SAMARITANS PURSEPlease start collecting shoe boxes, and there are leaflets in the larger churches explainingwhat this is all about, and what we need to collect.Thank you to all those who have knitted jumpers, scarves etc., some of these will goby road to Bulgaria with Trussell Trust in December, but we are concentrating on theChristmas Shoe Boxes this year.

Operation Christmas Child has delivered 100 million gift-filled shoeboxes toneedy children in the last 23 years and we are trusting God for another 100 million.

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TEAM SERVICE11.00am Sunday 29th September

The Feast of St Michael & All Angels will be held at Manor Farm, Codford

(by kind invitation of the Collins family)

Preacher: Archdeacon Alan Jeans

This service will be a little different as we will be meeting in a marquee atManor Farm. This is an opportunity for all of our congregations to unite

together from all the Churches of our Team to join in worship, prayer andfellowship – and Ven. Alan Jeans, Archdeacon of Sarum, will be with us.

The service is followed by a Bring & Share Lunch afterwards to which everyone is warmly invited.

Come and join us – and bring family and friends!

Saturday

14 September

Ride + Stride throughout Wiltshire andDorset, visiting historic churches usingvarious modes of transport and raisingmoney at the same time. ContactCharles Graham (01672 514301,ctg100@hotmail.com) or Anna Butler(anna-butler@hotmail.co.uk).

A BIG THANK-YOU TO ALL

OUR SUPPORTERS

A message from PN Chairman, David Shaw

The Parish News Committee hosted asimple but important party on 25th July2013 to say ‘Thank You’ to all those whohelp with the monthly production of themagazine. The Chairman would like totake this opportunity to extend thosethanks to all those who could not attend– the clergy and all contributors anddistributors; without you the magazinewould fail. Thank you very much

Hypo meeting 7.30pm Tuesday 3rd Sept, Red Lion

If you are under 25 years or a parent of an under 16 and would like to makethe villages a better place for young people to live please come along.

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PET SERVICESunday 15th September

3pmat Manor Farm Veterinary Surgery Codford

OUR ANNUAL PET SERVICE WILL TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER AT 3PM WEINVITE EVERYONE TO BRING THEIR PET ALONG FOR A SHORT SERVICE AND BLESSING.IT WILL BE HELD AT THE MANOR FARM VETERINARY SURGERY.

F R O M T H E R E G I S T E R S

B a p t i s m sWe welcome ino the Christian Church

Lucas Alexander James Rennie on 30th June at Codford St MaryMonty Artimus Osborne on 3rd August at Tytherington

Jacob Michael Ethan Botting on 10th August at Sutton VenyMay they grow in the Christain Faith

We d d i n g sCongratulations to

Lauren Cundick and Paul Sanger on 5th July at HeytesburyGeorgina Acworth and Georgios Kyriakoudes on 20th July at Norton Bavant

Emily Woznika and Alex Millican on 27th July at Sutton VenyMay they have many happy years of married life together

F u n e r a l sOur sympathy and love to those who mourn the passing of

Audrey Sampson on 5th July at Sutton Veny/SemingtonMinnie Lamb on 19th July at Semington

Mavis Lister on 23rd July at Codford St PeterReginald John Francis on 23rd July at Semington

Nicholas John Carpenter on 31st July at SemingtonMay they rest in the peace and light of Christ

Please contact the Ministry Team to make arrangements for Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals,Confirmation preparation or Service of Prayer and Dedication after a Civil Marriage.

The clergy will officiate at any crematorium service.

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P R AY E R G RO U PThis continues to meetat 7pm-9pm on Mondays at 5 Hospital of St. John.

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or further information.

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Please let Anne know of any social datesyou have so these can be included, and itavoids clashing with other dates andevents.We have no ITEMS FROM SOMEOF OUR villages; please do send yourevents in. This magazine is delivered doorto door in all of our ten villages.

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SEPTEMBERSaturday 7th Food Festival at CodfordSunday 15th Pet Service at CodfordFriday 27th Big Coffee MorningSunday 29th Team Service Codford

OCTOBERMonday 7th -14th Retreat to IonaSaturday 12th Beattle Drive & SupperSutton VenyFriday 18th Friends HTK talk at Codford

NOVEMBERMonday 4th Mens BreakfastThe Speaker on Monday 4 November willbe Bishop Crispian Hollis, the RomanCatholic Bishop Emeritus of Portsmouth.Saturday 30th Christmas Fayre Heytesbury Church

DECEMBERMonday 9th Holiday at Home Codford

MEN’S BREAKFAST2013/2014

I hope that you are allhaving a great summer. Time flies and thenext session of Mens' FellowshipBreakfasts will start on Monday 7October.The arrangements will be much the sameas before. The Breakfast starts at 8.15 at theBishopstrow House Hotel. It normallyends by 9.30 after the talk, questions andprayers. The car park is tight so car sharingwould be a great help. The cost of theBreakfast has risen modestly to £8.50 butwe will still collect £10 so no changeoverall. The Speaker will get a little less forhis Charity so we will put out a box fordonations if you would like to donate orare persuaded to give more.

The Speaker on Monday 7 October will beMr Angus Macpherson, the WiltshirePolice and Crime Commissioner. He willtalk about his plans for the Police Servicein the County and also discuss some of thechallenges. Should be interesting.If you would like to attend please ring:Simon Firth (850767) or Henry Collins(850193)Monday 7 October - Mr Angus Macpherson. Wiltshire Policeand Crime CommissionerMonday 4 November - Bishop Crispian Hollis. Roman CatholicEmeritus Bishop of PortsmouthMonday 2 December - Mr John SmithMonday 6 January - To be confirmedMonday 3 February - The Right Reverend Edward Condry.Bishop of RamsburyMonday 3 March - General Sir Roger Wheeler. Monday 7 April - Mr Richard Southwell QCPlease note that these dates may change butif so will be well published.Great if you canjoin us for these enjoyable events

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do we sustain and refresh ourselves day byday, when we’re not on holiday? Or do wejust rely on those internal batteries lastingout until we are next able to get away?The same question applies even more, tothose who are unable to take holidays.

We all relax and refresh ourselves indifferent ways. For the extrovert, they tendto be the more social activities, meetingwith others, doing things together; sharinga meal with friends or a pint in thelocal pub, for instance. For the more intro-verted, it may be sitting listening to somegood music, or going on a peaceful walkin the countryside. It may be spending‘quality time’ with our nearest and dearest,reading, taking part in sport or watchingit. Not forgetting what is wonderfully nowcalled, ‘retail therapy’! And many, manyother ways too, of course. Whoever weare, we need those times in life, not justholidays, to relax and refresh ourselves –to attend to our own well-being.

One of the aspects of our well-being, isto look after the spiritual side of ournature. We don’t have to be on holiday todo this: some of us might do it by enjoyingthe lovely countryside around us, some bylistening to music or enjoying art, forexample. Within the church, looking afterour spiritual selves is recognised as vitallyimportant: it’s about maintaining ourcontact with God who made us, loves us,and is always near to us. And at the heartof building and developing our relationshipwith God are prayer and worship. Some ofthis is very personal and simply between usas individuals and God: it’s about spendingtime regularly in the presence of God. Butthere’s also a corporate dimension to this,which is about meeting with others forprayer and worship.

As always there is a wide variety ofservices to choose from for anyone whowould like to join us; and there are HarvestFestival services, for example, throughoutthe Team later this month or at the begin-ning of next. Everyone is warmly invitedand is very welcome at any of our services.

With my prayers for thewell-being of everyone wholives and works in our villages.

M AG N A C A RTA FLOWERFESTIVAL, 2015.

Salisbury Cathedral will be organising amajor flower festival in September 2015,entitled Magna Flora. All parish flowerarrangers are invited to take part. To register your interest, contact SusanBranch on susan.branch@btinternet.com.There will be a launch meeting in theCathedral in January 2014

housebound.For those of us who have been able to

go away on holiday, unless things have goneseriously wrong, it will have been a timeof relaxation and refreshment – in what-ever form that takes for us. (It’s not thatliving here in the Wylye Valley is a bad thing– far from it! – how blessed we are to livein this lovely place. It’s just that it’s oftengood to get away from the normal routineof life and from the expectations that areon us day by day.) But when we come back,we return refreshed and re-invigorated,our internal batteries fully re-charged, andready for the regular pattern of life.

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that night”.In 1810 the first part of Ancient

Wiltshire was published. It is dedicated:”Toyou, therefore Sir, who first projected theplan of this history, and by your interestingcollections, and important discoveries,encouraged me to pursue it, this workis most gratefully and appropriatelydedicated by your sincere friend, etc.,Richard Colt Hoare. Stourhead, 1 January,1810”

Cunnington’s health was deteriorat-ing. Hoare suggested arsenic as a cure forheadaches, while the vicar of Grettonwrote: “I hope it is not yet too late toderive much advantage from a more gen-erous use of the grape.” Cunnington diedon 31st December 1810. He is buried inHeytesbury churchyard. There is a memo-rial stone in St. Katherine’s chapel, and aprint of Woodforde’s portrait hangs in thevestry. Hoare bought his collections whichare now in Devizes museum. Ancient Wilt-shire remains a very important contribu-tion to English archaeology. Hoare wrote:“He was the alpha of this publication; Fateforbade that he should be the omega”.“From Antiquary to Archaeologist is the title ofRobert H. Cunnington’s biography of his greatgreat grandfather.

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for people who have had a liberal educationlike yourself; but I contend that theinformation to be gathered from Romanand Greek historians will afford littleinformation as data for illustrating Abury,Stonehenge, Marden etc., the works of anancient people like the Celtic Britons.”Hoare proclaimed, somewhat ambitiously:“We speak from facts, not theory”.Chronology was constrained by the generalacceptance of Archbishop Ussher’s opinionthat the world was created in 4004 B.C.

Cunnington’s principal diggers wereStephen Parker of Heytesbury, and hisson John. By modern standards theirmethods were haphazard, but they were aconsiderable improvement on earlierpractice. Much was destroyed, but muchwas preserved and recorded inCunnington’s collections. Expert advicewas sought. Animal bone was taken to thelocal butcher for identification. Soils wereexamined, complete sections dug, and anattempt was made to understand themeaning of the monuments and not just toretrieve antiquities. Cunnington’s mostfamous find was the Stonehenge urn, thefirst example of a Deverel-Rimbury barrelurn (c1,000 B.C.) now in Devizesmuseum. Cunnington and Hoare openedc.465 long and round barrows, and leftcoins or tokens in them to be found byfuture excavators. In 1803 Cunningtonopened the Upton Gold Barrow, and in1804 he was working on the land ofanother friend, Aylmer Bourke Lambert.He opened the barrows at Corton, Boytonand Sherrington.

Hoare was a frequent visitor. In 1808he commissioned a portrait of Cunningtonby Samuel Woodforde which forms thefrontispiece of the first part of AncientWiltshire, and is now in Devizes museum.In 1809 he wrote: “ I beg you will give mea piece of roast meat at two o’clock; andI liked my bed so well at the Angel that Ibeg you will bespeak it for me again for

William Cunnington was born nearGretton in Northamptonshire, the secondof John and Elizabeth Cunnington’s sixchildren. At around the age of fourteen hewas given the Cooper family bible by hismaternal grandfather, and apprenticed to aclothier or draper in, or near Warminster.In 1772 he is listed as a member of theCommon Close Chapel, a Congregationalchurch in Warminster. Shortly afterwardshe moved to Heytesbury, and eventuallyestablished his own business as a woolmerchant, mercer and draper. Accordingto Edith Olivier he lived in the EstateHouse. In 1787 he married Mary, daughterof Robert Meares of Wallbridge House,Frome. She, and their three daughtersaccompanied him on many of his laterexpeditions.

Cunnington’s health was not strong.It has been suggested that he suffered fromacromegaly, an abnormality of the pituitarygland, which caused severe headaches. Herecorded that his doctors “told me I mustride out or die. I preferred the former, andthank God, though poorly, I am yet alive”.Although self-educated, he was widelyread, and soon expanded his interests fromgeology to antiquarianism and seriousarchaeological research.

In 1798 Cunnington met the authorand antiquarian John Britton whom heprovided with details of his excavations. Hedug at Knook Castle, and under the fallenstones at Stonehenge. He also obtainedpermission to excavate the Roman villa atPitmead. In 1801 he was elected a fellowof the Society of Antiquries, a rare honourfor someone with his background. Hemade other contacts in the antiquarianworld including H.P. Wyndham, M.P. forWiltshire (whose sister was married to SirWilliam a Court of Heytesbury House,),and the Reverend William Coxe, rector ofBemerton. On 24th March 1803, at thelatter’s instigation, Sir Richard Colt Hoare,and his illustrator Philip Crocker called onCunnington at Heytesbury. Hoare agreedto pay for the labourers’ expenses in aprogramme of barrow excavations to besupervised by Cunnington whose reportswould provide much of the source materialfor the first volume of the History ofAncient Wiltshire. It is dedicated to him.

Theories about the date and purposeof barrows differed widely. Wyndhamthought that long barrows were the gravesof warriors slain in battle, because of theirscale and the disarticulation of the bones.He also regarded the classical authors asthe best sources of information on ancientBritish monuments. Cunnington wrote toHoare: “I have ever had the highest respect

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D I G I T ’ S D I A RY ( o r t h e D o g B l o g ) as narrated to David Shaw

LARK RISE TOCANDLEFORD

I'm recommending an oldfavourite. Perhaps I should begin withan apology to those who loved thetelevision series, because after seeing oneprogramme, I thought it a pale reflectionof the original: sentimental, sanitised andadapted for relevance to the twenty firstcentury viewer.

The author, Flora Thompson, wrote herautobiography as three books, which werelater published under the one title, andapart from name changes (she is Laura)there is nothing fictional about it. It is notonly genuine social history, but a splendidlyobservant record of childhood (the bestpart). Flora was born in 1876 to humbleand hard-working parents in northOxfordshire, the tiny hamlet Juniper Hill(Lark Rise ), where now no houses remain,but go to nearby Cottisford and you can sitin the church pew near the open doorwhere Laura and brother Edmund lookedout at birds and butterflies during the longservice). Turn inwards and you see the list

of those killed in the 'Great' War- includingEdwin Timms (Edmund).

In the book, Laura, thought a plain, thingirl, sees with the new eyes and ears ofa child, also with later insights into char-acter: and there are eccentric characters(yes I'm sure television made the most ofthem). She describes life in the family EndHouse, (the wall plastered with newspapercuttings), with some humour; their homewas one down, two up, bigger than theneighbours'.There are vivid descriptions ofharvest sports and games, of adultconversations, of her father's politicalviews, of Laura's first trip, on a cart, toCandleford(Buckingham) all of eight milesaway, and of school. Laura was shocked bythe teasing of the new teacher! She andEdmund both won the only school prize, alarge calf-bound Book of Common Prayer,given by the rector whose favouritesermon was on the supreme right of thesocial order...

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SUMMER NEWSLETTERFROM THE SURGERY 2013

We are currently basking in a mid summerheat wave for the first time for somesummers. It seems a long time since Iwrote the last newsletter.

NEW MEMBERS OF STAFFWe are delighted to welcome Dawn Longto the Reception Team having workedlocally as a carer. She takes the place ofPenny Edmonds who has embarked onretirement. We wish Penny well in her gar-den nurturing her bees and thank her forthe many years of service at the Practice.

Mandy Newland is also new to theReception Team. Mandy has been workingin the hospital as a Phlebotomist and willcontinue to fulfil that role within thePractice in addition to accompanyingDominique, Dawn, Paula and Sheila inReception

Alison James has been working in the EyeClinic and prior to that was working as aPractice Nurse in Devizes. Alison will behoning her Practice Nurse skills over thecoming years and I am sure you will allmake her welcome.

FEEDBACKWe are fortunate at Codford in oftenreceiving positive feedback and thanksfrom our Patients. We are very grateful forthis as it helps maintain morale andcertainly we feel that most of the time weare working as a team hand in hand withour patients in trying to achieve betterhealth care. Sometimes patients are kindenough to write to us, this is particularlythe case where perhaps we have gone theextra mile in helping someone. However,we appreciate that our style of medicinedoes not suit everybody and sometimesdespite our best efforts something goeswrong. We would want Patients to feed-

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back to us in either instance to enable usto learn, change our Practice andreconsider surgery services in the light ofthat feedback. This can now be done onlinewith the NHS Choices website. If you haveaccess to a computer and feel that you havea comment to make on the health care thatis offered at Codford Surgery thenplease go to the NHS Choices website andleave your comment whether it be tocompliment or to criticise. This can bedone anonymously. If you put NHSChoices into Google and then search forthe Cherry Orchard Surgery you will findthat Cherry Orchard Surgery is one of theoptions in addition to the Old OrchardSurgery in Wilton.

REPEAT PRESCRIPTION REQUESTSAs of the end of August, the email addressfor Codford dispensary will no longerwork. We have taken this opportunity totry to improve the online access to thesurgery for our patients that like to managetheir health needs online.

For those of you that don't know, we havea relatively new website at www.theorchardpartnership.co.uk. From hereyou will be able to follow a link to orderyour repeat prescriptions online and alsoto book appointments directly if you wish.

All you need to do is request a user nameand password from the front desk in orderto log on to our online service (SystemOne).We hope this new online facility will bewell-received. Certainly other practicesthat use this process locally have found it agreat success. As ever any feedback will begratefully received!

THANK YOU

The church in Boyton and the Fane Hallin Corton wish to record their deepappreciation to all who came to their feteon 6 July and gave it such good support.You raised a magnificent total of a littleover £4,200 after expenses which will beequally shared between the church andhall.

A very big thank you to you all. We hopeyou enjoyed the day which fortunately wasblessed with perfect weather – no windto blow the tents down and no need forbrollies!

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A big thank you to everyone who hasworked so hard to make the Produce Salessuch a success so far.

The weather earlier in the season meant wewere a bit behind with the garden produce,but we have had a wonderful supply ofhome made goodies and as a result we havemade on average the same as last year.

Please support us for the last two saleson 7th and 14th September and makeSaturday mornings a lovely social event.

ST JOHN’S SOCIAL CALENDAR

Our monthly coffee morning will beWEDNESDAY 11th September at 10.30amand we invite everyone to join us to supportour charities of the year. Lots of homemadecakes, savouries and preserves.

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Our next meeting is on 25th September.Our Speaker this month is P.C. CarolineWright, our local Community PoliceOfficer, who will talk about her workwhich should be a very interesting talk.We meet in the Resident's Hall of theHospital of St John at 2.30p.m. Visitors always welcome."

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supply! At this time of course Ragwort isrampant and together with tall spires ofsorrel it makes the grazing land look verypoor. I believe it is not harmful to cattlebut hugely dangerous for horses and it isan anxiety to see them on poor grazingwith ragwort present. Some horses do geta very raw deal.

It is so wonderful to see gardens alivewith bees and butterflies too. Our lavenderand now the hollyhocks are a frenzy ofactivity and it is a delight. Opulent peacockbutterflies bask on warm stones and clusteron the buddleia jostled by industrious bees.In the Great Ridge wood flowers on thebrambles are starred with stunning coppercoloured butterflies. I thought they shouldbe called Large Coppers but find they areSilver Washed Fritillaries. When they closetheir wings the underside shows silvergrey. There are clouds of small butterfliestoo and I am told that those are Skippers.Again we need a gentler Winter this yearto help these beleaguered species. A recenttelevision programme looked at thedecline in bees. Interesting that in townsand urban areas they appear to do better.Hardly surprising when one comparesflower rich gardens with the mono-culturethat so often is the rural scene. In an idealworld all the hectares of arable land wouldbe bordered with a margin of wild flowermix, that might go some way towards put-ting things right. In that same programmea bee keeper was augmenting his depletedhives with imports from Italy (or was itSpain). I wonder at the wisdom of thatwhen we look at the result of importingash trees.

Flowers in the church have beenlovely this Summer. It is good to see,when locking up, that they have beenremembered and that fresh flowers are onthe altar. In the churchyard I feared thatbadgers were moving in so deep was theirexcavation. In desperation I sprinkled somepepper and was relieved to see, a day ortwo later that a cobweb had been spun overthe entrance. Bob Beagley has since filledit in and sown grass seed. Mrs Chivers hada visitation from Brock who knocked oversome milk bottles during the night. I amnot sure if they were full!

Hats off for Charlie and Rosie Thomasof Spring Head. They completed thehundred mile London Cycle Ride and withtwo small children and so many demandson their time making training very difficultthat was a huge achievement. Their chosencharity was the Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust,very well done. BL

really welcomed by the Food Bank fordistribution.

Last month I mentioned the dearth ofgrasshoppers. Out on the Plain at the endof July I put my rucksack down on thegrass and behold, a beautiful greengrasshopper alighted. In an area such asthat where no pesticide or herbicidecorrupts, there is a rich variety of wildlifein all its forms. Not rich in Barn Owls thisyear however, it is the worst year that Nigelhas recorded and reflects the losses of lastyear due to torrential in June followed bythe heavy rainfall in January and Februarythis year and the bitter cold March andApril. This caused a massive decline in theground mammal population and those owlsthat survived were not fit enough to breed.Conditions are better now, all we need issome normal weather for the remainder ofSummer and a reasonable Winter.

The intense heat of our Summer musthave made stock management a nightmare.Huge dairy herds require a huge amount ofgrazing. Last month I mentioned thewealth of wild flowers to be seen onthe bank leading up past the chalk pit inSherrington Bottom. I went back a day ortwo later to find that cattle had been thereand pronounced them not only beautifulbut delicious! How could I grudge themsuch a treat when grass was in such short

Summer’s end but still we are havinggolden days. In the mornings and theevenings there is that hint of Autumn in theair and one afternoon last week the skyabove the village was thronged with HouseMartins. We have had so few this Summerbut there they were, gathering all ready tomove South, numbers increased by thisyear’s young and travellers from theNorth. It is exciting to see them but I amalways saddened, thinking of what liesahead for them such lightweight littlebeings to take on such a journey.

The land stretches under the sun, atawny lion skin of ripening corn andalready the combines lumber across fields.The race to gather in has begun and afterlast year let us hope the weather is benign.I happened to be in Avebury at thebeginning of August and there was acelebration of Lammas Tide. In Medievaltimes (and beyond) the beginning ofHarvest was marked and here in Aveburyon 4th August was a similar event, longrobes, garlands, folk drums, all gentlepastoral stuff. Our Harvest Thanksgiving iscelebrated when the Harvest is completed.In Sherrington church this year it will beon 6th October at six o’clock, BCP.As is the practice now we give tinned andpacket food. Not as colourful as the fruitand vegetables of previous years but

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CHURCH TIME SERVICE 1st Sutton Veny 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)14th Sunday Upton Lovell 9.30am Holy Communion after Trinity Codford St. Mary 10.00am Family Service Heytesbury 11.00am Parish Communion Choir 8th Codford St. Mary 9.30am Patronal Festival Parish Communion15th Sunday Norton Bavant 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP)after Trinity Sutton Veny Village Hall 10.00am Family Service (The Blessed Boyton 11.00am Patronal Festival Virgin Mary) Parish Communion Choir Knook 11.00am Parish Communion 15th Codford St. Mary 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)16th Sunday Tytherington 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)after Trinity Heytesbury 10.00am Family Service Codford St. Peter 11.00am Parish Communion Choir Sutton Veny 11.00am Parish Communion Manor Farm Vets 3.00pm Pet Service Upton Lovell 6.00pm Evensong (BCP) 22nd Boyton 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)17th Sunday Heytesbury 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)after Trinity Codford St. Peter 9.30am Parish Communion Norton Bavant 11.00am Harvest Festival Sutton Veny 11.00am Matins (BCP) Choir Upton Lovell 11.00am Parish Communion 29th Manor Farm, Codford 11.00am TEAM SERVICE ChoirSt. Michael & All Angels

W E D D I N G S7th September at Norton Bavant 14th September at Sutton Veny

UPPER WYLYE VALLEY TEAM CHURCH SERVICES

MID WEEK CELEBRATIONof HOLY COMMUNION

Each Wednesday at 9am at St Peter’s Church, Codford

(30min) service.

MORNING PRAYER

We welcome you to share inprayers for the Church, Nation,

the World, the Sick, for others aswell as ourselves.

Tuesday 8am Heytesbury

Wednesday 8.30amSt. Peter's Codford

Thursday 8am Upton LovellFriday 8am Sutton Veny

THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHNCHAPEL SERVICES

Sundays at 10.30am Eucharist with hymns

Wednesdays at 10am Holy Communion (1662)

Visitors are always welcome

ChaplainsRev’d David Walters 01980 620038 Rev'd Anne Bennett-Shaw 840339

St George's Catholic Church31 Boreham Rd, Warminster, BA12 9JP

01985 212329

Masses:Saturday 6.00pm

Sunday 8.00am and 10.00 am

St Mary's Mass Centre in Mere:Sunday 5.00pm

Parish Priest: Fr. Tom Smith

Attached Priests: Fr. Raymond Hayne Fr. Malcolm Ferrier

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TEAM RECTOR: The Rev’d John Tomlinson 840014 email: johnandclare-atuwvt@tiscali.co.uk (day off Monday)ASSOCIATE PRIESTS:The Rev'd Anne Bennett-Shaw 840339 revannebennettshaw@btinternet.com The Rev'd Ian Duff 850291 email: giandsduff@waitrose.com The Rev'd Diana Hammond 841185 email: roger.hammond12@virginmedia.com (day off Saturday)The Rev'd Jane Shaw 850141 email: shawjane2005@gmail.com The Rev’d Adrian Pollard 846536 email: ade.pollard@gmail.com

LICENSED LAY MINISTERS: Katherine Venning 840283 C H U R C H WA R D E N S

Boyton: Susanna Maitland 851191 Robert Mayall 850478 Codford St Mary: Jane Collins 850200 Bridget Lorimer 850201Codford St Peter: Sue Poolman 850490 Anthony Bainbridge 851079 Heytesbury: Tina Sitwell 840556 Joe Charlesworth 840184

Knook: Michael Pottow 850776 Norton Bavant: Edward Moore 840420 John Acworth 840134Sherrington: Betty Lewis & Nigel Lewis 850496 Sutton Veny: John Stidolph 840538 Mrs Annabel Elliot 841267

Tytherington: Caroline Lester-Card 840022 Upton Lovell: Richard Southwell 850252 Sara Barrett 850253L AY PA S TO R A L A S S I S TA N T S

Codford: Henry Collins 850193 Jane Collins 850200 Carola Puddy 850308 Norton Bavant: Didee Acworth 840134Heytesbury: Anne Hawkins 840592 Penny Atkin-Berry 840651 Roger Hammond 841185 Alison Tebbs 841192

Sutton Veny: Clare Tomlinson 840014 Judy Cooper 840953Upton Lovell: Sue Bray 850702 Belinda Southwell 850252

We advise you to keep the back page because we cannot always guarantee to have space for this. Tear it off and pin it to your kitchen board!

PRIMARY SCHOOLS Wylye Valley School, Codford: Head Teacher: Mrs D Downing 850461Heytesbury C of E Primary School 840429Sutton Veny: Head Teacher: Mrs Racheal Brotherton 840428 www.suttonveny.wilts.sch.ukHYPO www.hypo-2010.kk5.org Vanessa Sturmey 850447 ROYAL BRITISH LEGIONHeytesbury Branch: Women's Section: Mrs P. Sincock 840730Codford Branch: Sir William Mahon 850586SPORTS CLUBSBadminton ClubCodford: Dominique Beagley 850952Cricket ClubsHeytesbury & Sutton Veny: Chairman: Justin Wagstaff 840782 Secretary: Steve Bradley 841369 Football ClubsCodford: Jason Blandford 850159 Tennis Club Codford: Chairman: David Delius 850780 Secretary: Susanna Quarrelle 851149SOUTH WEST WILTSHIRE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATIONUpper Wylye valley Branch Dennis Trudgett 840212ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL Administrator 840441SUTTON VENY FLOWER SHOW Chairman: Julia Tuff 840382FANE HALL CORTON Bookings: Tina Kerr 850373SUTTON VENY VILLAGE HALL Chairperson: Gay Woods 840057 Newsletter: Colin Baker 840033Booking/Hire of Hall: Mr & Mrs Dennis Trudgett 840212UPTON LOVELL VILLAGE HALLBooking of hall: Ros Coombs, Middle Farm, 24 Upton Lovell 851277WEBSITES HEYTESBURY www.heytesburyparish.co.uk NORTON BAVANT www.nortonbavant.co.uk SUTTON VENY www.suttonveny.co.ukWOMEN'S INSTITUTESutton Veny: President: Christine Hirst 840394WOOLSTORE THEATRE CODFORD Christine Powell 850498WYLYE VALLEY FLOWER CLUB Mrs H. Yates 215617

The Parish News is printed by Westbury Print Tel: 01373 825455

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT Dr Andrew Murrison MP 01225 358584UNITORY WILTSHIRE COUNCILLORS Andrew Davis 217431

Mr Christopher Newbury 01373 822508 Fleur de Rhe-Philipe 213193PARISH COUNCIL Clerk: Krys Berry 850443

Boyton/Corton Chairman: Caroline Wheatley-Hubbard 850208Codford: Clerk:Louis Hoareau 851002 Chairman: Colin Beagley 850952Heytesbury: Chairman: Ann Perry 841474 Clerk: Catherine Reade 841087 www.heytesburyparish.co.ukSutton Veny: Clerk: Melissa Atyeo 840821 Chairman: Stephen Oxlade 841026 Email: stephen.oxlade@btinternet.comUpton Lovell Clerk: Nigel Porch 306821 Chairman Jon Perrett 850851CODFORD GARDENING CLUB Karen Johnstone 850258CODFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Sir William Mahon 850586 or Sally Thomson 850339 CODFORD VILLAGE HALL: Chairman: Jim McDonald 851143 Bookings: Mary Jones 850086 COMMUNITY (POLICE) BEAT MANAGERPC Vicki Pegrum Vicki.pegrum@wiltshire.pnn.police.uk telephone non emergency number 101 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCHCodford: Mike Davidson 850549Corton: John Rigby 850303Heytesbury: Peter Andrews 840517Norton Bavant: Gordan Evans 840559Sherrington: Major Nigel Lewis 850496Sutton Veny: Dr Peter Strangeways 840403PARISH CHOIR Mrs A Goodman 840180PARISH NEWS COMMITTEE Chairman:David Shaw 850372 PARENT AND TODDLER AND PRE-SCHOOL GROUPSCodford Caterpillars: Kim West 851030Heytesbury/Heytesbury Hedgehogs: Annette Pulvertaft 840798Sutton Veny: Mrs Gay Woods 840057

ADVERTISING AND EDITORIALThe Parish News relies on and is very gratefulto all advertisers without whom the magazinecould not be produced. Prospective advertisersshould contact Anne Bennett-Shaw on840339 or e-mail revannebennettshaw@btinternet.comHowever the Parish News does not endorse anyof the products or services advertised and takesno responsibility, howsoever caused, for anydisappointment, accident or injury resultingfrom purchase or involvement.We welcome contributions on any subjectbut reserve the right to edit to fit. All editorialcopy and advertising should be sent torevannebennettshaw@btinternet.com by 10thof previous month.

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