Category: Sutton Veny: Gleanings

Car Reversed Into A Building At Sutton Veny

Thursday 8th October 2020

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Fire Control on their Twitter page have tweeted:

12:38 3 Crews from #Warminster and #Frome supported by @Trow_Fire_Stn heavy rescue attended an RTC where a car reversed into a building on Bishopstrow Road, Sutton Veny. Two casualties assessed by ambulance service and structural integrity of building checked.

Sutton Veny Lent Walk, 2018

From The Sutton Veny Village Hall Newsletter, April 2018:

Richard Jackman writes ~

THE LENT WALK
The combination of a blizzard just at the time when people might have been deciding whether to take part and the no dogs stipulation (due to concerns about Alabama Rot) were both factors in reducing the numbers attending to about 10 die-hards.

A few more met at the start for coffee in the church and, after a “break out’ from the labyrinth in the churchyard extension, the walkers continued to enjoy each other’s company during a circular walk along Back Lane and on down to the Wylye where, by kind permission of Roz & Alex Walker, they were able to walk beside the river and into Trench Ground field.

From there, courtesy of the access granted by Laura & Tom Hutchinson, they walked up through the fields to St Leonard’s old church. We were lucky to have Brian Russell with us, who shared his knowledge of the old water meadowsn infrastructure and also introduced the group to his cows that graze there.

As an added bonus three Geocaches were found en route. However, for many of the walkers the best find was the warmth of the Woolpack afterwards! Donations were collected for the charity Alzheimer’s Support, which is setting up a new centre in Warminster.

Can You Verify A Fight Involving Soldiers At Sutton Veny?

Tuesday 16th May 2017

An email from Danny Howell to Philip Clark:

Hello Philip,
At this year’s ANZAC Service at Sutton Veny you asked me if I could verify something you had read (but forgot where) about a fight involving soldiers at Sutton Veny which resulted in the soldiers having to be separated.

Could it be that you read this in Gertrude McCracken’s booklet Looking Back On Seventy Years Of Sutton Veny, published in June 1981?

The last paragraph on page 17 reads:
“The British troops were eventually moved out of the village and the Australian soldiers moved in. Around the same time, soldiers from Canada and New Zealand moved in to Codford and the Wylye Valley. Not long after they arrived a fight started between all three nationalities near Pine Cottages on the Tytherington road. Two men were killed and it was rumoured that forty had been injured. The New Zealanders were then moved onto Salisbury Plain and the Canadians transferred elsewhere.”

Regards, Danny.

Philip Clark has replied –

Thank you, Danny. You’re a STAR!
Regards,
Philip.

Sutton Veny Parish Council, Uncontested Election, May 2017

Wiltshire Council
Election of Parish Councillors for Sutton Veny
on
Thursday 4 May 2017

Number of seats: 9

I, Dr Carlton Brand, being the Returning Officer at the above election, report that the persons whose names appear below were duly elected Parish Councillors for Sutton Veny.

TIM GOODMAN, 12 Deverill Road, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, BA12 7BY.

RACHEL ELIZABETH GUERRI-FEAR, 7 Campbell Place, Norton Road, Sutton Veny, BA12 7SA.

VALERIE SUSANNE KING, Byfields, Deverill Road, Sutton Veny, Warminster, BA12 7BY.

TONY LUSTY, 6 Bests Lane, Sutton Veny, Warminster, Wilts, BA12 7AU.

CAROL ANN MORRIS 31B High St, Sutton Veny, BA12 7AW.

WILLIAM HYWEL STEVEN MEREDITH OWEN, The Long House, Duck Street, Sutton Veny, Warminster, BA12 7AL.

STEPHEN JAMES OXLADE, 5 Walnut Close, Sutton Veny, BA12 7BS.

SIMON FRANCIS CLIVE WALKER Coopers Bottom, Sutton Veny Warminster, Wilts, BA12 7BN.

As the number of candidates is equal to or less than the number of seats available, they are duly elected without contest.

There will NOT be an election taking place on for this town/parish area.

Sutton Veny Farmer Fined £9,000 For Failing To Comply With Health Regulations

Wednesday 24th November 2016

David Hobbs, of Haycombe Hill Farm, Sutton Veny, was fined £9,000 at Salisbury Magistrates Court on Monday 17th October 2016, for failing to comply with health regulations and failing to improve the condition of the water supply fed from a borehole on his land. Wiltshire Council had taken him to court for providing unsafe drinking water, after a risk assessment was carried out which identified several defects with the supply. Water storage tanks did not have vermin-proof lids, allowing open access to contaminate the water supply. Bacteria, including E Coli, were detected, indicating that there had been faecal contamination of the water supply.

Information Sought On The Whitsuntide Club At Sutton Veny

Monday 14th November 2016

Phillip Hoyland writes:

Hello Mr. Howell,
I am trying to find some information on the 19thC friendly society in Sutton Veny, known as the “Whitsuntide Club’.

A couple of weeks ago an example of the brass emblem carried by the members on the annual feast day came up for sale on e-bay.

I have an example of the brass but my interest was roused by the fact that, as far as I could make out, this brass was on its original pole!

Needless to say that not too many of the original wooden poles have survived the passing of the decades. I should point out that my bid to buy it was unsuccessful.

Do you have any information concerning the old Club? Dates of formation and winding up, did they have ribbons and if so what colour were they, what was the colour of the pole and was it decorated????

I know the Club met at the Bell Inn and that they may have purchased their brasses in around 1861.

I have contact with Helen Taylor and her last e-mail had an attachment from your book, ‘Wylye Valley —-‘. The photograph of the group parading with a banner, in about 1910, could easily be of the local Friendly Society. However, as there are no poles and brasses in sight it could be that the old Club had been superseded by one of the national fraternal societies, Oddfellows, or Foresters for example. Many of the village/parish Clubs suffered this fate.

Any information you may be able to give me would be most welcome, and appreciated.

Regards. Phillip Hoyland. Burnham on Sea, Somerset.

Ian Wright At Horses First Racing, Sutton Veny

Thursday 6th August 2015

Former footballer turned tv and radio personality Ian Wright was at Horses First Racing at Deverill Road, Sutton Veny, today (Thursday 6th August 2015). He was accompanied by his family and watched the horses work and also had lunch. The reason for his visit will apparently be revealed soon.

Photos on: http://www.horsesfirstracing.com/ian-wright-visit/

Police Appeal For Information About Burglaries In Sutton Veny

Sunday 8th March 2015

Police are appealing for information following two burglaries in the Warminster area.

The first incident happened between 3.00 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. on 27th February 2015 in Sutton Veny.

Offenders entered a home and made off with jewellery and a watch.

The second incident happened between 11.55 p.m. on 3rd March 2015 and 4.22 p.m. on 4th March 2015 at another address in Sutton Veny. 

It is not believed anything was stolen, but items were broken during the incident.

Local Crime Investigator George Moncrieff said: “We believe these two incidents may be linked but we would be keen to hear from any residents who saw anyone carrying out door-to-door enquiries selling goods or making collections in the area around these dates. Please contact us immediately via the 101 number.”

Anyone with information should call police on 101.

Alternatively, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where information can be left anonymously if preferred.