Country News May 2021

country news may 2021 Parish Magazine of Shillingford St George and Dunchideock Spot the birds nest. * The close-up - with babies! *Many thanks to the local Photographer who took reserved these images The weather is warming up (hopefully!). The Country is opening up (finally!). Please see inside for how our Villages are opening up!

Letter from the Rectory I write in the days immediately after Easter: the gardens are filled with colour and spectacular blossom, the birds are singing and today the sun has shone from a blue sky – and we drank afternoon tea outside in a flurry of snow and hail! In the chilly breeze the flowers have thrived, challenged by the variable conditions but proving that God’s creation will flourish, come rain or shine! And so, as we emerge from lockdown - however nervous we may be, however doubtful about what the future may hold for us - we will also flourish, because we too are part of God’s good creation, and filled with the same gifts of life and love as the flowers in all their beauty. The risen Christ told his wondering disciples that although he would soon go to the Father, he would not leave them orphaned: ‘And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.’ (Matt 28:20) We remember the Ascension of the Lord on May 13 with Holy Communion at 6pm in St Michael and All Angels, Dunchideock. Jesus promised that he would send the Holy Spirit to be with them, and we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost on May 23. The days in between are kept as a time of prayer known as Thy Kingdom Come: a global prayer movement that invites Christians around the world to pray for more people to come to know Jesus. Now in its sixth year, Thy Kingdom Come has grown from an initial call to prayer from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to the Anglican Communion, to a worldwide ecumenical prayer movement uniting Christians from more than 170 countries and across 65 different denominations and traditions. Acknowledging that Britain is treading carefully in the early stages of a phased return to socialising, after what has been an extremely challenging year, the aim is for Thy Kingdom Come to be a blessing and to serve the Church where the need is greatest. Please keep watching for news of how we in the Teign Valley are contributing to this wave of prayer and how you can take part. We are delighted that the easing of Covid restrictions has enabled all our churches to reopen for public worship; please see below for a list of this month’s services. We continue to observe physical distancing and the wearing of face coverings inside the buildings, but a particular cause for celebration is the resumption of congregational singing outdoors – so as long as we are not subject to a deluge we shall finish our services with a concluding hymn outside. Hallelujah!

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) can be contacted on 01647 253164 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 Ruth Frampton, 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 - Days and Times of Opening: All our churches are open for private prayer, as follows: Monday Dunsford 10:00am - 12 noon Tuesday Bridford 12 noon – 2:00pm by appointment* Wednesday Christow 12 noon – 3:00pm Thursday Dunsford 2:00pm – 5:00pm Friday Dunchideock 10:00am – 12 noon Saturday Bridford 10:00am – 12 noon by appointment* Ashton 10:00am – 5:00pm Sunday Christow 12 noon – 3:00pm Doddiscombsleigh 12:00pm – 6:00pm * for Bridford please telephone 01647 252180 / 252515 / 253239 to make an appointment Sunday Services The 9am telephone service continues (see details below for how to join). With the easing of lockdown, all our church buildings have re-opened for public worship and details are provided in the separate schedule of services. As the situation can, however, change quickly, 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 observe social distancing and follow all the safety guidance inside the church In line with national requirements, church services have strict measures in place to ensure people’s safety e.g. the wearing of face coverings, increased cleaning, hand sanitisers, social distancing of 2 metres, no singing, communion in one kind only, no refreshments or meeting afterward. You will be asked to give your name and contact details in order to comply 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.

Wednesday Evening Prayer There is a regular, short service of evening prayer each Wednesday at 6pm by telephone – see details below for how to join. 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. Giving It is now 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. Treasurer Wanted! Christow Church is still looking for a volunteer treasurer to supervise its money and prepare the accounts. Phil Trotter, our valued treasurer has retired after many years' service. We are very sorry to see him go and wish him well. He is happy to help whoever is willing to take over and to lead them through the systems. Full training is available! Resources During this time, you may find the following online and telephone resources helpful. Daily Prayer: https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service- daily-prayer General prayer resources: https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media- centre/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-parishes/coronavirus-covid-19-liturgy-and- prayer Daily Hope – a free phone line of hymns, reflections and prayers – 0800 804 8044 Recording of Rev’d Ruth Frampton’s “Reflection” from the previous Sunday – 01647 407047 If you are anxious about the current situation or would like prayer or pastoral support (e.g. because of illness or bereavement), please do not hesitate to contact Rev’d Ruth Frampton or the Churches’ Administrator (Steve Cook) – contact details above and below. 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]

Services in the Teign Valley and Haldon Hill Mission Community May Bridford Christow Ashton Doddiscombsleigh Dunchideock Dunsford 2 9:00am Worship at Home: Scattered Church by Telephone Easter 5 Other 9 Services at 10:30am Easter 6 Holy Communion (Order 1) 13 Ashton, Dunchideock Ascension Service of the Word (Other) Dunsford 16 9:00am Easter 7 Worship at Home: Scattered Church by Telephone 23 Other Pentecost Services at 10:30am Holy Communion (Order 1) 30 Bridford, Dunsford Trinity 10:00am Worship at Home: Scattered Church by Telephone 6:00pm Mission Community Eucharist at Dunchideock Order 1 8:30am Holy Communion at Doddiscombsleigh BCP 9:00am Worship at Home: Scattered Church by Telephone Other Services at 10:30am Holy Communion (Order 1) Christow Service of the Word (Other) Dunsford 9:00am Worship at Home: Scattered Church by Telephone Other Services at 10:30am Holy Communion (Order 1) Bridford, Dunchideock Service of the Word (Other) Dunsford 8:30am Holy Communion at Dunsford BCP 9:00am Worship at Home: Scattered Church by Telephone Other 10:30am Mission Community Eucharist at Ashton Order 1 For Telephone Service, please dial 0333 011 0616 and enter the code 334 7721, followed by # when asked

Services in our local churches Dunchideock, Doddiscombsleigh and Ashton - May 2021 Date Name Service Time May 2nd Easter 5 Holy Communion (Order 1) 10.30am Dunchideock Sidesperson Tina Cook Readers Shirley Phillips Steve Cook Reading Acts 8:26-40 1 John 4:7-21 Date Name Service Time May 13th Ascension Mission Community 6.00pm Eucharist (Order 1) Dunchideock Sidesperson Ray Mallett Readers Ann Mallett Elizabeth Jenne Reading Daniel 7:9-14 Acts 1:1-11 Date Name Service Time May 16th Easter 7 Holy Communion at 8.30am Doddiscombsleigh Date Name Service Time May 23rd Pentecost Holy Communion (Order 1) 10.30am Dunchideock Sidesperson Elizabeth Jenne Readers Tina Cook Peter Goodchild Reading Acts 2:1-21 or Ez 37:1-14 Romans 8:22-27 Date Name Service Time May 30th Trinity Sunday Mission Community 10.30am Eucharist at Ashton 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. ****************** Teign Climate Hub's Grow Together Project With the last of our National Lottery funding, Teign Climate Hub has bulk purchased seeds and peat free compost. A small group of volunteers have been nurturing their vegetable seedlings, ready to share with anyone who would like to try growing their own food. Within the next few weeks we will be distributing the seedlings to various sites including the outer Dunchideock Churchyard, next to the garden shed. For more information on the project, and to be kept informed of when the seedlings will be available, please join the Teign Climate Hub Facebook group, or email [email protected] or contact Tina Cook 832057

www.dunchideock.org.uk A link to Country News Online can also be found here. Dunchideock Village Hall 100+ Club The 2021 - 2022 year tickets are on sale now! If you have a ticket now, someone will be in touch shortly to find out if you are happy to keep the Village Hall going (and possibly win something). If you don’t currently have tickets but would like one, please contact Katrina or another Committee member. Dunchideock Village Hall As you are all no doubt aware the end of Lockdown restrictions are planned for the 21st June and the Village Hall Committee are planning some tentative steps back to normality, starting with the date below - assuming no changes to the Governments roadmap : Informal drinks evening on Saturday 3rd July from 7:30pm. Tea Afternoon on Saturday 17th July from 3pm-5pm Rest assured we will take all the necessary steps that are recommended regarding social distancing and PPE etc. including table service if necessary. We look forward very much to welcoming you back. Due to current restrictions we are unable to hold our planned AGM on the 21st May. We are proposing to hold it as soon as practical after 21st June to allow anyone who wishes to attend to do so but so that we can accommodate everyone safely, we need to know numbers in advance to plan a Hall layout on Tuesday 22nd June if we continue to follow the roadmap. Please contact Peter 833936 or Karen 832015 to let us know if you wish to come along - we would welcome you ideas and feedback. Registered Charity No. 301096 P.S. If you’d like to donate to the continual running costs of the hall, please contact Peter! My mum always told me I wouldn’t accomplish anything by lying in bed all day. But look at me now, I’ve been saving the world!

THE STRONG FAMILY, FARMERS OF DUNCHIDEOCK: PART ONE Standing against the stone wall at the back of Dunchideock churchyard is a row of five old gravestones, recording the deaths of two generations of the Strong family. The men and women buried there were tenants of the Pitman family of Dunchideock House during the 19th century, and leased Dunchideock Barton, which was also recorded in some documents as “Farm” or Dunchideock Farm. As tenants of the largest farm, the Strongs were at that time the foremost farming family in the parish. It seems that the Pitman family may have purchased Dunchideock Barton by the end of the 17th century, and added farms at Idestone, and part of Thrustle, Kenneford - all in Dunchideock parish - in the mid-18th century. There is evidence from the earliest surviving map of Dunchideock - an estate map of the Barton of Dunchideock, dated 1652 - that a large “mansion house” had once stood in what is now a field just west of the church. Such “mansions” were usually the centre of a barton farm of 200 to 400 acres, but the consolidation of small farms in Devon during the 18th century had led to their decay. By the 19th century only the “Great Garden” enclosure and a farm courtyard remained in the field. The tithe map dated to about 1840 shows that close to the other side of the church there was a cluster of other buildings, including the old farmhouse and out-buildings of Dunchideock Farm - and this was presumably where the Strongs lived and farmed.

William Strong arrived to farm in Dunchideock in about 1814, succeeding Henry Hutchings and bringing his wife and children with him. William, who was aged in his early 30s, had been baptised in Tedburn St Mary, where his father William Strong Senior owned property, and was a substantial farmer. He was the third of six children, and the oldest son. The Strong family had been living in Tedburn St. Mary parish from at least the early 17th century; the first recorded baptism of a member of their family, named Robert Strong, took place in Tedburn St. Mary in 1612, when James I of England and VI of Scotland, the first English Stuart king, was on the throne. Thereafter many generations of the Strong family had continued to live and farm in Tedburn St Mary parish and to raise their children there. There had in fact been an earlier family link to Dunchideock – William’s mother Elizabeth Tuckett had been born and baptised in Dunchideock in the 1750s, and had married William’s father – William Strong Senior - in Dunchideock parish church in 1777. This seems to have been the first of a number of Strong- Tuckett marriages in following decades. To begin with, two of William’s sisters married farmers named Tuckett. This pattern of intermarriage between members of already related families was surprisingly common among farming families in the 18th and 19th centuries, so this was by no means unique to the Strongs. By the early 1790s, William’s parents Elizabeth and William Strong Senior had moved from Tedburn St. Mary to farm in Drewsteignton, and three of their daughters were married there over the following decades. By 1814 the Strong family’s centuries-long links to Tedburn St Mary had weakened, as on 28 April 1814, a local landowning gentleman,, Colonel Baldwin Fulford of Great Fulford, agreed with William Strong Senior to exchange Narracott, an estate which he owned in Drewsteignton, for some properties that William owned in Tedburn St Mary, thus beginning the Strong family's long association with this property, and others, in Drewsteignton. Narracott farmhouse was in those days a mid-17th century cob and thatch Devon longhouse, with a possible earlier core dating back to the 15th century; it is now Grade II listed but is no longer a farmhouse, having been divided into holiday cottages. Narracott’s tenant John Pulman’s existing 14-year lease may have continued to its term under the Strongs’ ownership, but Elizabeth and William Strong Senior eventually moved in to farm it themselves. William Strong (Junior) was still living in Tedburn St. Mary when he and his bride Mary Cornish married by licence in her home parish of Crediton in summer 1807, and they had several children born in Tedburn and Crediton, before bringing their young family to settle in Dunchideock. This move to Dunchideock seems to have coincided with the exchange of the family property for Narracott. William and Mary had six more children baptised in Dunchideock parish church between 1814 and 1830, bringing the total number of their children to eleven – though at least two died in infancy.

William Strong leased over 200 acres in Dunchideock, which included land belonging to two other tenements and some additional fields, all belonging to the Major. This made him the largest farmer in the parish. Only farmers leasing one or more of the larger farms, (and later James Samuel Pitman, the Major’s eldest son) served as churchwardens in Dunchideock. Thus in the 1830s, farmers William Strong, William Copplestone, James Stooke and William Lake shared this office, and the parish positions of overseer and waywarden. None of these farmers had been leasing land in Dunchideock before 1814, although they had all come from parishes not far away. At a time when the church and its officers controlled the majority of parish affairs - building and repair of roads and lanes, discipline and petty crimes, care and relief of the poor, as well the parish church, its furnishings, bells and churchyard – these parish offices were important ones, and gave the holders a degree of power over other members of the community. In the 1830s, William was also involved with his landlord Major Pitman in the dispute with the tenants of their neighbours the Palks of Haldon House, over a right of way across the fields called the Witchams to their cottages at Mill tenements,. These fields were part of Dunchideock Barton at the time, and thus leased to William Strong, who kept his stock there. As described in the article A Right of Way Dispute, published in the Country News of September 2020, William Strong was there to support the Major when he confronted the tenants over the carts which they insisted on taking across the fields. In a parish like Dunchideock, where almost all the property was divided between just two large landlords, it was of course in a tenant farmer’s best interests to defer to the wishes of their landlord, and to support his actions against the poorer inhabitants. William Strong seems to have held the land in Dunchideock on short-term leases, though copies of the earliest leases do not survive. His father William Strong Senior died at Narracott in November 1840, leaving a will, and in the following month, William signed a new lease for 14 years from Michaelmas 1840, for the lands in Dunchideock. He leased those parts of the Pitman’s estates called Dunchideock Farm, Thrustle Kenneford, otherwise known as Ellicombes, and Bonds, all of which were already in his occupation under an earlier lease. This lease cost him £305.10s., followed by a rent of £301 a year, plus an additional £10 per acre for fields named as Barns Close, Horse Park, Dry Meadow, Bickwell and Parsonage Meadows. He was to give up a field named Cox’s Hill after a year, and also agreed to fulfil other requirements relating to tillage, fertilization of fields, and care of hedges. When the census was taken in June 1841, William and Mary Strong were in their 50s and living in Dunchideock with some of their grown up children, a couple of grandchildren, as well as five live-in teenage farm apprentices and a butcher. Three more of William and Mary’s grown-up children were living on

the family’s own property at Narracott, Drewsteignton – William and Mary’s son James Strong was now the young farmer in charge there. In September 1846 William Strong and his son Thomas, who had stayed on at Dunchideock Barton with his parents, jointly signed a new lease for the lands in Dunchideock for 15 years, dating from Michaelmas 1845. The lease was for the same properties including Dunchideock Barton, in all about 207 acres, and also about 30 acres of a property named Ramridge in Dunsford originally held in hand by James Pitman (excluding the plantations, which were retained by him). William Strong’s wife Mary Strong died at the age of 62 in May 1849, and was buried in Dunchideock parish churchyard on 19th of May by the Rector, the Reverend Henry Palk. Her gravestone stands in the row at the back of the churchyard. In March 1851 when the census was taken, her widowed husband William was aged 69, and was described as a farmer of 300 acres. Living with him on census night were two sons, a daughter and a grandson. As was common at that time, two female house servants and six young farm servants, aged between 11 and 21, also lived in the farmhouse with their employers. William Strong died in April 1854, aged 72 years, and was buried near his wife in Dunchideock churchyard. Thomas Strong – his eighth child - took over as tenant at Dunchideock Barton. [to be continued next month] Jan Wood, Shillingford Local History Society TEIGN VALLEY LARDER Managing the larder is more complicated than you think it is, but this actually makes it easier to run and give users more choice. Nathan Bushell explains: I wasn’t sure how to approach this month’s appraisal of the Teign Valley Larder. I’m sure that most people reading this will have a good idea why it was established, and how they can contribute to its ongoing success simply by using it. However, it has become clear that we’ve done quite a good job of hiding the complex machinery that keeps it running. So, we thought that needs remedying. Our thinking is that the more that is known about it, the more people will have confidence using it.

On the morning that I wrote this piece, I took my son and the dog on a walk around village, picking up the donations from Christow Stores on the way. Kay had worked hard to open up her shop again, so that customers no longer had to queue outside, but she had still found space on one of her shelves!\"#$!%#&'()%! items, including the wonderful banana loaves, apple crumble and eggs from a mystery supplier in Dunsford. With these stowed in my backpack, I walked through the village to a lock-up where everything is stored before being delivered to the sites in St James’s Church, Ashton, Doddi, Dunsford and Bridford. I had to wait while someone was already in there (literally) taking stock – she was running through a list that she had made. She kindly let me push in front of her to drop off the items and fill out a delivery sheet. My son was curious as to why I wasn’t taking the items straight to the church (he likes the larder – he sometimes picks up fruit while he’s walking the dog). I tried explaining the finer points of a hub and spoke distribution network, but he started glazing over. But it did make me think about the complex nature of the system. Maybe it would be easier if there was just one outlet, but the larder wouldn’t be nearly as successful, as we may not get the delicious cakes from Dunsford. A central distribution point also allows us to efficiently deliver all the donations we get from the local farms (Whippletree Farm, Teign Greens, and Windout Farm), and manage the generous donations from individuals and businesses. I sit on a board with eight other members, and each of us have different roles to play: accounting, managing food waste, liaising with volunteers, stock control, writing these articles, etc. When we discuss how to improve what we do, we all share the same values of helping those in need, reducing food waste, and putting the community first. Furthermore, there are well over 20 people involved in the day-to-day running and managing the larder. All volunteers, and all who share those same sentiments. When you use the larder – for whatever reason – you are investing in those complex procedures and putting your community first. Without you, it wouldn’t work at all.

EASTER DAY IN CHURCH GROUNDS WITH FAMILY SCAVENGER HUNT We had wonderful weather for a family scavenger hunt on Easter Sunday afternoon. All ages were represented from newly born to 90s! The children were sent out to collect items each one representing one aspect of the Easter story, which included splashing in bowls of water and chocolate coins! We enjoyed being able to finish with an action song to sum up. HEALTH & WELLBEING LORD HALDON COUNTRY HOTEL DUNCHIDEOCK EX6 7YF MINDFULNESS & YOGA 2-DAY RETREAT Sunday 20th & Monday 21st June 2021 A chance to reconnect with others, with nature and with your own resources. The 2 nurturing, nourishing, relaxing days include: Mindfulness and Yoga (beginners welcome) Overnight Stay at Lord Haldon Country Hotel Lunch and 2 course Evening Dinner on Sunday Breakfast and Lunch on Monday Coffee & Tea breaks on both days Limited number of 6 Participants – 3 places remaining £210 per person : £320 per couple £95 deposit : Full Payment by 5th June Experienced Local Teachers Mindfulness : Shirley Phillips Yoga : Jan Williamson For INFO & to BOOK email:[email protected]

Shillingford Church Ongoing Services 2021 Sunday Services will continue in their usual pattern, but “socially distanced” and wearing facemasks until we are allowed to do otherwise. Singing is still not allowed inside church, so occasionally we sing the last hymn outside in the churchyard, much to the enjoyment of all who participate. The 5th Sunday in May would be a combined Mission Community service in one of the three churches, but with current restrictions this is not possible. A Zoom service will take place at 11am on Sunday 30 May, and Shillingford church will be open for Private Prayer at 9.30. Other News Many thanks to Steve Dummett and granddaughter Lily for re-homing our bees from the north-west corner of the church roof. They should all now be buzzing nicely in an orchard near the Twisted Oak in Ide. Thanks to all others who supplied tools, equipment and time to complete the work. From the photographs taken it was a very big job as the bees had been resident for quite some time; the nest looked to be the size of a small wheelie-bin! We have been fortunate that no honey or wax had “treacled” down the inside walls, but the smell of honey was very powerful for quite some time. Anyway, the roof slates have now been replaced, re-pointing completed and ladders & tower removed. Annual Parochial Church Meeting This will take place in church on Tuesday 25 May at 7.00pm. The meeting is open to all parishioners for the election of churchwardens, and for all on the electoral roll to elect PCC members. Gift Day If all Covid-restriction relaxations continue to plan, we have booked the Village Hall for Cream Teas & Gift Day on Saturday 26th June from 2.30 – 5.30pm. More details next month – but the churchwarden may have to send his apologies if Exeter Chiefs are playing in the Gallagher Premiership Final the same day!!

Shillingford St George Church Calendar for May 2021 Date Name Service Time 2 May Easter 5 Morning Prayer 9.30 Sidesmen Liz Readers Peter John 15:1-8 Time Reading Acts 8:26-40 Manstree Lane & Terrace 9.30 Prayers Christopher Service Date Name Holy Communion 9 May Easter 6 Sidesmen Tom and Gwen John 15:9-17 Time Readers Norman 6.00 Reading Acts 10:44-48 Glebe Lane & Place Farm Prayers Nick Area Service Date Name 16 May Easter 7 Evening Prayer Sidesmen Liz Readers Tam John 17:6-19 Time Reading Acts 1.15-17,21-26 9.30 Prayers Clergy Road through Shillingford St George Date Name Service 23 May Pentecost Sidesmen Norman Holy Communion Readers Di Reading Acts 2:1-21 Ken Time Prayers Delia 9.30 John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15 11.00 Date Name 30 May Trinity Sunday Surrounding parishes of Sidesmen _ Dunchideock, Kenn & Exminster Readers _ Service Reading Isaiah 6:1-8 Prayers Private Prayer Date Name 6 June Trinity 1 Mission Community Zoom Sidesmen Di Service Readers Nick Reading 2 Corinthians 4.13-5.1 John 3:1-17 Time Prayers Christopher Barrack Lane & Barton Lane 9.30 Service Morning Prayer Mark 3.20-35 Oak Close & Waybrook Lane

SHILLINGFORD VILLAGE HALL IS OPENING AGAIN! From 17th May, we can open the doors of the Village Hall! Classes and groups will need to be in small numbers to begin with ... for Keep Fit, Tai Chi and exercise sessions as well as other meetings. Then after 21st June, we can offer activities with larger groups again: The Open Door Cafe, The Exchange, Film Nights, parties, performances and celebrations ... It's your Village Hall and you may have some great ideas about what you would like to have happening there! Let us know:- [email protected]. (secretary) We want to say a big THANK YOU to all of you have supported events at the Hall over past years and also for your patience over these last months of lockdown. As a show of our appreciation and to welcome people back, we are going to hold a special FREE MIDSUMMER BARBECUE ON SATURDAY 10TH JULY. We invite all residents of the Shillingfords and Dunchideock to come along! More details about this to follow soon….. Meanwhile, we are putting into place some improvements before opening up again - the floor is soon to be re-sanded and given a protective finish AND we are exchanging most of our tables and chairs for some new, more manageable ones. Hopefully it will make it easier for people who hire the Hall to shift the furniture to suit their needs. The village website will soon be updated with news, so please take a look over the coming days and weeks: https://shillingford.org.uk Shillingford Community Website Community website for the villages of Shillingford St George and Shillingford Abbot. Part of Shillingford Parish Council and the District of Teignbridge, Shillingford lies 5km from Exeter, Devon. shillingford.org.uk

Latest News from Shillingford Parish Council. Parish Council Meetings From 2021 Shillingford Parish Council have changed their meeting day to the second Tuesday of every other month. Meeting dates: Tuesday 9th February 2021 Tuesday 13th April 2021 Tuesday 18th May 2021 - Annual Parish Meeting and Annual Parish Council Meeting Tuesday 8th June 2021 Tuesday 10th August 2021 Tuesday 12th October 2021 Tuesday 14th December 2021 The next meeting will be the Annual Parish Council Meeting (where the Chairman and Vice-Chairman for the ensuing year are elected), immediately followed by the Annual Parish Meeting. Both meetings will be held on the evening of Tuesday 18th May 2021 in the village hall and the public are invited to attend. Further information will be published on the notice boards and the community website. Internet at Shillingford Abbot Cllr J Parrott and Cllr C Carr (with help from his grandson) have been hard at work trying to improve internet speeds in Shillingford Abbot. They have signed up to the Community Fibre Partnership and the next stage involves getting those residents who have expressed an interest in the scheme to submit their paperwork, so funding can be secured. Vehicle Activated Speed Signs The Parish Council are considering investing in vehicle activated speed signs in 2022, and will be looking at locations and costs over the coming months to see if the proposal is viable. War Memorial Repairs Whilst the actual memorial is in a good state of repair, the brickwork surrounding the Peamore War Memorial is in need of re-pointing work and the parish council will be looking to obtain grants to enable the work to be carried out.

Teignbridge District Council funds a Home Improvement Loan Scheme for homeowners and landlords (subject to eligibility). We understand the expense of maintaining your home. We want to help you to take the stress out of funding repairs, improvements or adaptations to your home. We see you as an individual, not a credit score. For a free, no obligation home visit or more information: Contact Wessex Resolutions CIC on 01823 461099 or visit: www.wessexresolution.org.uk 1

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VILLAGES DIARY – how good to see some dates! MAY May 17th – Classes start Shillingford Village Hall May 18th – Annual Parish Meeting Shillingford Village Hall May 25th – Annual Parish Church Meeting Shillingford JUNE June 21st – Larger activities begin Shillingford Village Hall June 22nd – Annual General Meeting Dunchideock Village Hall June 26th – Cream teas and gift day 2.30-5.30 Shillingford Village Hall JULY July 3rd – Informal drinks Dunchideock Village Hall July 10th – Free Midsummer BBQ Shillingford Village Hall July 17th – Tea afternoon 3-5.00pm Dunchideock Village Hall 5

Dunchideock Directory Bus Service: Country Bus – Service 360 – www.countrybusdevon.co.uk T: 01626 833664 E: [email protected] Church: Rev’d Ruth Frampton, The Rectory, Dry Lane, Christow, EX6 7PE Rector: T: 01647 253164 E; [email protected] Steve Cook, Webberton Meadows, Dunchideock, EX2 9TX Administrator: T: 01392 832332 E: [email protected] Citizens Advice Bureau: T: 0808 278 7845 (freephone) – no face-to-face service currently Devon County Council: Website: www.devon.gov.uk General: E: [email protected] T: 0845 155 1015 Highways: E: [email protected] T: 0345 155 1004 County Councillor: Alan Connett T: 07843 013705 E: [email protected] Doctors: Ide Lane Surgery: www.idelanesurgery.nhs.uk T: 01392 428900 (appointments) 01392 439868 (emergencies, results etc) St Thomas Health Centre: https://www.stthomasmedicalgroup.co.uk T: 01392 676676 or 01392 676606 E: [email protected] Electricity: Western Power: www.westernpower.co.uk T: 0800 6783 105 (emergencies, power failures) 0800 096 3080 (general) Facebook: www.facebook.com/dunchideockvillage MP: Mel Stride T: 020 7219 7037 E: [email protected] Parish Council: there are currently no parish councillors or parish clerk Teignbridge District Council: Website: www.teignbridge.gov.uk General: T: 01626 361101 Out-of-hours emergency: 01395 516854 Waste Collection: https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/recycling-and-waste/bin-collections/when- are-my-bins-and-boxes-collected/ District Councillors: Cllr Alison Foden E: [email protected] Cllr Charles Nuttall T: 07486 041108 E: [email protected] Cllr Andrew Swain T: 07756 253908 E: [email protected] Police: Devon & Cornwall Police - www.devon-cornwall.police.uk Telephone: Emergency: 999 Other: 101 Fraud and Internet Crime: 0300 123 2040 Village Hall: Karen Robson T: 01392 832105 E: [email protected] Chair: Peter Doyle T: 01392 833936 E: [email protected] Bookings: Water: South West Water - www.southwestwater.co.uk T: 0344 346 2020 (emergencies) 0344 346 1010 (accounts/general enquiries) Website: www.dunchideock.org.uk Please contact Steve Cook (01392 832332 or [email protected]) with any corrections, additions etc)

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, Christow, EX6 7PE [email protected] 01647 253164 Churchwardens Vacancy Churches Administrator Mr. S. Cook (832332) [email protected] Editor this month Country News Tina Cook (832057) Editor for June Michelle Saunders [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 Mrs Elizabeth Jenne Articles for the June edition of Country News please pass/email to the Editor by 15 May. Classified Adverts: £1 for up to three lines (for one issue). Box Adverts: Full page £16 for one issue or £120 for one year (10 issues), or pro rata for half-page or quarter-page adverts. Please apply to Michelle Saunders see above.