Information and pictures of mostly rural topics and activities.
Wednesday 1st May 2013
Bales of elephant grass, grown at Windmill Field, Tytherington, near Warminster, being hauled along the back road in the Wylye Valley, in the direction of Tytherington.
Photographs taken by Danny Howell on Wednesday 1st May 2013.
Elephant grass is burnt to provide energy.
Wednesday 1st May 2013
The burial mound on top of Middle Hill, Bishopstrow, on May Day 2013. The photograph was taken by Danny Howell.
Wednesday 24th April 2013
FORM 45
COMMONS ACT 2006 – SECTION 15 (1)
Notice of an application for the registration of land as a Town or Village Green.
To every reputed owner, lessee, tenant or occupier of any part of the land described below, and to all others it may concern.
Application has been made to the Wiltshire Council by Mr and Mrs Burnand, Boreham Grange, 20 Grange Lane, Warminster under section 15(1) of the Commons Act 2006 and in accordance with the Commons (Registration of Town or Village Greens) (Interim Arrangements) (England) of the land described in the Schedule below which is claimed to have qualified for registration as a town or village green on 22 February 2012 by virtue of use without force, stealth, licence or permission by local people for many many years to enjoy lawful sports and pastimes. The pastimes include picnics, bicycle riding, kite flying, running, blackberry picking, dog walking, etc.
The application, which includes a plan of the land proposed for registration, may be inspected at the following offices, Newbury House, Aintree Avenue, White Horse Business Park, North Bradley, Trowbridge, BA14 0XB between the hours of 8.30 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekdays, please ask for Barbara Burke, and at the offices of Warminster Town Council at the Civic Centre, Sambourne Road, Warminster, BA12 8LB between 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays, please ask for Heather Abernethie.
If the registration authority is satisfied that the land described below qualifies for registration as a town or village green, it will register the land.
Any person wishing to object to the registration of the land as a town or village green should send a statement of the facts on which the objection is based to Barbara Burke, Neighbourhood Services, Wiltshire Council, County Hall, Trowbridge, BA14 8JN on or before the 10 June 2013. Any representations that are to be taken into account by the Authority in reaching a decision on the application cannot be treated as confidential and will be copied to the applicant for comment and may be disclosed to other interested parties.
Dated 11 April 2013
Wiltshire Council
Schedule
Description of the land claimed to have qualified for registration as a town or village green. Land to the east of The Dene, usually referred to as as the field at the end of the Grange Lane footpath. The centre of the land is grid reference ST89390 44620.
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Wednesday 3rd April 2013
Victoria Road, Warminster,
looking east past Haygrove Farm.
The photograph was taken by Danny Howell
on Wednesday 3rd April 2013.
Tuesday 2nd April 2013
Wiltshire Council have granted planning permission for the removal of an existing fence on part of the north and west boundaries, replacing it with a retaining wall, at Haygrove Farm, 118 Victoria Road, Warminster.
Tuesday 2nd April 2013
Warminster Town Council’s Annual Report 2012 – 2013 states:
It is anticipated that the future will bring discussions on a development site that has been identified in the Core Strategy and is known as the West Warminster Urban Extension, plus discussions on the registered strategic land sites and development of land east of The Dene [Home Farm, Boreham]. The Planning Committee will do its utmost to engage with the public to establish their views on all applications.
Monday 1st April 2013
A Bank Holiday Monday may be the perfect excuse to relax, especially at Easter when there’s chocolate to be consumed, but it goes without saying that serious matters are still being considered behind the scenes and feelings are still running high when it comes to the threat of the fields at Home Farm, Boreham, on the east side of Warminster, becoming 320 houses if land development agents Hallam Land Management should get their way.
EBRAG (the East Boreham Residents Action Group) have a second public meeting advertised for Thursday 11th April at St. John’s Church, Boreham Road, starting at 6.30 p.m.
And the Bard of Boreham, Rikardo, who is no stranger to protesting with poetry, has just submitted his latest verse/song ~ a message from local people to those elsewhere who threaten Boreham’s much-loved landscape and the rural environment which nestles between Battlesbury and Bishopstrow. Here are Rikardo’s latest lyrics:
OLD DIRT ROAD
People out a’ walking
Along the old dirt road,
Stepping out without fear
And having confidence;
Not subjected to Highway Code.
Long may they walk
Not letting their feet erode,
Protecting their freeway from calamity
And from the opposition who are ignorant to ode.
People are a’ talking
About devastation, not far from the hill.
The sycophants, the bully-boys and the parasites
Are on a mission, they’re out to kill.
A time to stand up to the Philistines
Who are driven by greed and bad will.
A reason for a season to battle
‘Til the end, to conquer and to fulfill.
People are just happy
When you leave them well alone.
Get back to the city and your glamorous lights,
Slip back into your zone.
The karma wheel is spinning fast
And the truth will be written on stone.
Get out of here and kindly return
To the seat of your tyrannical throne.
People out a’ walking
Along the old dirt road,
Stepping out without fear
And having confidence;
Not subjected to Highway Code.
Long may they walk
Not letting their feet erode,
Protecting their freeway from calamity
And from the opposition who are ignorant to ode.
The Bard of Boreham ~ Rikardo.
Sunday 31st March 2013
The view north-west from Cox’s Drove Bridge,
at Bishopstrow, looking over Long Close
(a field of Bishopstrow Farm)
towards Battlesbury.
The people walking across Long Close
are guests from Bishopstrow House Hotel
out for a Sunday afternoon stroll.
The photograph was taken by Danny Howell
on Sunday 31st March 2013.
Monday 11 March 2013
Notes by Danny Howell:
The River Wylye, to the south and east of Warminster, is one of the finest chalk streams in Wiltshire, and offers good trout fishing (remember to get your licence). The Warminster and District Angling Club, telephone 07990 552612, was founded in 1961 and has over 400 members. The club uses Crockerton Lake, Hinton Lakes, Berkley Lake and the River Frome, as well as the waters of neighbouring clubs.
Wednesday 6th March 2013
Yew Tree Farm (formerly Yew Tree Cottages) at Salisbury Road, Bishopstrow, is being re-thatched.
The work is being carried out by master thatcher Ellis Butcher.
At work on the roof.
Ellis Butcher ~ Master Thatcher, Telephone 01985 850077. Mobile 07778 598851.
Photographs taken by Danny Howell on Wednesday 6th March 2013.
The scaffolding is supplied by Chapple Scaffolding Ltd.
