Issue 12 September 2005
Stanton on the Wolds Parish Council
Parish Council Members:
Dennis Hackett, Chairman 937 2569 Margaret Healy, Vice-chairman 914 8654
Bryan Baines, 937 2197 Roy Butler 937 2508 Jim Goodman 937 3076
Alan Jackson 937 5528 and Alex McKee, 937 5068
Clerk:
Mike Elliott, 19/21 Mains Street, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5AA, phone 937 6506
or Email editor@elliottns.fsnet.co.uk
KEYWORTH’S NEW HEALTH CENTRE IS ON THE WAY
Work has started on a brand new £4.5m primary healthcare centre on Bunny Lane in Keyworth. This one-stop centre for health and social care is expected to be open to its first patients in August 2006, with many of them from Stanton on the Wolds. From the end of June the main car park in the centre of Keyworth has been closed and work has started on the site. Additional spaces have been created at the Village Hall on Elm Avenue and a community bus will help to bring village residents to the local facilities. A traffic police community support officer will also be on hand to advise people about alternative parking arrangements. Disabled spaces will continue to be available outside the existing health centre for patients who need them.
The new centre is expected to be open for patients in August 2006. In the meantime, primary care services will still be provided in the existing building. Once the new facility is open a second building phase will commence to demolish the existing health centre and to create a new car park for patients and local people. The new centre is more than three times the size of the existing building and will house a GP practice, an outpatient clinic, a mental health team, social services and community health teams such as district nurses and health visitors. Under current proposals the building will also contain a community police contact point and dental practice.
Mark Morgan, Chief Executive of Rushcliffe Primary Care Trust commented: “Before embarking on this project, we carried out an enormous amount of consultation with local people, Everyone, particularly members of the parish council, has been extremely enthusiastic. People recognise that the existing Health centre will not be able to meet the needs of Keyworth in the future and so this fantastic new facility will bring together health and social care to show the real benefits for patients. We have received valuable support from both the parish council and borough councils in allowing this project to go ahead, and we thank them for their support. Local people and businesses are asked to be patient while work is taking place and should feel reassured that everything has been done to minimise disruption in the centre of the village.”
DEATH OF KEYWORTH RECTOR – TREMENDOUS SHOCK FOR PARISHIONERS
The death in early June of the Rector of Keyworth, the Rev Trevor Sisson, came as a tremendous shock to all who new him. He was taken ill while conducting a wedding service in the parish church at Keyworth and died three weeks later in the Nottingham Queens Medical Centre. Fifty year old Mr Sisson was soon to have celebrated 25 years in the Ministry and was a hugely popular figure in this area. Hundreds of people attended special services held, including a Requiem Mass in Keyworth Parish Church and the funeral service at Bunny Parish Church. Interment followed at Stanton on the Wolds. Mr Sisson was in charge of all three churches where the services were held. He leaves a wife, Marie and two teenage sons, Luke and Aidan.
BOOKLET FOR VILLAGE
Subject to the necessary funding being available, the parish council is considering producing a booklet on Stanton on the Wolds parish. Any resident with information on the village is being asked to contact Parish Council Clerk Mike Elliott or the chairman Coun. Dennis Hackett or vice chairman Coun. Mrs Margaret Healy. Information used in the booklet would of course carry acknowledgements to the authors and the sources.
GRANT FOR RUNWAY
Stanton on the Wolds Parish Council are to give consideration to making a grant towards the funds of the local Runway Scheme that is connected with Neighbourhood Watch.
BURN WITH CARE – AND THOUGHT
A plea has been made from a concerned Stanton on the Wolds resident for those people who burn rubbish in their gardens to do so with care. A number of incidents have been noticed these summer months where fairly large bonfires have been lit at various addresses in the parish and smoke from them has either blown over the nearby highway or into the homes of neighbours. Says the resident concerned; “All we ask is for those responsible to be a little more considerate of others.” Rushcliffe Borough Council will take action against persistent offenders.
OVER SIXTIES CLUB LOOKING FOR HELP
Keyworth and Stanton Over 60’s Club is on the look out for a volunteer who could spare a few hours a month to organise outings for members and also volunteers who might be willing to help run the club afternoons. Contact Thelma Polowski on 0115 937 4137. She would be thrilled to hear from anyone offering help. The club holds weekly meetings in the Centenary Lounge of Keyworth Village Hall on a Thursday from2 to 4pm. Transport can be arranged if needed for those attending and new members are always welcome. Outings are arranged during the year and this year have been to such places as Baslow and Chatsworth Garden Centre, a tour of the Belvoir villages, Rutland Water and Bakewell Show.
NO TO ISSUING FIXED PENALTY TICKETS
The parish council at Stanton has rejected the possibility of members being able to issue fixed penalty tickets for dog fouling, litter dropping and graffiti. The scheme is coming into being under new DEFRA plans to increase powers for parish councils in England.
MEETINGS ON A REGULAR DAY…….. ALMOST
The parish council has agreed that meetings throughout 2005 should where possible be held on the same night, on the second Wednesday of every other month. The next will be held on September 14th.
Bits and bobs
During the period without a Rector at Keyworth, contacts for the parish church at Stanton are the Rev Trevor Kirkman (01664 8222270) and the Rev Margaret Oldroyd (923 5121). Services at Stanton are 10am Communion on the first Sunday, 6pm Evensong on the second and fourth Sundays and 9:30am Sung Eucharist on the third Sunday.
The “Children in Distress” stall at Keyworth Show raised £740, say organisers Geoff, Trish and Charlotte Witcomb.
Half the cost of maintenance of the parish church yard at Stanton is to be met by the parish council, who have agreed to provide £210 in the current year towards the expenditure concerned.
YOUR LOCAL CHURCHES
Stanton on the Wolds Parish Church: associate Priest-Rev Trevor Kirkman, tel 01664 822270.
Catholic Church, Willowbrook: Fr Gregory Tobin, tel 0115 981 4271.
Methodists: Rev Peter Green, tel 0115 921 2146.
Baptists: Rev Neil Brighton, tel 0115 914 7449.
United Reformed: Rev Chris Ford, tel 0115 937 5086.
The Stanton on the Wolds Parish Registers
by Alan & Val Hunt
In 1538 during the reign of Henry VIII an injunction was issued by Thomas Cromwell, vicar general, that required every church in both England and Wales to record all christenings, weddings and burials in a register, which had to be kept in the church coffer. This had to be locked by two separate keys, one held by the minister and the other by the churchwarden(s). The reasoning behind this new idea was that the registers could then be used and accepted as legal documents used to support inheritance or legitimacy.
The register books were usually made of cheap paper which was all too easily damaged by wear and tear or damp. Poor parishes may not have been able to afford the books and records may have been kept on loose sheets. In 1598 a further Act required parish records to be copied into more durable parchment books but a loophole in the wording of the Act allowed copies to be written out not from 1538 but from 1558 when Elizabeth I was enthroned.
The oldest known register from All Saints is a parchment book made up of 13 leaves within heavier parchment covers. The first page states "A Register of Staunton upon ye Woulds from ye Year of Our Lord 1735". The first entry was made the 2nd October 1736 by the Rev. Charles Henchman for the burial of Elizabeth Shaw, wife of Henry Shaw who was the churchwarden. This parish register records marriages between 1736 and 1750, baptisms between 1736 and 1812 and burials between 1736 and 1812. Each entry is rather sparse in detail having only the name(s) of the people concerned and the type of event. There are no details of address, ages, occupations or other details. All subsequent registers confirm to Rose's Act enforced in 1813 that required separate pre-printed books to be bought from the King's Printer for baptisms, marriages and burials that recorded all the information we are familiar with. The year 1837 saw the introduction of civil registration as we know it today and from this date all births, marriages and deaths may be accessed on-line.
The Parish Registers, apart from the current one, are deposited in the County Archives at Nottingham and are available for consultation by anyone holding a County Archives readers card. They have also been subjected to microfiche photography and these films are available to everyone together with a microfiche projector/reader without the need of a readers ticket.
From 1597 all parishes in England and Wales began to send copies of their parish registers each year to the bishop of the diocese. These Bishop's Transcripts were to be kept in the diocesan registry and many have survived. In the case of All Saints the Bishop's Transcripts exist dating back to 1627, although many entries are extremely difficult to make out. Their use enables those interested in chasing back their family history to return a further 108 years back in the history of the village. The Stanton-on-the Wolds Local History Society hold lists of all known baptisms, marriages and burials back to 1627.
CALLING ALL READERS
We would welcome an input into this newsletter from any resident in the parish. Items for inclusion can be Emailed to elliottnews@btconnect.com
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