
01409 281424
Team Vicar
Susannah Metz
petrockstowevicaris@gmail.com
01837 810621
Ladies Group
Caroline Pink & Ann Tomkins
g.pink.petrock@btinternet.com
01837 810810
Neighbourhood Watch
Caroline Pink **
g.pink.petrock@btinternet.com
01837 810501
01837 810810
Ward Councillor
Cllr Philip Collins
01805 603656
The Royal British Legion
Mike Banks
01837 810504
Member of Parliament
Mr Geoffrey Cox MP
tellgeoffrey@geoffreycox.co.uk
01237 459001
Parish Councillors
Chairman
William Luxton
annluxton@hotmail.co.uk
01837 810280
Vice Chairman
Irene Fisher
Stevenstone Hunt
01837 810468
01837 810732
marion.steer@hotmail.co.uk
01805 601776
01837 811097
Julie Harris**
mrs.j.harris@live.co.uk
01837 810898
Alan Hunkin
allan.ciderman@googlemail.com
01805 601287
David Kelsey
davidindevon@btinternet.com
01837 810796
Brian Cameron
Parish Clerk
01837 810671
01837 810222
Josie Jeffs
bazandjosie@gmail.com
01837 810493
Heather Harris
h.harris24@btinternet.com
01837 810261
Keith Rooke
David Kelsey
petrocknews@gmail.com
davidindevon@btinternet.com
01837 811885
01837 810796
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Baxter Hall Keyholders**
Gerard Jones — Carol Squires
David Kelsey — Ken Raynor
Jessie Skinner — Keith Rooke
Graham & Caroline Pink
Julie Harris
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