 Welcome to our Stanton St Quintin village site!Welcome
Welcome to our village website.As we have just received the Annual Report from the St Giles Living Churchyard team (Please see Village News for more on this) we thought it appropriate to feature their Interpretation Board which can be seen outside the Chancel of the Church. It may look a little "blurry" but if you click on the picture it will, after a short delay, morph into something more readable!!
If you would like to see this in more detail, please feel free to visit the Church. It's open every day between 7:30am & 6:00pm & as it is the Church of St Giles, the patron saint of the disabled, it's very wheelchair friendly...no steps!!!
More pictures from the Village can be seen on our "Stanton Web Slideshow". If you haven't already seen it, this can be accessed by clicking on "Gallery" on the Sidebar.
We would love to receive pictures from Villagers to publish on this site. Please have a look at your photo collection of Stanton, past & present, and send them via the "Have Your Say" link.
If you click on "Directory",again on ther Sidebar, you will see some contact details for me (Nick) & all members of the village Parish Council + some other useful contact details e.g. School, Church etc.
Temporary Road Closures in North & East Witshire.
Please see Village News for further details.
Recycling
Parishioners please can we all re-double our efforts on the recycling of our domestic rubbish and encourage others to do the same. Last financial year the Land Fill tax levied against our local council and paid for by each and everyone's council tax from this parish was as much as £50 per tonne. This led to a total cost in excess of £4.9 million of our money being sent straight to central government at Westminster. Next year the Land Fill tax will be raised to £80 per tonne and with the increasing amounts of domestic rubbish being generated it is very possible that £8+ million of local money will be wasted in going straight to central government. The council has issued wheelie Bins for 1) general rubbish 2) Cardboard and Plastic Bottles 3) Garden rubbish bins will be issued in Feb/march 2012 4) The small Black box for collection of paper, cans and glass. If we all think about re-cycling then we can make a significant contribution to saving some of the millions we may pay in central government tax. Parish Council Meeting
The next meeting will be held in The Church Hall at 7:30pm on Wednesday evening 14th March. Please see below the minutes from the meeting held 23rd November 2011, approved at the recent January 2012 Parish Council meeting.
Tragic Accident
You may have noticed the growing pile of flowers on the verge just before Kington Lane. These have been left as a tribute to a young man from Chippenham, Toby Hearne, who was killed in a road accident after leaving a party in the village on Thursday morning 22nd December. Please see the following link from The Gazette & Herald:
His family & friends are in our thoughts and prayers.
Rural Neighbourhood Policing Team
The following has just been received outlining the details of our new Police Officers:
Just an email to inform you all of the new Rural Neighbourhood Policing
Team details now that Heather has retired and Val has moved to Chippenham Town. Beat Manager: PC Emma Higgins 2245 emma.higgins@wiltshire.pnn.police.uk Police Community Support Officer's: PCSO Mark Cooke 6080 mark.cook2@wilthsire.pnn.police.uk PCSO Elizabeth Holland 6184 elizabeth.holland@wiltshire.pnn.police.uk Any issues please do not hesitate to contact us on the above email addresses or on 101 to report a crime. A Message from our Parish Council
Stanton St Quintin Parish Council wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Our next Parish Council meeting is on 11th January, 2012 and you are welcome to attend. These meetings follow the procedures written in the Standing Orders. There is Public Forum for 15 minutes at the start, where members of the public can make a 2 minute statement – there is no discussion about this. The meeting then continues with its advertised Agenda. If there is anything you would like to have discussed, please contact one of your Parish Councillors or the Parish Clerk – agenda items have to be received no later than three days before a meeting. To quote from “10 Key points for Effective Parish Council Meetings (Wiltshire Association of Local Councils, Sept 2008): Parish Council Meetings are not “talking shops”, they are there for councillors as chosen representatives of a parish or town to make decisions for the benefit of the town or parish”. We also now have two sub-committees who will send a report to our next meeting. Marina Cowan from Stanton is our contact for those considering a party to celebrate the Silver Jubilee and Martin Robins who lives in Lower Stanton is coordinating ideas and work being done about a possible Parish Hall. Interesting Village Records
The following has just been received via stantonstquintin@gmail.com
Hi there. My name is Colin Batten the son of Violet Batten(nee Tanner). My Grandfather Worthy Tanner and later his two sons Eric and Henry (my mothers brothers) farmed at Manor Farm and lived at 68 Greenhill, Stanton St Quintin for many years. I have come across many details regarding various sales of the farm and accounts,wages sheets etc from approx 1910-1979. Whilst they are of great interest to me I wondered if anyone in Stanton or indeed the current owners of the farm would be interested in seeing them. Colin can be contacted by email at colinbatten@btinternet.com Interestingly, it was Worthy Tanner who both gave the village the land & helped pay for the erection of our Church Hall. Watch out for this
There was an incident in Luckington yesterday (15th November). Similar incident in Hullavington a few week ago
Please be on the lookout for a white LDV 400 Tipper, index YX53HVR. It may have "Pipeline Drainage" on the front of the vehicle. Occupants offering to gravel driveways, with excuses such as neighbour told me to call, or have a load left over etc. He will give a decent price, then stop part way through and demand more than was agreed and then more again to finish. Luckily in this case, the occupant was aware of the scam and cancelled her cheque and confronted him later, whereby he tore up the cheque. There have been cases in the past where they have ended up getting away with many thousands of pounds from a single victim for clearing some leaves and trimming a tree! They will return time and again to the same victim and send their friends round to cash in. Remember, do not buy anything at the door. Even if it appears to be a bargain, they are looking to get cash out of you by some means, whether as in the above case, or by scouting your premises/assessing vulnerability for later or for other offenders. When looking for services, ask friends or others you trust for recommendations. Try to check them up online if you can. Also, beware of those "companies" who put flyers through your door, particularly in regard to gardening services. Some may be genuine, most, from personal experience, are the same scammers knocking on your doors! The above person and "company" have been reported to Wiltshire Trading Standards in regard to the incident. Police are asking anyone with further information to contact PC Cheryl Knight on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111. A Senior Moment A host of topics especially suited for our older villagers. Please see Village News for the poster. Parish Council Meeting The Parish Council met on Wednesday 23rd November at 7:30pm in The School. Parishioners, as always, are very welcome to attend. Please see Village News for the Draft Agenda & the ratified minutes of the previous meeting held on 21st September 2011.The next meeting will be on 11th January 2012....See "days until" on the Sidebar.
Wiltshire Police New Non-Emergency Number
This now 101.
The Emergency number continues to be 999.
Flower Festival at St Giles
This took place between Friday 20th May & Sunday 22nd May and included a local talent concert and a Family Service conducted by the Bishop of Swindon, Bishop Lee. We were also pleased to welcome the Mayor & Mayoress of Malmesbury on the Friday afternoon, swiftly followed by our new Mayor & Mayoress of Chippenham in the evening for the Talent Concert. A super time was had by all in a packed Church. It seemed that most of the Village visited the Church over this weekend which was marvellous, and showed a true Village spirit.
Email Scam
I've been advised that there is an email purporting to have been sent by the British Red Cross seeking donations in aid of the Japanese Tsunami Appeal.
This is totally false and the Red Cross have stated that any money donated is being fraudulently diverted to a false account. This is potentially a very dangerous scam - and attached to the email is a form asking you to submit personal identiification details including credit card, bank details,passport or driving licence, mother's maiden name, date of birth, etc. For more information see the following page on the British Red Cross website: http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Contact-and-help/Fraud-advice David J Budd Crime Prevention Officer County Division Wiltshire Police Tel: 0845 408 7000 Ect 725524 (DDI) : 01225 794659 Mobile: 07966 818020 E-Mail: david.budd@wiltshire.pnn.police.uk New Singing Group in Sutton Benger.
Please see Village News for more information.
SSQ Baby & Toddles Group
Please see Village News for their poster.
Strange Bird !
Just received this intriguing email from Linda in Kington St Michael:
Hi Nick This is a bit of an odd e-mail, but earlier today a walking group from Kington St Michael (Women Out Walking or WOW), walked to Stanton and on through via Kington Lane. At the junction of Kington Lane with the main road through Stanton , a couple of us spotted a strange black and white bird. On closer inspection it appeared to be (apart from its very consistently patterned piebald colouring) a male blackbird - same yellow beak, turn of its head and the bob of its tale (and I promise I'm not getting confused with a magpie or a pied wagtail - both wrong size, length of tail and colour of beak). I wonder if any other of your parishioners have seen it?I took some photos on my (quite old) mobile phone, but they aren't very good.It was such an unusal thing to see that it caught my eye. Unfortunately Linda's photo didn't come out too well. If anybody can help with this please email me at: Many thanks to Roger for the following very interesting information: have included this link, which may help. Police Neighbourhood Watch Hoax Warning BT Unpaid Bill Phone Scam Parish Newsletter
I've just received the Wiltshire Council Newsletter which can be found in Village News.
Crime & Community Briefing Paper
The latest edition can be found in Village News.
Parish Council Objects to Touring Caravan & Tents Application
For details of the letter sent to the Head of Development Control, Wiltshire Council, please see "Minutes of Parish Council Meetings" below & then click on "September 2010.doc", "Download" & finally "Open".
MyView from the Woodland Trust
The Woodland Trust recently launched an initiative to double native woodland cover under the banner of More Trees, More Good. Part of this initiative includes mass public consultation about where more trees should be planted through a campaign called MyView.
MyView is a web-enabled system that allows people to take a photo of their local view that would benefit from more trees and load it onto the Woodland Trust website. People can then use our interactive, click and drag design programme to plant virtual trees and create a new 'treed' view for their community. It will enable people to visually demonstrate where they would like to see more trees and then allows them to create a written statement about why more trees in this space are important.Please have a look at: http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/myview Please Support our Library Van We are going to retain our library van for the foreseeable future. Joining the library is free --- just bring along one form of ID with your name and current address. Your library card can be used in any Wiltshire library or mobile library.
Stanton St Quintin (near post box) 9.15-9.35 Thursdays April 14,28 May 12,26 June 9,23 July 7,21 August 4,18 September 1,15,29 Lower Stanton St Quintin (Near Green) 3.50-4.15 Tuesdays April 12,26 May 10,24 June 7,21 July 5,19 August 2,16,30 September 13,27 Basically we can help to continue what is undoubtedly a valuable service by borrowing more books each visit and by encouraging more people to visit the mobile library. ( I understand the librarians have targets based on footfall and the number of books borrowed)
Next Parish Council Meeting
As well as the countdown on the Sidebar, it has been suggested that we make this date more prominent, so here it is:
Wednesday 14th March 2012 at The Village/Church Hall @ 7:30pm.
See below for more information reference our War Memorial.
Village Notice Board
The Parish Council has recently purchased a replacement notice board (The one at Gable House is no longer fit for purpose) & we discussed erecting it on the small patch of grass in front of the Church. If anyone has any comments about this, please let us know via the "Have Your Say" link.
Allotments
If the Parish Council was able to provide land for allotments, would this be of interest to the Village? Again please let us know your thoughts via the "Have Your Say" link.
We understand long dormant Neighbourhood Watch Scheme might soon be revived.
If anyone would like more information about this please contact PC Heather Barham, our Community Beat Manager, either by telephoning 0845 408 7000 or emailing her at:
Parish Council Meeting Minutes. If you would like to view the Minutes of our previous Parish Council Meetings just click on the box below & then click on "Download" & finally"Open" to see these.They should then open in your "Word" programme. As always, if you experience any problems with this or any other aspects of this website please let us know at:
Recent Changes
Have a look also at the "Useful Links" on the Sidebar which will take you straight to The School, The Church, Wiltshire County Council, The Police etc.
Please also have a look at the "Have Your Say" link on the Sidebar. If you click on this it should open your email programme with stantonstquintin@gmail.com in the To: Address Bar. Please let us know what you think of our village site & any thoughts, issues, problems you have concerning our village. I will check for new email daily & either answer myself or direct your email to the more relevant person on the Parish Council. We'd love to hear from you!
The above advice works fine if you're using an email programme like Outlook, Outlook Express or Windows Mail. However, if you use web based email like Hotmail or Yahoo you may need to actually type the address into the To: box. Please let us know if you experience any problems.
Village News
Please have a look at this link (on the Sidebar) to learn more about the theft of Cotswold stone tiles from our Church Lychgate.
There's also the annual report fom The Living Churchyard project. Any other items of Village News you'd like to see here? Please let us know.
Try This!
Do you see the map at the bottom of the page? If you click firstly on "SAT" & then on the "+" sign, you can keep zooming in until you can see your own house. Great Fun!
Where is our War Memorial?
Have you ever thought it odd that Stanton St Quintin doesn't have a war memorial?
We've had a very moving ceremony at 11 o'clock on the 11th November for the last 2 years when the children & teachers of the school have met, along with 20 or so villagers & our curate, Sarah Evans, in front of our RAF graves in the cemetry adjacent to the school. The children placed wooden crosses in front of each of the 12 graves.
Another 4 crosses were placed in a patch of grass to commerate our 4 unknown war dead from The Great War.
We knew of this after "Googling" Stanton St Quintin war dead & finding this quote from the Wiltshire Community History:
"During the First World War out of 43 Stanton men who served their country, five were killed and twelve wounded".
A number of us in the village are trying to put faces & names to these sad but bare facts by looking at Parish Records stored at The History Centre in Chippenham & hope to publish definitive details very soon.
We also know that during World War 2 both the sons of Basil & Maude Alers Hankey of Stanton Manor lost their lives. Who knows, had one or both survived we might not have The Stanton Manor Hotel today.
If any of you in the Village have any personal memories, or maybe stories from your Grandparents, that could help in this research we would love to hear from you either via the "Have Your Say" link or even by telephone if email is not your thing!!
Phone details are available by clicking on the "Directory" link.
The question remains,why, unlike most villages, did we never build a memorial commemorating these young men. It is on the agenda for discussion at our Parish Council meetings
Breaking News.
We now have sufficient comprehensive information concerning our war dead from the 2 World Wars, as well as details concerning the wounded & those who returned intact. Please click on "Village News" to see the detail.
After speaking with Richard Broadhead, author of The Great War, Chippenham Soldiers we now have a correction & addition to our details.
Parish Council Meeting Minutes
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