Country News Mar 2022

country news march 2022 Parish Magazine of Shillingford St George and Dunchideock

Letter from the Rectory March 1st: St David’s Day St David’s Day, Tuesday 1st March, is also pancake day (or Shrove Tuesday). Instead of having pancakes, you could make Welsh cakes… just a little bit fancier than pancakes, and a fine tribute to this special person. He shared his faith David was born in the year 500AD. Tradition holds that his mother gave birth to him on a Pembrokeshire cliff top during a fierce storm. He was a monk, a traveller, a preacher and a missionary. Settlements all over the British Isles were founded by him, including quite possibly, the Abbey of Glastonbury. His lifestyle expressed the values he lived by Two of his lifestyle choices (no doubt as part of his calling to be a monk) were vegetarianism and abstaining from alcohol. He sounds surprisingly up to date, as more and more of us choose to leave meat out of our diet (usually as a blow in the fight to combat carbon consumption) or to reduce our alcohol intake. Small doesn’t mean unimportant He died in the year 589AD in West Wales, and was buried in what later became St David’s Cathedral. The city of St David’s is the smallest and most remote city in the United Kingdom. But it plays host to the shrine of a man who left us a shining example. It became a popular place of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages. An example worth following His last words to his followers were in a sermon given on the Sunday before he died: “‘Be joyful, keep the faith, and do the little things that you have heard and seen me do.” Just like his diet, so his words reflect some of the values we are rediscovering today. You could easily say that buying local products, supporting local tradesman, protecting our local environment and looking after our neighbour are all, in one way or another, connected to what we see in St David. The phrase “Do the little things in life”, drawn straight from the last words of this Welsh saint - is a well-known maxim in Wales. Throughout the covid pandemic, as we stayed behind closed doors in our homes, we all discovered the importance of doing little things with love and kindness. Let’s not forget them, and let’s recognise that they come straight from the teachings of Jesus.

Teign Valley & Haldon Hill Mission Community The Teign Valley & Haldon Hill Mission Community includes the parishes of Ashton, Bridford, Christow, Doddiscombsleigh, Dunchideock and Dunsford. Rev’d Ruth Frampton (Rector) - 01647 253164 or [email protected]. Rev’d Eleanor Oelmann - 07772 127598 or [email protected]. Pastoral Care If you would like, or know someone who would be glad of, a call or “virtual” visit from Rev’d Frampton or Rev’d Oelmann, or another member of the church community, please contact the rectory (contact details above), or the Churches’ Administrator (see Getting in touch… below). Private Prayer: All our churches are open daily for visiting and private prayer. Sunday Services There is a 9am telephone service each Sunday - see details below for how to join. All our church buildings are open for public worship and details are provided in the separate schedule of services. Please check the “A Church Near You” website for your parish for updates (search for e.g. “A Church Near You Bridford”). • Please do not come if you are suffering any symptoms of coronavirus, but contact NHS 111 • Please ensure that you clean your hands on entering and leaving the church building • Please respect social distancing and follow any safety guidance inside the church In line with current national requirements, church services continue to have measures in place to ensure people’s safety. Please wear a mask in church if possible and use the hand sanitiser provided. Currently communion is available in one kind only. You will be asked to give your name and contact details in order to assist with “track and trace” requirements. This information is covered by GDPR and will be destroyed after 21 days. Alternatively you can use the NHS app to scan the “track and trace” QR code. Please do not hesitate to ask those welcoming you, or contact Ruth, Eleanor or Steve if you have questions about COVID safety in church. Wednesday Evening Prayer There is a regular, short service of evening prayer each Wednesday at 6pm by telephone. For telephone services, you do not need internet access, but simply a landline or mobile telephone. Between 5 and 10 minutes before the service begins, please dial 0333 011 0616 and enter the code 334 7721, followed by the # key, when asked. You will also be asked to give your name. The cost of the call is the standard cost

for any 01, 02 or 03 number, but will vary according to your telephone contract. It may well be covered by your “inclusive” minutes, or by free evening or weekend calls, but you are advised to check. Ash Wednesday – 2 March 2022 A special service for Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, at 6:00pm at St James’ Christow. World Day of Prayer 2022 - 4th March at 2.30pm: St. James Church, Christow. World Day of Prayer Service 2022 Each year on the first Friday of March a World Day of Prayer Service is held in many Friday 4th March, 2.30pm countries, towns and villages across the world. The services are written by members of at different countries each year and consequently have an international and St James Church, ecumenical focus. This year the service has Christow been compiled by the WDP Team in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and they will be Everyone Welcome! sharing a theme of 'hope' based on verses from Jeremiah: 'I know the plans I have for This year, the service is compiled by women you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and from England, Wales and Northern Ireland not for harm, to give you a future with hope.' We would really love you to join us for this special service at Christow this year as stories and prayers from our nations are shared. For more details contact Rev’d Eleanor Oelmann on 07772 127598 or [email protected] Scattered Church – Home Communion – Thursday 31 March Rev’d Ruth and Rev’d Eleanor will be taking home communion to those who are not able to attend church. If you would like them to visit, please contact them (details above). Giving It is possible to make a donation towards the general mission and running costs of each of our six churches through an online giving page on the “A Church Near You” website – see https://www.achurchnearyou.com and search for the relevant parish. The “Give Now” button will enable you to make an online donation, which can also be Gift Aided. From the registers… Funerals: 28 February Rita Symons (Bridford)

Teign Valley & Haldon Hill Mission Community Lent Course 2022 An opportunity to explore “prayer” – at 4pm Lent Course on Wednesdays from 2 March in the Rectory and at 7:30pm on Thursdays from 3 Pr yer March in St Mary’s, Dunsford. Re-ignite your prayer life Lent Lunches - Dunsford Lent Lunches will be held each Mondays A six week journey through the Lord's from 7 March to 11 April at the Walled Prayer Garden, Dunsford. Each session begins at 12:45pm with a short talk, followed by Christow Rectory on Wednesdays at 4pm lunch. All welcome! Donations accepted. or Revision of PCC Electoral Rolls and Dunsford Church on Thursdays at 7.30pm. Annual Parochial Church Meetings Each year every parish in the Church of The course will start 2nd/3rd March and will England holds an Annual Parochial Church run for six consecutive weeks. Meeting (APCM) to elect members to the Parish Church Council, review the past year All Welcome! and make other important decisions. Everyone is welcome to attend these Fan into flame the gift of God. meetings, although only those on the 2 Timothy 1:6 electoral roll are eligible to vote. In preparation for these meetings the electoral rolls for each church will shortly be revised. Look out for a notice in the church porch, or contact the Churches’ Administrator for further details. Getting in touch… If you wish to discuss plans for a postponed or future baptism/christening, banns of marriage, wedding, funeral, interment of ashes or memorial service, or have any other enquiry, please contact Steve Cook, the Churches’ Administrator, on 01392 832332 or email [email protected] STOP PRESS Fete preparation meeting at Dunchideock House Wednesday March 16th at 7.30pm Please come if you are able to help or be creative in any (relevant) way!

Services in Dunchideock church March 2022 Date Name Service Time March 6th Lent 1 Holy Communion (Order 1) 10.30am Dunchideock Sidesperson Steve Cook Readers Shirley Phillips Elizabeth Jenne Reading Deuteronomy 26 v 1-11 Romans 10 v 8b-13 Date Name Service Time March 27th Mothering Sunday Mission Community 10.30am Eucharist (Order 1) Dunchideock Sidesperson Elizabeth Jenne Readers Ray Mallett Ann Mallett Reading Exodus 2 v 1-10 Colossians 3 v 12-17 Accessible telephone service every Sunday at 9.00am and Wednesday at 6.00pm. See top of page 4 for details of how to listen on your phone. ****************** Flower arranging list Church cleaning rota No flowers in Lent Pat Ouseley and Belinda Watson 4/5th and 25/26th March

The Garden Room ◆◆◆◆◆ A warm welcome awaits you in The Garden Room For Coffee, Cake and Good company! ◆◆◆◆◆ On: Tuesday March 8th 2022 In the comfort of The Lord Haldon Country Hotel Dunchideock From: 10:30 am until 12:00 midday ◆◆◆◆◆ Everyone Welcome! Please contact: Tea/Coffee: £1:50 Anne Taylor: 01392 833282 Cake: £1:50 Email: [email protected] Or Shirley Phillips: 07503183224 Email: [email protected]

COMING SOON - TEIGN VALLEY MEN'S SHED! We’re hoping to open a Teign Valley Men's Shed in April, initially on a week day. “Sheds\" are kitted-out community spaces where men can enjoy practical hobbies. They’re about making friends, learning and sharing skills - and for a bit of banter over a cup of coffee or tea. We will be using a workshop kindly made available by Embercombe, and will be working with the UK Men’s Shed Association who support over 550 independent sheds around the country. The initial focus will be on woodwork, but this could broaden depending on the available skills. Everyone is welcome - don’t miss an opportunity to meet new friends and learn/share some practical skills. If you would like to register an interest, so we can keep you informed of developments, please email [email protected] If you have some unwanted tools (in good condition!) or good quality, unwanted wood that we could use - then please also contact us (details above) - we’ll arrange for someone to call DUNCHIDEOCK WELLNESS RETREAT After a difficult year do you crave some Rest & Relaxation? If so this could be just what you need. On Sunday 22 and Monday 23 May 2022 you are invited to join us on a 2-Day Wellness Retreat being held in Dunchideock in the beautiful rural setting of the newly refurbished Lord Haldon Country Hotel. No experience needed. The 2 nourishing, nurturing, relaxing days will include gentle yoga, mindfulness meditations and walks, plus an optional massage treatment at an additional cost. It will be a time for you to leave your busy ‘doing’ days; a time you deserve to give yourself; a time to get in touch with your inner resources. You will enjoy an overnight stay, lunch and a 2-course dinner on Sunday. Breakfast and lunch on Monday. Coffee and Tea breaks on both days. Additional cost purchasing drinks at the bar. Delicious healthy meals created by in-house chef. A maximum of 8 participants take part (we have 4 spaces remaining). There is an Early Bird Offer of £230 per person: £400 per couple! Save £50 per person, book by 20 March with a £95 deposit! Full payment by 10 April. Experienced local Mindfulness Teacher/Facilitator, Shirley Phillips and Yoga Teacher, Jan Williamson look forward to welcoming you. To book & information, email: [email protected]

DUNCHIDEOCK PARISH CHURCH IN THE 18TH CENTURY The church of St Michael at Dunchideock, which originated in the 13th century, with a tower and aisle built in the 15th century, is also known to have undergone remodelling and restoration in the 17th century and the Victorian period. Among its remaining historic features are its seats, notable for their ancient carved bench- ends, which according to the church’s Grade I listing description, are probably dated to the early 1500s. These bench-ends are supplemented by modern copies, installed by ecclesiastical carver Herbert Read in the late 1800s - suggesting that the pattern of seating inside the church has not always been as we now know it. In fact the church seating has undergone more changes in past centuries than present evidence now reveals – and these are not the only interior features which have altered in the last 250 years. Documents which survive in the collections of the Diocese of Exeter held at Devon Heritage Centre reveal several interesting alterations to the church interior, instigated by a couple of prominent parishioners in the 18th century, which have now entirely disappeared. Just before Christmas 1764, John Jones Esquire, a gentleman who had recently moved into Haldon House, petitioned the Bishop of Exeter for permission to erect his own family seat in Dunchideock parish church. Such a request may seem unusual to us today – but installing a pew for one’s own family and household was becoming increasingly common by then. After the Reformation of the 16th century and the introduction of a Protestant form of worship, with its emphasis on sermons as a core feature, the naves of parish churches began to be filled with seating. Before this it had been common for the congregation to stand or kneel in the nave, though benches for the use of the frail and elderly were sometimes placed against its walls. The first seats placed in church naves could be moved in and out. In some churches, pews were installed at the expense of those parishioners who could afford them, or were purchased by them, and were regarded as their personal property. In other cases, a particular pew was linked to the ownership of an estate. There was no general public seating in the church itself, unless common benches were added for the ordinary members of the congregation. The term “pew” traditionally referred to the enclosed pews - often with doors and sometimes lockable – now known (where they survive), as “box pews”. Wealthier inhabitants usually expected the best seating, and certain areas of the church were considered to be more desirable than others, because they offered a better view of services and emphasised the prominence of a particular family or individual, or in contrast. preserved their privacy from the ‘rabble’ attending church services. As time went on, these private pews became more comfortably furnished and sometimes had their own braziers, to keep the occupants warm. Not surprisingly, disputes over pew ownership and the building of new pews were common, and in Dunchideock, a disagreement over John Jones’ plans for his own pew soon arose. It was the consistory court of the Diocese which dealt with such pew disputes at the time, and decided whether a licence or faculty should be granted by the Bishop. Pew disputes and the deciding of titles to seats was a significant part of the ecclesiastical courts’ business.

In support of his petition to the Bishop, John Jones had submitted an agreement, signed by the Rector Thomas Hugo and two parishioners – Thomas Byrdall and Richard Ford – who were the descendants of Reverend Thomas Birdall, once Rector of Dunchideock, and also landowners and occupants of property within the parish. However, soon after Christmas, in January 1765, James Pitman, owner of the Dunchideock estate and thus the largest landowner in the parish, submitted his objections to the granting of a licence to John Jones. James Pitman first asserted his position, as one of the principal payers of church rates and as churchwarden. The assigning of seats in most parishes was in practice mainly undertaken by the churchwardens, either through an assessment of the applicant’s eligibility and status, or in some cases on the basis of a life-payment or rent. James Pitman claimed that John Jones was not an inhabitant of Dunchideock parish, as he was living at Haldon House, at that time in the neighbouring parish of Kenn, and already had “commodious sittings” in Kenn parish church linked to this estate. Neither, according to him, had John Jones paid any rates for property in Dunchideock parish, even though he claimed to be doing so. He had, it seems, very recently (at Michaelmas) bought the Bagwell estate (also known as Webberton) – rated at £26 a year - which James Pitman claimed entitled him to 2 seats in the middle row in Dunchideock church – this was equal to the entitlement linked to any estate of the same value in the parish. John Jones had claimed that there was a “waste piece of ground” (as he described it) at the lower end of the church’s north aisle occupied by 4 common seats which were seldom used, and he wished to demolish these to build his own pew. James Pitman denied this – he stated that like other seats in the church, these were constantly occupied every Sunday. He further objected to the size of the pew which John Jones wished to build – it was to be 12 feet long by 12 feet wide and 5 feet high – claiming that it would deprive him of some of his own space, would block up several passages leading to the font, and reduce the space around it. The new seat would actually lead to the destruction of 5 seats and part of another – 3 of these were common parish seats, and 2 belonged to proprietors of the Mill tenement and Townsends, two properties in the parish, while the seat to be partly taken down was shared by James Pitman, Richard Ellicombe and another owner, by right of their landholdings in the parish. According to James Pitman there were no vacant spots in the church where the demolished seats could be set up again, despite John Jones’ assumption – already the passages which were to be blocked up were used for placing additional forms to seat ordinary parishioners, and 10 people normally occupied these forms, or perched there on the parish chest. James claimed that Dunchideock had a population of 140 but only 55 sittings in the church, and the new pew would further reduce this – according to him, such a large pew would take up a quarter of the space in the church! Finally, James Pitman not surprisingly objected to the fact that he as churchwarden had not been consulted, and that the petition had not been signed by him or any of the parishioners. His suggestion was that in order to avoid detrimental effects on other parishioners, John Jones should apply for a licence to build a gallery for himself and his family instead.

In reply to these allegations, John Jones claimed that although he lived in Kenn parish, its church was four miles away on lanes which were almost impassable by carriage – a common complaint about Devon’s country routes at that time. In his opinion the sitting allocated to the occupant of the Bagwell (i.e. Webberton) estate could “not be accounted at all proper” for him and his family. He promised that the 4 old common seats to be taken down would be replaced by benches erected against the new pew – claiming that the persons who usually sat in these seats were the common labourers of the parish who had no right or claim to these seats – but whom he would undertake to seat elsewhere in the church. He also claimed that he planned a pew only eight foot in breadth, which would not block access to the font nor reduce the area around it – he stated that there was a plan annexed showing the dimensions of his pew, though a note indicates that this was not actually exhibited before the court, and doesn’t accompany the document recording his replies. According to John Jones, no one else had objected to his building a new pew except James Pitman - and that this was for personal reasons. John Jones had been paying rent of 4 guineas a year for a pew formerly built (at her own expense) by Mrs Bassett, past resident of Haldon House, but he had been turned out of it without notice by James Pitman, who wished to occupy it - or perhaps rebuild it as his own pew. He also questioned the number of parishioners quoted by James Pitman and claimed that the last Bishop’s visitation recorded a far lower number.- if any room was wanting, it would be caused by the number of sittings claimed by James Pitman himself – presumably as a result of his owning so many of the properties in the parish. John Jones also questioned the legal right of churchwardens to decide whether a licence or faculty should be issued – he’d been informed that the court had the right to make this decision. I wondered whether this conflict had caused John Jones’s petition to be rejected by the Diocesan authorities – but a search of the earliest faculty register held in the Diocesan collection shows that a licence was eventually issued to John Jones on 6 June 1765 by the Vicar-General. Any objections were regarded as invalid, though the approved dimensions of the pew had been reduced to 12 feet by 7 feet. No evidence of this pew’s existence now survives, so it is difficult to prove that it was ever built. It is hard to imagine that the Jones family would have received a friendly welcome from James Pitman when they attended services! And only 5 years later in 1770 Sir Robert Palk purchased Haldon House, so the Jones family’s sojourn was quite short.

Sir Robert had also purchased Bagwell (Webberton), his first acquisition of land in Dunchideock, and if John Jones had built his family pew in Dunchideock church, the Palks would then have gained the right to use it as new owners of the estate. From 1780 onwards, Sir Robert Palk began to purchase additional land in Dunchideock, and in early September 1786, he petitioned the Bishop for a faculty to make his own alterations to the interior of Dunchideock church. Like the previous occupants of Haldon House, he and his family preferred to attend services there rather than at Kenn, as it was so much closer to home. In his case, Sir Robert didn’t apply to alter the seating in the body of the nave, which suggests that he already had a suitable pew - perhaps that built by John Jones. Instead he applied for permission to build at his own expense a gallery in front of the belfry at the west end of the church, for the use of his servants. It was to be 12 feet 8 inches long, 10 feet wide and 7 feet high. He also applied to construct a family burial vault in the belfry – that is, indoors at the base of the tower. It was to be 10 feet 4 inches long, 8 feet 6 inches wide and rise 7 feet above the level of the church, He also asked for permission to eventually erect a family monument at the west end of the church. In his case he had obtained the consent of the minister and churchwardens, and there is no documentary record of objections to his plans. Soon after, in September 1786, James Carrington, Principal of the Consistory Court in Exeter, approved these alterations. The gallery and the vault were to remain to the sole use of Sir Robert and his family, ‘as long as they remained members of the Church of England’. This was providing that there were no objections raised by those attending the court on 6th October 1786, the date set for showing cause against the plans. So in the late 18th century, Dunchideock church boasted a gallery at the west end, and a sizeable burial vault where members of the Palk family were interred in the following years. The bodies of several children who had been buried elsewhere were exhumed and brought to Dunchideock to be re-interred in the new family vault under the church tower in the 1780s and 1790s. With the decline of the family’s wealth and position in the parish towards the end of the 19th century, these additions were eventually demolished, and the bodies exhumed and reburied outside in the churchyard. As far as we know, there is no longer any visual evidence of the gallery and vault as they once appeared. Jan Wood, Shillingford Local History Society

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Shillingford St George Church Calendar for March 2022 Date Name Service Time 6 March Lent 1 Morning Praise 9.30 Sidesman Liz Reader Peter Luke 4:1-13 Time Readings Romans 10:8b-13 Dunchideock, Kenn & Exminster 9.30 Prayers Christopher Service Date Name Holy Communion 13 March Lent 2 Sidesmen Nick Luke 13:31-35 Time Readers Derek Barrack Lane & Barton Lane 6.00 Reading Philippians 3:17 – 4:1 Service Prayers Delia Evensong Date Name 20 March Lent 3 Luke 13:1-9 Time Sidesmen Liz Oak Close & Waybrook Lane 9.30 Readers Tam and Ken Service Reading 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Holy Communion Prayers Clergy Date Name Luke 2.33–35 Time 27 March Mothering Sunday Road through Shillingford Abbot 9.30 Sidesmen Norman Service Readers Norman Morning Praise Reading 1 Samuel 1.20–28 Prayers Nick John 12:1-8 Date Name Ash Court & St George’s Terr’ce 3 April Lent 5 Sidesmen Di and Eric Readers Di and Nick Reading Philippians 3:4b-14 Prayers Christopher Ash Wednesday Wednesday 2 March. There will be a service of Holy Communion in Shillingford St George church at 7.30pm. All are welcome to this service Mothering Sunday As well as the clocks moving to Summer Time on the day, a Mothering Sunday Holy Communion will be held in church on Sunday 27 March at 9.30. Tea, coffee & Simnel cake will be provided after the service. All are welcome to this service. Annual Church Meeting The APCM will take place in church on Tuesday 5 April @ 2.00pm From the Registers Baptism: 13 February 2022: Freddie Matthew Knight-Pacheco & Theodore James Knight-Pacheco

Shillingford Parish Church You are Invited to 2022 Lunches in Lent Wednesday 9 March Wednesday 23 March Wednesday 6 April In The Village Hall 12.15pm £5 per ticket. Pay on the door All Welcome Names in advance to Nick Mansell – 832660 the churchwarden:

Shillingford Local History Society Saturday 19th March 2022 2.15 pm in the Village Hall Shillingford Local History Society invite you to a musical afternoon with Jim Causley, renowned Devonshire folk musician Everybody Welcome Admission £5 with Afternoon Tea Please book your seat for a lovely afternoon of music with Norman - Tel: 01392 422390 Anne 01392 833958

THE EXCHANGE Saturday 19th March 10.30 – 12.00 SHILLINGFORD VILLAGE HALL F BOOKS R TOYS,PUZZLES E PLANTS E SEEDS No Bric a Brac Please Bring ~ Swap ~ Take Away! Coffee, Tea, Cake is served Correction and Apology > On the front page of February's Country News is the incorrect statement 'Planning is being sort...' It should of course be ...sought! > And apologies to Sidney Poitier and Sydney (his daughter) for muddling their names on the Shillingford Film Night publicity. > The Editor

Friends of Shillingford Wood Sunday 20th March 2022 2.30 pm in The Village Hall Please come and celebrate with us with a walk in Your wood followed by cream tea We thank everyone for their generous help and support in our venture to buy the wood for everyone to enjoy

THANK YOU …. Dear One and All, The ownership of Shillingford Wood (also known as The www.shillingfordwood.org.uk Bluebell Wood) has passed to The Friends of Shillingford Charity No: 1192474 Wood. This will ensure the Wood remains a Community Asset, always open to the community and managed, by the community, in a wildlife friendly manner. It has taken 2 years to reach this point and I would like to thank all those who made it possible by their generous donations of time and money. It is a really great achievement for such a small parish (although we did receive lots and lots of help from outside as well!). I would particularly like to thank Andy and Martyn Bragg, the previous owners, who gave us a discount on the purchase price and allowed us the time to raise the money. Thank you again. Ian Merrett – Chair – The Friends of Shillingford Wood. From your District Councillors – Proposed Landfill Site The last year has seen permission for a huge landfill in Whitestone, more landfill capacity at Trood Lane before we turn it into open green space, and now a new request for 1.2 million m3 in Kenn. Inert waste has to go somewhere, but we think our community has provided enough already and DCC keep wanting more. We want a policy in the next Teignbridge local plan that developers try to accommodate surplus soil etc on site. The site borders the beautiful Shillingford woods which have just been bought by the community as a permanent public green space. You can comment at: https://planning.devon.gov.uk/PlanDisp.aspx?AppNo=DCC/4268/2021 The closing date has passed but comments will still be taken into account. Comments carry more weight if they are based on the policies in the Teignbridge local plan and the national planning policy framework. Teignbridge District Councillors Andy Swain, Charles Nuttall and Alison Foden

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Parish Directory – Shillingford Abbot & Shillingford St George Shillingford St George Village Hall 01392 834734 Bookings: online [email protected] 01392 833478 Or by phone between 9am and 5pm Trevor (Treasurer) Sally (Chairman) Shillingford St George Parish Council Chairman – Peter Barwell [email protected] 07973473515 Parish Clerk – Juliette Thompson [email protected] 01626 863811 Community Defibrillators – Please contact the Parish Clerk to report any issues Devon County Councillor [email protected] 07843013705 Alan Connett Teignbridge District Councillors [email protected] Andrew Swain [email protected] Charles Nuttall [email protected] Alison Foden Mobile Library: - Ash Court, Sh. St George, 10.30-11.10, 3rd Monday each month Useful Numbers In the event of an emergency dial 999 for Fire, Police or Ambulance Police non-emergency 101 Ambulance non-emergency 111 Doctors – Ide Lane Surgery Appointments 0139 439868 Crimestoppers 0800 555111 Teignbridge District Council – General enquiries 01626 361101 (out of hours emergency) 01395 516854 Report Potholes or Overgrown Hedges 0345 1551004 Report Potholes on line www.gov.uk/report-pothole/devon Report Power Cuts or Damage to Power lines 105 Environment Agency hotline 0800 3286402 Citizens Advice Bureau 03444 111444 Samaritans 116123 For any suggested additions or amendments, please contact the Parish Clerk

Villages Diary for March DATE TIME EVENT PLACE 10.30-12 noon Wednesday 2nd 6.00pm Open Door Café Shillingford V Hall Wednesday 2nd Ash Wednesday service Christow Church Wednesday 2nd 7.30pm Ash Wednesday service Shillingford Church Friday 4th 2.30pm World Day of Prayer Christow Church Tuesday 8th 10.30-12 noon Coffee morning Lord Haldon Hotel Tuesday 8th 7.30pm Shillingford Wildlife Shillingford V Hall Group Shillingford V Hall Wednesday 9th 12.15pm Lent lunches Saturday 12th 11.00am Litter pick and tea/coffee Shillingford V Hall Tuesday 15th 5.00-6.00pm Villages prayer Webberton Meadows Wednesday 16th 10.30-12 noon Open Door Café Shillingford V Hall Friday 18th 7.30pm Film night Shillingford V Hall Saturday 19th 10.30-12 noon The Exchange Shillingford V Hall Saturday 19th 3.00-5.00pm Tea afternoon Dunchideock V Hall Saturday 19th 2.15pm Shill Local History music Shillingford V Hall Sunday 20th 2.30pm afternoon with tea. Shillingford V Hall Tuesday 22nd 10.30-12noon Lord Haldon Hotel Friends of Shill Wood, walk and cream tea Coffee morning Wednesday 23rd 12.15pm Lent lunches Shillingford V Hall Friday 25th 7.45pm Film night Dunchideock V Hall Future events in April: - Tuesday 5th 10.30-12 noon Coffee morning Lord Haldon Hotel 12.15pm Lent lunches Shillingford V Hall Wednesday 6th 11.00am Easter Egg hunt Dunchideock V Hall Sunday 17th 3.00-5.00pm Tea afternoon Dunchideock V Hall 7.45pm Film night Dunchideock V Hall Saturday 23rd Friday 29th VILLAGES PRAYER An opportunity for anyone to pray for situations in our villages and beyond to meet at Webberton Meadows on Tuesday March 15th from 5.00-6.00pm For more information ring Steve and Tina on 832057 18

Rector (day off Thursday) Shillingford St. George Revd. Mike Partridge, The Rectory, Alphington, EX2 8XJ The Parishes of Alphington, Ide and Shillingford [email protected] 01392 491476 or 07751 725306 Churchwardens Mr. N. Mansell (832660) [email protected] Rector (day off Thursday) Dunchideock Revd. Ruth Frampton, The Rectory, Dry Lane, Curate Christow, EX6 7PE Churches Administrator [email protected] 01647 253164 Revd Eleanor Oelmann [email protected] Mr. S. Cook (832332) [email protected] Editor this month Country News Tina Cook (832057) Editor for April Tam Mucklow [email protected] Advertising Editor Michelle Saunders [email protected] Front Cover Judith Travell (832600) [email protected] Treasurer Elizabeth Jenne, Webberton Meadows, Dunchideock (832240) Main Distributors Peter, Liz Wareham and Elizabeth Jenne Articles for the April edition of Country News please send to the Editor by 15 March. Classified Adverts: £1 for up to three lines (for one issue). Box Adverts: Quarter page: £4/issue or £30 per annum (10 issues) Half page: £8/issue or £60 per annum Full page: £16/issue or £120 per annum Please apply to Michelle Saunders see above.