Parish History and Guide

The Parish Guide

In 2003, a working party of volunteers, under the leadership of Mr. Mike Kimbery and Mrs. Pym Paxton (Parish Clerk), came together to produce and publish an extensive Parish Guide detailing the history, community buildings, amenities, groups, local walks, and other areas of interest within the Group Parishes.

A number of people were approached to write a draft of one or more chapters of the Guide and a full list of accreditations can be found at the end of the report.

• The main body of the Guide is found in Chapters 1 to 11 and we also encourage readers to turn to Chapter 12, ‘In Conclusion’, for a summary of our endeavours.
• For those who would like to know more about the history and development of the area, they will find this mostly in the second half of the Guide.
• If you are interested in how our Parish evolved over the centuries in the context of local and national events, please turn to Chapters 13 and 14, supplemented by Appendices 3 to 9.

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The Aims of the Parish Guide

One key aim was to try and make the Guide practical and useful, especially for those who move into the Parish (see Chapter 4). The early chapters reflect this emphasis.

One of the additional aims of producing this volume is to encourage a greater sense of community amongst our rather scattered population. The more friendships we can form with our neighbours, the more local activities we can join in with (see Chapter 5 and Appendix 1), and the more pleasant will be the environment in which we live and work.