Bourton-on-the-Water: 42 Days of Sewage Discharge into the Windrush Some of you will have seen the recent Channel 4 dramatisation "Dirty Business" of the campaign against sewage pollution in the River Windrush. If you haven't, I'll put a link below. Ashley Smith and Peter
This is Sherborne Brook Support Group, a brand new site by Roger Davies that's just getting started. Things will be up and running here shortly, but you can subscribe in the meantime if you'd like to stay up to date and receive emails when new content
I’m sorry that my last post was unclear. The date for planting oak saplings is NOT this coming Saturday 28th Feb, but the following Saturday 7 March. I’m confident we will get sufficient planted on the saturday and not need to repeat on the Sunday if we meet
Firstly a couple of diary dates: 1. On Tuesday 3 March, between 5 pm and 6.30pm, Andrew Danson of the National Trust is holding a drop ins session in the NT offices. He is available then to anyone from Sherborne to answer any queries etc that you may have
Bye bye Substack, hello Ghost
More understanding of Lodge Park
It must be love.
Or is that wishful thinking?
I’m pleased to say that we now have identified spots for all 17 of the Ancestor oaks, to be planted out around the parish in memory of the names on the village war memorial. Image: Oaks in Sherborne planted 300 years ago, the parents of our saplings. These saplings
Just testing...
The Gardens Trust are an exemplary national charity with regional branches - our local branch is the Avon and Gloucestershire Gardens Trust. Currently they are classified as a “statutory consultee” for planning applications affecting Registered Parks and Gardens. The Gardens Trust can also be engaged with before planning applications are
All the best for 2026. For now a brief wildlife report and some teasers for the future: 1. Otters continue to frequent the Brook. I reckon they pass through once every ten days. They are kind enough to leave their poop and their footprints on the Glos Wildlife Trust Mink
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That 400 year old building...
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I’ve been collating Historic Environment Records for Sherborne, considering what they tell us about our past. Today I’m looking particularly at the Roman period. Add archaeological evidence, geophysical surveys, and what might be called social history to the HERs and a startling picture emerges of the roman period
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Ancestor oaks
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There were two sizeable lakes in Lodge Park, but we can now only see the remains of one.
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Cursive necked swans and cursive transliteration.
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Ancestors, eh?
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How close is our village history!
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A list of people who lived "west of the Church" in the 1200s
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A hint...
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More ancient history and other local landscape and nature stuff.
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From little acorns...
A recent presentation given to the Northleach Historical Society