Issue 13     December 2005

    

 

STANTON HISTORY BOOK ON THE WAY ?

Good progress is being made on proposals for the publication of a village history book. The parish council has discussed the matter a number of times and the ‘Local history group’ of Jean Heald, Tom Heald, Marjorie Penn and Sandra Ford have been contacted. Joan Speed will be helping by making papers and photographs she holds available for publication.

Unlike many parishes in the county there is no ‘stand-alone’ publication on the history of the village and it is hoped that the proposed booklet would have chapters on all aspects of village life, the church and the golf club, itself celebrating its 100^th anniversary next year. SUPPORT: Parish chairman Coun. Dennis Hackett is fully supporting the proposal. The parish council are to continue investigating the proposal and are looking for interest from someone willing to take on the task of compiling and editing the booklet and are currently seeking expressions of interest in this. Says the chairman “I will be delighted to hear from anyone in the parish at all interested in being involved in this project”.

SPEED PETITION LATEST

A total of 209 people signed the petition handed in to Notts County Council from residents in Stanton on the Wolds seeking a speed limit on the main road through the village. Coun. John Cottee the local representative has been told  the matter has been discussed with the Cabinet Member for Environment Coun. Stella Smedley. The County are looking to review the speed limit in all villages that are currently derestricted, to start a prioritised programme of implementation over the following two years to reduce the speed limit in those villages. Stanton on the Wolds will be considered as part of the review along with the rest of the County’s road network. Mr Mark McLaren, the Principal Officer for Customer Services at Highways South of the County Council, says “In the case of Stanton on the Wolds, subject to compliance, the possibility of augmenting a speed limit on Melton Road with refuges would be considered”.

KEYWORTH SHOPPING TRIP

Opinion is being sought by the parish council on whether there would be support for a Thursday morning shopping trip to from Stanton to Keyworth. The council has been offered the availability of such a service that would be part of the existing run organised by the Keyworth Community Care Service. Anyone interested is asked to contact chairman Dennis Hackett.

BLOCKED GUTTERS ARE A CONCERN

A letter is being sent by the parish council to Notts County Council to express concern over the state of roadside gutters on Stanton Lane and Browns Lane. Chairman Dennis Hackett says the gutters are clogged with straw, leaves and weeds and are particularly bad towards the junction of the two lanes. The parish council says the area needs attention from a specialist vehicle which is equipped to clear drains.

ANIMAL PARADISE OPENS

A new shop has opened at 77 The Parade on Wolds Drive at Keyworth specialising in tropical and marine fish, reptiles and accessories. It is also selling small animals as well as dog, cat and bird foods. It opens every day of the week except Wednesday. Telephone 0115 914 7133

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG AT STANTON

 An archaeological dig is being organised by Mr Paul Olejnik, a Reader at Plumtree Parish Church on Wednesday December 28^th. It will take place at his allotment in Stanton on the Wolds and those involved will be meeting at 10:30am outside St Margaret’s Church on Willowbrook. Anyone attending is being advised to take warm clothing, sturdy footwear and a spade or trowel with them.

PUBLIC INVITED TO PLAY A PART

The parish council are anxious to encourage participation by the public in their meetings and include an item on every agenda which gives the opportunity to make comments. Clerk, Mike Elliott, says that more and more councils now make regular provision for residents to take part in the meetings and at Stanton they are pleased to echo this effort to increase interest in their work.

MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICE FOR STANTON

The Mobile Library Service gives Stanton residents access to the stocks of Nottinghamshire County Library and Nottingham City Library. Mobile libraries are equipped with automatic step lifts accessible to a person in a wheelchair or with mobility problem. Stops outside The Wolds Nursery, Browns Lane on alternate Fridays from 11:05 until 11:35am. The first December call is on the 9^th.

Bits and bobs

Coun. Jim Goodman has offered to make himself available for maintenance work on the village sign. The parish council have accepted responsibility for looking after the sign.

Accounts of the parish council for 2004-5 have been given an ‘all-clear’ marking by the District Auditor.

Mr Ken Butler of Golf Road laid a wreath on behalf of the parish council and the parish at the Remembrance Day Service at the Parish Church. Mr Butler served throughout the war in the RAF, quite a lot of which saw him based in the Far East.

Notts Wildlife Trust are holding a Christmas Log sale at Bunny Old Wood on Sunday Dec 18^th from 10:30am.

A letter of thanks for a grant of £210 towards the maintenance of the churchyard has been received by the parish council from All Saints Parish Church.

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 Reverend Warcup Putsey  1781-1848

By Alan & Val Hunt

According to the "Notes on the churches of Nottinghamshire in the Hundred of Rushcliffe" by John T. Godfrey, published in 1887 there is a plain headstone, surmounted by a perforated quatrefoil, on the north side of the churchyard at All Saints Church, Stanton on the Wolds. This headstone marked the burial place of a former Rector of this Parish, the Reverend Warcup Putsey. The headstone is not listed in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society, Records Series, volume 63, Monumental Inscriptions  (including All Saints, Stanton) published in 1987.  The inscription on the headstone was recorded in 1872 by Captain A.E.Lawson Lowe in an article written for the 'Reliquary' vol. xiii, page 140  as "Sacred to the memory of the Rev.Warcup Putsey, late Rector of this Parish, who died Jan.XIII,.MDCCCXLVIII, aged LXVII years. 'The just man walketh in his integrity'-Proverbs XX, v.VII". We recently visited the churchyard to see if we could locate the headstone but there was no trace of it.

However whilst researching former villagers of this parish we came across this interesting statement in the Parish Register for 1836 "The Rev.W.Pudsey, Master of the Grammar School at Pickering in Yorkshire, was presented to the Rectory of Stanton on the Wolds, by the Rev.Thomas Randolph, Rector of Much Hadham, Hertfordshire on the recommendation of the Right Honourable and Most Reverend Edward Harcourt D.C.L., Archbishop of York in the year of our Lord 1836. Inducted thereto  November 12th 1836 by the Reverend Thomas Smith, Curate". It is interesting to note the variations in the spelling of his surname, given as Pudsey as above in the parish register (probably by the Curate) but being recorded as Putney by the enumerator of the 1841 Census and spelt Patsey on the genealogical website 'Familysearch.com'. Throughout the parish registers between 1836 and 1848 he signs himself Putsey. This surname is quite local to the Yorkshire villages of Malton and Pickering. His age is given as 60 years in the census, which puts his date of birth as 1781. He married Ann Jessie Anderson on the 16th February 1806 at Pickering in Yorkshire. He must have retired from the Grammar School when he was 55. The 1841 Census records his wife Annie and four children, Harriet, Eliza, Charles and John.

Perhaps because of his previous academic career he was particularly well organised. The parish register for 1838 records an entry in his handwriting detailing the results of his own survey of the several parcels of glebe land. They are divided into two groups of holdings. The "Home Closes" included 'Meadow Field, High Field, Middle Field, Low Field, Far North Field, Low East Field and Home Field totalling approximately 44 acres. The second list of glebe holdings titled "Lodge Land or Butchers Closes" included "Barn Field, Swaith, Low Field, Gorse Field and Row Haw Field totalled 80 acres. The Rector also surveyed his orchard, garden, the churchyard and his church ! All the figures given are in acres, roods and square perches.

In 1840 he recorded in the parish register the customary fees due to the Rector and to the Clerk. Which  for example were £2 2s 0d to the Rector and 10s 6d to the Clerk (equivalent to £2.10 and 52p) for conducting a funeral, for placing a headstone in the churchyard one guinea (£1.10), or a headstone/monument in the church five guineas, (£5.25). When couples were married it was 5s 0d (or 25p)for the reading of the Banns, 10s 0d (or 50p) for the License and 1s 0d (5p) for the Churching. You must multiply these 1840 prices by x38 to get the equivalent in today's money !

The Rev.Putsey in his 11 years service as village Rector conducted 15 weddings, 53 Baptisms and 35 burial services. He died and was buried in the churchyard on the 13th January 1848. His son Charles Henry Putsey married Jane 'x' from Bunny. Charles acted as one of the official witnesses at 8 of the 15 weddings at All Saints conducted by his father. After his fathers' death Charles and Jane moved to Aston, Birmingham where they raised 2 daughters and a son. The other son John married Elizabeth Foxton and they moved to Whitby. Both Harriet and Eliza moved to the West Midlands.

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

YOUR MEETING DATES DIARY

Dates for forthcoming meetings of the parish council have been arranged with the first one in 2006 due to take place on Tuesday January 11^th. Following meetings will take place on March 8^th, May 10^th, July 12^th, September 13^th, and November 8^th. The annual parish meeting will precede the meeting on May 10^th.

Thought of the month

The truth is more important than the facts