The History Society has organised two shows of a talk by Tony White. You have a choice of either an afternoon meeting on Tuesday 25 January at 14.30 hrs. or an evening meeting on Thursday 27 January at 19.30 hrs. Both are in the Village Hall.

As you pass through Cross Road at the top of North Street you will notice a new litter bin that replaces one which had proved to be too small for all the use it was being given.

Many thanks to Parish Councillor Coffin and the Parish Clerk for their persistence in negotiating this improvement.   

The Parish Council received this from the Openreach Community Fibre Partnership Team.

The reason for our contact today is to update you on your Community Fibre Partnership Scheme.

I am the Parish Council’s Footpath Officer. I regularly walk the Rights of Way in the Parish and beyond … when not flooded! 

If you notice any issues with styles, kissing gates, overgrown paths and so on, please contact me or  use Dorset Council’s easy-to-use interactive map to report a problem at a precise location.

Following the Parish Council’s unsuccessful attempt to have Gollop's Ground designated a Village Green, the Chair and Vice Chair and two other residents met with the landowners on Friday 3rd September in Gollop's Ground. 

The landowners rejected the Parish Council's proposal to lease or purchase the field for the continued use of the community.

You may know that the Parish Council was asked by members of the public present at the Ordinary Parish Council Meeting of June 1st 2021 to apply to Dorset Council to have Gollop’s Ground registered as a Village Green since, in the terms of the Commons Act, the field had been used as one for as long as anyone can remember and as far as we know, at least from the 1880’s.

Parishioners may wish to see the correspondence between the Parish Council and the landowner here.