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Thornbury Tatler December 2015

Thornbury Tatler The Parish Newsletter

Focus on …. Lashbrook

December 2015

Issue 13 “Thornbury Tatler”


Welcome !

Welcome to the Winter Tatler, where we are looking forward to Christmas but also thinking about the sad events in Paris, to which Kathy Roberts refers in her message. I was reduced to tears by Antoine Leiris who lost his wife Helene in the Bataclan Theatre in Paris. In a heart-breaking letter to the terrorists who killed her he says ‘I won’t give you the gift of hating you’ and about his 17 month old son ‘every day this little boy will insult you with his happiness and freedom, because you don’t have his hatred either’.

There is more news from the Church and Chapel this quarter, as there have been a number of significant events in the Benefice as well as a trip that the Rev Kathy and a group of parishioners made to South Africa.

As promised, I have focussed on Lashbrook this quarter and there are articles about the history of the hamlet and its families as well as a day-in-the-life feature of a new family who have moved in there, the Lynches.

Again I would like to appeal for contributors to the Tatler. Please pass on information for inclusion in the next edition (out end of February), when we will feature Woodacott. Over eighty people now follow the very latest Thornbury Hamlets news and events on Facebook, including our “Items for Sale” area: please do come and join the conversation: just search for “Thornbury Tatler” and click on “Join” !

Meg Galley-Taylor, Editor 261804, [email protected]

Welcome to the village

We would like to welcome Hayley, Robert, Millie, Rosie, Aimee and Woody Lynch and their two dogs to Lashbrook.

Amy Sanders is raising money for Y Care International. They are a charity which work in

the UK, and over twenty countries across the globe to help young adults overcome the

struggles they face as a result of conflict, natural disasters or unemployment. They work

with local YMCAs to deliver real help to real people in rural communities. Amy is planning to

work with Y Care in January at their refugee centre in Togo in West Africa. In Togo the

charity supports young women to learn a trade, and help farmers sell and market their

businesses. Before Amy goes, she is fundraising by running a 10K on New Year’s Day and

spending a week living below the poverty line on £1 a day. All support would be greatly

appreciated. Please visit Ycareinternational.org for more info about the charity. Amy's fund-

raising page can be found at www.justgiving.com/Amy-Sanders1 or alternatively you can


Message from the Reverend Prebendary Kathy Roberts

A spiral is a shape that winds round and round with each curve above or outside the previous one. And it seems almost incongruous as we move towards the season when we celebrate the coming of the Prince of Peace, that the spiral we first think of is one which winds outwards in senseless acts of cruelty. The recent Vienna talks on Syria were considered to be a first serious attempt to break the spiral of increasing violence and chaos, but they have been eclipsed by the shocking events in Paris when at least 129 people were killed in a series of suicide attacks.

Peace seems elusive and something we wistfully long for.

The truth that Christmas celebrates is that the child who was born in Bethlehem so many years ago, came to bring peace that is not ethereal or intangible, but a reality to be experi-enced. True work for peace, says well-known author and speaker Richard Rohr, begins with our own inner work, becoming people who are at peace within ourselves, whose inner reali-ty can then flow outward into peacemaking. Jesus modeled it. He lived God’s unconditional love for people.

Rohr commented that, actually, there is no path to peace, for peace itself is the path. He said that we do not in fact think ourselves into new ways of living. Instead, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.

We could wish for retribution and retaliation for atrocities that have been perpetrated. That simply means we become no better than the perpetrators themselves! We join in the spiral of violence, causing it to spin ever faster and become ever larger, sucking more and more innocent victims into its vortex.

The alternative this Christmas is to choose to live ourselves into the ways of peace, forming alongside many others, a new spiral of non-violence and hope for a safer, gentler future.

May the One whose birth at Bethlehem we will celebrate soon, bring you love and peace and joy and hope for the future!

Kathy

Copy Deadline:

Please send all information, events, announcements etc for the Spring

edition of the Tatler (which will feature the history and people of Woodacott) to the Editor

by 15th February at the latest.


Christmas at St Peter’s Thornbury We welcome you to all the services in St Peter’s Thornbury (in bold below) and in the benefice of churches to which St Peter’s belongs:

6th December – 9.30 am Holy Communion – Thornbury Church

12th December - 10.00 am Saturday Church Nativity - Bradford Village Hall

13th December - 4 pm Christingle Service and Party - Hope Chapel, Black Torrington

15th December - 9.30 am School Carol Service - Bradford Church

20th December – 6.30 – Carol Service – Thornbury Church

24th December CHRISTMAS EVE - 4.30 pm Crib Service - Black Torrington Church

11.30 pm Midnight Holy Communion -Black Torrington Church

CHRISTMAS DAY - 11.00 am - Benefice Family Holy Communion – Thornbury Church

27th December - 9.30 am Christmas Holy Communion - Bradford Church

3rd January – 9.30 am Holy Communion – Thornbury Church

17th January – 6.30 – Evening Prayer – Thornbury Church

24th January – 9.30 am – Holy Communion – Thornbury Church

For further details of services, please contact the Rector, Revd Preb Kathy Roberts on 231279, the Reader:, Mark Neave at [email protected], or the Church Wardens, Mike Chandler, 253150 or Colin Wood, 261526, or see the Church Notice Board.

Saturday Church An informal time of worship held on the second Saturday of each month at Bradford Village Hall 10 am ‘til 11 am followed by refreshments, and Holy Communion for anyone who wishes to take part at 11.15 am. Suitable for all ages, from the very young to the not quite so young! Our next Saturday Church is on Sat 12th December and the January meeting is on Sat 9th January.


Last Quarter’s Fundraisers

Bag Collection - many thanks to everyone who donated to the bag collection this time around. We collected 130 kg of clothes, bags, belts, shoes etc. which resulted in a £52 donation for St Peter’s Church. Please keep collecting we will have another collection in April/May 2016.

The Coffee Morning at Holsworthy Memorial Hall in September, raised £333.50 which will be shared equally between Woodacott Chapel and St Peter’s Church. Many thanks.

Coffee Mornings – these have now finished for the winter and will restart in the Spring. Our next Coffee Morning at the Memorial Hall will be on Wed 4th May 2016!

Chapel Services

All services are at 11 am unless otherwise stated.

6th December - no service

13th December - Mr. C Parish

20th December - United Carol Service at the Parish Church, 6-30 pm

27th December - No service

3rd January - no service

January 10th - Covenant Service at Chilsworthy 3 pm

January 17th - Mrs M Hodges

January 24th and 31st - no service

February 7th - no service

February 14th - Rev Martin Keenan, Sacrament

February 21st - no service

February 28th - Mr J Hawkins

Other Forthcoming Events

4th December— Holsworthy Christmas Lights Switch-On (5pm)

5th December—Ruby Christmas Market, Hatherleigh (9-2)

6th December—Clovelly Christmas Lights Switch-On (4pm)

9th December—Holsworthy Late Night Shopping

12th December—British Legion Bingo (see advert in this Tatler)

Parish Plan Committee: Date TBA in January (watch Facebook for details) - to agree

new priorities for the Plan — new blood welcome !


Installation of the Reverend Prebendary Kathy Roberts as Rector of the Black Torrington Benefice on 1st November 2015

On a foggy morning with the promise of later sun, Bradford Church was full to witness and celebrate the installation of Kathy Roberts as Rector of the Black Torrington Benefice, (St. Mary’s Church, Black Torrington, All Saints Church, Bradford with Cookbury, St. Peter’s Church, Thornbury, and Holy Cross Church, Highampton).

The church was filled with beautiful flower arrangements showing the au-tumn colours, and decorated with a banner of crosses made by members of the Benefice congregation. The service was also to welcome Mark Neave as the Lay Reader for the Benefice and acknowledge the work of Morag Lobley and Wendy Stratton as part of the Ministry team supporting Kathy in her work.

The bells were rung by ringers from all over the Benefice, and members from the five churches took part. The sermon was given by the Archdeacon of Barnstaple, Mark Butchers, himself new in post, who explained that although Kathy has been Rector for some time, the Church of England needed to change the rules so that could Kathy be officially installed as Rector. After the sermon the installation took place with Kathy touching the bells, the door and other parts of the church to signify her responsibility for the Benefice.

After the service, during which the sun appropriately came out, we shared pasties, cider and delicious desserts, and a great deal of fellowship. This was a fitting celebration of the five churches coming together as one to celebrate and wit-ness Kathy’s installation as Rector.

Janet Fisher


Confirmation Service at Bradford Church, 15th November

The Bishop of Crediton, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, conducted a Confirmation

Service at All Saints Church Bradford. Congratulations to all of the participants

who are pictured with the Bishop.

Benefice trip to South Africa

In October, seven of us (including Sue & David Whitehead) from the Black Torrington

Benefice church group went on an exciting trip to South Africa, under the leadership of

Kathy Roberts, who was born there. This varied trip took in Johannesburg, game parks,

museums charting the history of apartheid, an orphanage and a retreat at a Benedictine

Monastery. This fledgling democracy is only 20 years old and is still finding its feet after

many years of white rule. With Kathy as our guide and with the aid of her wonderful family,

a great time

was had by all.


Remembrance Sunday

On Sunday November 8th we stood at

the War Memorial in Woodacott to

remember all those who have fallen or

suffered in conflict. A wreath was laid,

the silence observed and then the Last

Post was played beautifully by two

young musicians.

Next year will mark the 100th

anniversary of the death of Thornbury's

only son lost in the Great War, so that

will be a particularly poignant event.


Faster Broadband for Thornbury — Update As I write, BT are digging up the road outside our house to install more pits and cables. So progress continues slowly, with no better guess as to when they will be finished than very late this year, or during the first quarter of next year. At the public meeting in Bradford, I met with Paul Coles, the Regional Director for BT, and pressed him for commitments about connecting ALL of Thornbury. His follow up email to me was far from encouraging…..

“I believe the Thornbury area is served by Milton Damerel 1. We have to wait for the full surveying and planning to determine what can be done but we do believe the outcome will be a number “north” of 50 FTTP premises, possible significantly so. The Connecting Devon and Somerset will announce the areas as they go live.”

This is the context of their being approx. 120 premises in the area in question.

We have also heard that the CDS tender for Phase 2 of the project, which “fell apart” with BT this summer, will not now be issued until next year, meaning there will almost certainly be further delays for those not included in Phase 1. So I’m afraid there will be “haves” and “have nots” for some time to come.

For those who are lucky, fibre optic broadband can deliver speeds of 70Mbps or more, with monthly costs of around £10-30, depending on the package chosen. The normal line rental cost of £17.99 /month will also apply. I will give more details when the service goes live — do follow the Tatler Facebook page to get the very latest information on when that will be. Paul Taylor, [email protected] 261804


Focus on …. Lashbrook or Little Lashbrook

When researching the history of Lashbrook it is complicated by the fact that there are two places of the same name in this area. In a publication of 2001 which shows Historic Parishes of England and Wales before 1850, the use of the name Little Lashbrook is clearly shown despite the fact that it appears to be the larger of the two settlements. Other maps of

around this time do not, however, call it Little Lashbrook! If we look back as far as the Domesday Book of 1086 the Lashbrook referred to there seems to be the Bradford one.

At that time it was quite large with 26 households compared with Thornbury’s 19, Week’s 6 and Wonford’s 4. Cookbury had 21 and Bradford 13. Assuming that the experts on the Domesday Book have got this right, we can only assume that for some reason the population of that Lashbrook dwindled, possibly at the time of the Black Death.

So back to our Lashbrook, where confusion continues, but this time over the name of the properties. The names used below are how they are now known.

In the 1839 Tithe Apportionment document there seem to be 7 occupied properties, more or less the same as today. The names that appear at that time are Hearn, Priest, and Johns. There were also Sluggetts, Leys and Sanders and all of them intermarried. Lashbrook Farm, was occupied by the ill-fated Hearn family, (6 of whose children died from diphtheria) until sometime between 1891 and 1901, as by 1901 William Paige and his family were there. His son James Hamilton Paige married Margaret Chidley and his daughter, Monica married Stanley Gilbert, and they are the parents of the current owner Roger Gilbert.


Lashbrook has been known as Little Lashbrook and Chapples Lashbrook. This latter is taken as evidence that there was once a Chapel in the hamlet and a piece of stone window tracery found in the wall of the farmhouse may be evidence of this. I have sent a photo of this stone to the museum curator in Barnstaple for an opinion on the age and likely source of this stone. The building itself is a Devon Longhouse with evidence of the original cross passage still present. Originally the house would have had living quarters on one side of

this passage and the Shippon on the other.

The Priest family occupied Lashbrook from at least 1830 when, according to the Rent Book of that year, John was there with his family. His descendants occupied it until the 1970s when it was sold.

Little Lashbrook is reputed to be the oldest property in the hamlet and is also a Longhouse although modernisation makes this harder to see but the evidence is still present. The main occupants of this house were the Johns family although the land was owned by Hugh Brent from Shebbear at the time of the Tithe Apportionment in 1839. Samuel Johns was born in West Putford in 1787 and came to Lashbrook with his family some time prior to 1841. Over the years he increased his acreage so that it rose from 16 acres in 1851 to 30 acres by 1881. John took over the farm from his father between 1871 and 81 and he is still farming in 1911 aged 74; he eventually dies in January 1917 aged 80. His son William eventually sold

the farm in 1939 and then moved to the bungalow Four Winds on the lane leading into Lashbrook.

There are various tales about the ‘goings-on’ in Lashbrook, including gambling over the ownership of fields which could pass from one person to another on a turn of the card or throw of a dice. This is one reason why the green lanes around the hamlet are so important as they enabled people to get to their land which was often quite fragmented.

Lashbrook relied on a well until 1953 when mains water came to the hamlet. Apparently there was some resistance for a while but people soon got used to the convenience although the well is still there and used for livestock watering.

Now all we need is to get broadband to the hamlet and it will really be in the 21st Century.


The tragic story of the six Hearn children in the graveyard

In the 1830s the Hern/Hearn family lived in Lashbrook at what is now Lashbrook Farm. In the 1841 census they are shown with four children, Mary, Elizabeth, Grace and John.

Sadly, in 1846 three of these children, and one not born until 1842, died. Only Mary survived. The inscriptions on the gravestones are as follows:

2303 : In memory of Grace (Hern) daughter of John & Ann Hern who died 14 June 1846 aged 8¾ years. My parents & relations dear, prepare to come unto me here: provide I pray for die you must, and lie as I do in the dust.

2205 : In memory of Ann (Hern) daughter of John & Ann Hern who died 22 June 1846 aged 4 years. Farewell dear parents cease to mourn, Unto my God I must return: Twas He that gave me to your store, and took me hence for evermore.

2204 : In memory of Elizabeth (Hern) daughter of John & Ann Hern who died 25 June 1846 aged 11 years. My parents dear grieve not for me, Since I am gone before: Twill not be long I hope all we, Shall meet to part no more.

2203 : In memory of John (Hern) son of John & Ann Hern who died 26 June 1846 aged 6¼ years. Happy child thy life is ended, All thy mourning days are o’er. Gone by Angel bands attended, Safely lodged in Jesu’s care.

By the 1851 Census three more children have been born so they had Mary, now 18, Matthew, John and William. However, in 1859, tragedy struck again and two more of them die, leaving them with just Matthew and William, Mary having grown up and left home. The inscriptions on the gravestones are as follows:

2202 : In memory of Samuel (Hearn, son of John & Ann Hearn of this parish, who died 5th Novr. 1857 aged 4½. The lovely bud so young so fair, Call’d off by earthy doom: Just came to show how sweet a flower, In paradise could bloom.

2201 : In memory of John (Hearn) son of John & Ann Hearn who died 6th Dec 1857 aged 10 years. Grieve not dear parents at your loss, Your loss will be my gain: Prepare yourselves to follow me, Never to part again. These 6 children died of one disease.


I therefore bought the death certificates for Ann and John junior and these show that all of the children died of ‘croup’. The word croup comes from the Early Modern English verb croup, meaning "to cry hoarsely"; the name was first applied to the disease in Scotland and popularized in the 18th century. Diphtheritic croup has been known since the time of Homer's Ancient Greece and it was not until 1826 that viral croup was differentiated from croup due to diphtheria. Croup due to diphtheria has become nearly unknown in affluent countries in modern times due to the advent of effective immunization, but in the past it was feared since it was one of the most common causes of death and killed almost all of the children it affected.

It seems quite likely that they had diphtheria rather than the less serious viral croup as it was clearly very contagious and fatal to children who should have been old enough to recover from the latter disease. For fans of Poldark, it is diphtheria that is meant when they talk of the ‘putrid throat’ which killed baby Julia Poldark.

The family stayed on in the farm and after John’s death in 1867 his son William took over the farm until they left to move to Peters Marland some time between 1891 and 1901.

Update on Brendon from the last Tatler

Following my article about Brendon and its residents I have been contacted by Elizabeth

Cottell who is the GGGG Granddaughter of Emmanuel Cole (1778-1850). She is writing

about her own GG Grandfather Emanuel Cole (1840 - 1926) who was born in Brendon in

1840 and then moved to Somerset. She responded to my plea to properly record

information before it is lost by sending me a copy of her research. I am not able to include

the whole article in The Tatler but we will put it on the website and Facebook group.

If anyone else in Brendon has anything to add then please get in touch.

Look for

“Thornbury Tatler”


A Day in the Life of Hayley and Robert Lynch and Family

We Lynches are a family of six who recently relocated from Somerset to Lashbrook. We are husband and wife, Robert and Hayley and we divide our time between our businesses, enjoying life and our four beautiful children: Millie 17, Rosie 14, Aimee 11 and Woody 9 and our two husky dogs.

We moved here because of our love of the North Coast and moors, "A rugged, inspiring landscape which makes you feel alive and at peace". Despite coming from a rural, coastal location we are embracing what we feel is a purer form; the girls each have a love for horse riding and Woody is a natural surfer.

Hayley was born and bred in Kilmington, East Devon and is a Photographer, 'Tigerfly Photography' covering all subjects, but I specialise in Wedding Photography. I recently took a photograph of the Northern Lights over Thornbury and this is reproduced opposite.

Robert is a traditional craftsman, 'Robert Lynch & Son' makers and conservers of architectural joinery, furniture and historic finishes. Born in London I moved to East Devon at 16 and met Hayley. I am devoted to the practise and knowledge of traditional craft and am considered an expert in my field. I want to preserve the heritage and traditional craftsmanship for future generations. I have worked on many historically important properties; for example, for English Heritage as well as the Crown Estates. Sometimes my work involves conserving original works or sometimes it is making exact ‘aged’ replicas, including pieces for Edwin Lutyens’ Granddaughter who has a specialist furniture shop. My highest honour is meeting and working for TRH the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Hayley has always contributed to local communities, organising numerous events over the years and recently made a charity calendar through my photography business, raising £12,000 for Breast Cancer Campaign and Cancer Research UK.

We look forward to becoming part of the community and contributing wherever we can.


Neighbourhood and Farm Watch

As I have reported on several occasions we are very fortunate to live in a low crime area with just petty crime and minor vandalism. However, we are at risk of scams and Torridge District Council has reported a new one about Council Tax Rebates. People are being contacted by someone who says either: They are from a company (a bit like PPI) and can help the person reduce their Council Tax Bill and assist in making a claim for back payments if they send them a fee of £65. Or, They are from the Council and the person may be eligible for a refund for their miscalculated tax and if they provide their Bank details they will directly reimburse them!

This will never happen from any authority. Never pass details over the phone or internet. If you are asked for a fee, then it will be a scam!

DON’T FALL INTO THE HANDS OF THESE CRIMINALS! STAY SCAM SAFE.

In October we received the bad news that Devon and Cornwall Constabulary are to reduce their staff by up to 500 Police Officers and at least 200 PCSO’s. More recent reports indicate that it might be even worse than this. Also within the next five years 34 Police Stations will close, leaving only Bideford open in Torridge and it is expected that dur-ing this period all our Beat Teams will cease to exist. Neighbourhood Watch believes that PCSO’s have been the best thing to happen in respect of NHW in years. They have worked closely with us since they were introduced and we have benefitted from working with them.

Northern Lights

seen over

Thornbury!

Captured by

Hayley Lynch on

7th October at

9.30pm.


Kerbside recycling services in Torridge

I am aware that some people are rather concerned that the recycling waste that is being collected from our homes is not, in fact, being recycled as they see it going into the back of a conventional refuse lorry. I therefore contacted Torridge Council to find out what happens to our waste and I was reassured that our waste IS being sorted and recycled: this is how.

When the Council first learnt, without prior warning, that its contractor could no longer provide the service we had been used to, they had to move fast to put something new in place. They therefore decided to use a different sort of service in which the recycling waste is collected with a minimum of kerbside sorting. In some cases, this has benefits in that less material escapes and is left behind on roads, pavements etc. At the moment glass is separated from other materials into a special compartment of the split bodied vehicles. Apparently this allows for a much smoother and quicker collection.

As before, we are still being asked to separate our recycling into different bags and boxes and these include a Green Box for cans, glass, plastic bottles, a Green Bag for Paper and a Brown Bag for Cardboard. The latter process has apparently caused some confusion with the general public who have, for example, questioned why they need to separate materials into different bags and boxes if most, apart from glass, is then co-mingled into the same compartment of the vehicles. The answer is twofold: firstly it keeps the cardboard and paper materials dry and easier to process later on; and secondly kerbside sorting may be re-introduced at some point in the future and so for the time being the same methods of separation are being advised. The same types of materials previously collected should be put out for now but the Council will continue to review additions to this growing list. The recyclable materials end up at the Coastal Recycling plant near Torrington where they are transported to a Materials Reclamation Facility for sorting. This has the ability to mechanically sort the materials by a system of magnets for tins, air blowers for paper and card, and other conveyors. All the materials are then baled and transferred to a range of companies for onward processing. In the first week of operation over 142 tonnes of recycling was collected which was far in excess of the 75-90 tonnes normally collected at that time of year. Feedback from the reprocessing facility has also indicated that the material is of a high quality with little contamination or unwanted product mixed in. Carry on Recycling !


District Council Report from Philip Hackett The main issues that have been receiving attention in the last few months have been the threatened closure of in-patient beds in our Community Hospitals and the Parliamentary Petition to improve the condition of our rural roads, both of which have received considerable attention in the media.

I presented a 3,000 strong petition instigated by myself together with several colleagues on Torridge District Council to the North Devon Healthcare Trust calling on the Trust to pause the decision making process. The trust adopted a proposal to close the in-patient beds in Ilfracombe and Bideford, and retain the beds in North Molton and Holsworthy. Sadly I believe that this is only a short term reprieve and we as a community will, in all probability, have to face this battle again.

The Parliamentary Petition to improve our rural roads, which was promised by Geoffrey Cox MP at a meeting of the Bradford Dangerous Roads Action Group was taken to Downing Street by Geoffrey and a group of local school children on Friday 20th November. I drove the group up in the Holsworthy College minibus. This was a truly inspirational day for us all, as not only did we have a tour round Parliament, but spent an hour in Downing Street and had an opportunity to take many photographs outside No 10.

Geoffrey Cox MP and Philip Hackett, with Liz, Laura and William Priest, Katie Wood and others from Sheepwash, Milton Damerel, Bradford,

Holsworthy and Halwill, who attend school in Holsworthy


Bell Ringing

Have you ever fancied

having a go at

bell ringing?

Well, now is your

chance. We are looking

for beginners who wish

to have a go.

We ring at Thornbury

and Bradford churches

If you are interested,

please contact

David Whitehead on

01409 261777 or

07935005733


LOGS FOR SALE

£50 per dumpy bag £5 for a small bag

Mixed wood. Collection from The Barton, Next to Thornbury Church

or Local Delivery Available.

07775070606 or 01409261373


PILATES IN DEVON

Small, friendly group classes and 1 to 1 sessions starting in the Torridge area.

Certified Level 3 Matwork Body Control Pilates Teacher + Register of Exercise

Professionals Listed.

Individual correction assured to ensure you get the most out of your practice of this

method. Come along and give my classes a try – your body will thank you for it!

For more information or to book a class……

Please e-mail Katie Soudry at

[email protected] or www.facebook.com/pilatesindevon


Emergency Plan Contact Numbers: Chris Ward S.Wonford - centre 261459 Tim Priest S.Wonford - outlying areas 261673 Keith Hutchings Thornbury - outlying areas 261373 Glen Headland Lashbrook & Lopthorne 281959 Trevor Jollow Thornbury - centre 261291 Tony Gifford Brendon 261374

Stephen Sanders Woodacott 261626 07971 695091 Snow Warden:

Steve Bond 261123 or 07970 731044

General Emergency Numbers: Police, Fire & Ambulance Emergencies 999 Police Non-urgent 101 Holsworthy Medical Centre 253692 Devon Doctors (out of hours) 08456 710270 A&E – Stratton Hospital 01288 287700 A&E— Bideford/Barnstaple 01271 322577 South West Water (leaks) 0800 2300561 Gas Emergencies 0800 111999 Electricity Emergencies 0800 4085500 Power cuts (Western Power) 0800 6783105 N.H.S. Direct 0845 4647 Torridge District Council 01237 428700 D.C.C. Highways 01392 383329 Environment -S.W.Agency 08708 506506 Samaritans 08457 909090 Victim Support 0845 3030900 Your local Police are: SGT 14298 Pennie Channing PC 14936 Andy Moakes P.C.S.O. 30643 Mark James Holsworthy Police 259461 Email: [email protected]

Thornbury Parish Councillors: Chairman: Trevor Jollow Vice Chairman: Keith Hutchings Tim Priest, Chris Ward, Stephen Sanders, Gaye Tabor & Liz Priest Parish Clerk: Thelma Priest 01409 240194

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