Paxton Post Issue 20

Issue 20

Paxton Post

September - October 2020

THE MAGAZINE FOR GREAT PAXTON

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Vicar: Canon Annette Reed 01480 211048 canonannettereed@gmail.com Churchwardens: 1 Mint Lane, Great Paxton 01480 219846

Mrs Sarah Gray, 12 Church Lane, Great Paxton 01480 214015

Tower Captain Mrs Mary Parnham 01480 394727 MaryP2707@hotmail.com

For news from all of our four churches in the Paxtons benefice, please go to our website: www.thepaxtonsbenefice.org

Church Treasurer: Mrs Jacqueline Jackson jnmunro@btinternet.com

Our benefice Facebook Page is updated most days with news from our benefice and often carries stories from Great Paxton. You will find us @The Paxton Benefice.

Please do contact Annette with any enquiries about weddings, baptisms and funerals. Weddings, baptisms and funerals can now go ahead in parish churches with a limit of 30 guests and face coverings mandatory (except for those with medical exemption)

Regular services at Holy Trinity Church.

There is currently a service every Sunday starting at 10.30am for c 40 minutes.

Readings, music (though no congregational singing) and prayers are all based on the week’s bible readings. We can seat at least 30 people and make sure the building is clean and sanitizer available. Pleases wear a face covering.

Harvest Sunday – October 11th at 11.00am.

A special service for Harvest Festival with recorded harvest hymns.

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Annette looks back on the summer weeks and to the future.

First of all – sincerely hoping you are all keeping well physically and mentally as the complications around Covid-19 continue to challenge us and at times confuse us.

This is an upbeat article as we are pleased that quite a few practical tasks have been carried out at Holy Trinity church recently.

Our Church Organ The 1880 Bevington pipe organ has been refurbished thanks to a generous private donation, the work carried out Norman Hall and Sons in June.

It sounds sweet and clear and it’s been lovely that former vicar Father Peter Taylor and local organist David Wier have played for us at some of our services, even though we can’t sing.

Organ work in progress June 2020

Our five yearly architect’s inspection (The Quinquennial Inspection) This took place in July and our architect Nigel Walter sent us a full report on the condition of the church.

Generally, due to the care and attention it has been given in past years, it is in a good condition, but there are some urgent works that need attention.

High rise downpipes need clearing out and flashing repointed on the north and south aisles as well as some masonry repairs.

Help! Annette will be looking for some grants again and hoping we can raise the funds for this work as soon as possible as we have significant leaks coming in with heavy rain.

Other works aren’t quite so urgent but involved coping stones high up on the north aisle.

Good News – the internal plastering repairs!

During lockdown, Annette applied for some grants to repair the internal plaster work around the church which is looking very untidy and flaking badly.

We are delighted that the following grants have been offered: National Church Trust £1964.00.

Cambridgeshire Historic Church Trust £1,000.00 Allchurches Trust (The charitable arm of our insurers Ecclesiastical Insurers) £1,500.

These grants, along with other personal donations, mean that we

have enough funds to remove the defective plaster in the autumn and replaster in the spring of 2021.

We do not have funds at present to redecorate either the east wall of the chancel or the areas which will be newly plastered.

offered us a grant as above. If you can sponsor Graham, please do be generous if he approaches you! Any monies raised will be shared between Great Paxton Church and Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust.

If anyone wants to ring Graham and support him and Great Paxton Church, do give him a ring on 01480 212637.

Graham reckons he will cover c 20 miles visiting local churches.

General Funding!

Now, a huge thankyou – to everyone who responded so generously to our appeal for help with our general running costs in the last edition of Paxton Post. We have some new regular givers and the one-off donations were much appreciated.

However, as we move towards the autumn, our prediction is that we shall be c £4,500 short of the £12,755 we have to find by mid-November to pay our portion of the costs of having a vicar in our benefice.

So, another plea to anyone who feels they might like to make a one-off donation or take out a regular monthly standing order. The problem: our usual sources of income have been severely curtailed due to Covid-19.

If you can help with a one-off donation or a regular standing order, please do contact Jacqueline our treasurer: jnmunro@btinternet.com or myself: canonannettereed@gmail.com

Great News!

The resourceful 1000 years planning group continue to produce tasty treats which you can read about in Diane’s article and we are very grateful that the profits from the Harvest Hampers will be going to much needed general church funds.

We look forward as well to the socially distanced exhibition of photos of local families taken by Paul Ward during lockdown over the Harvest Weekend.

Graham Bevan will be inviting villagers to sign up from October onwards for the essential and much appreciated 100 Club draw which has basically kept the church open over the past few years.

Finally – Bats!

Bat survey volunteers Carole and George Baber have kindly offered to give an evening to Great Paxton Church talking about the fascinating

Graham is also going to take part in the September 12th Ride and Stride Day run by Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust – who have just

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world of bats and then having a bat detecting evening in the church as dusk draws on. At short notice, 8 people came along on August 20th and enjoyed hearing bat sounds on the monitoring equipment.

would be most appreciated – it all helps!

The date in September is yet to be fixed but we will announce it on the Great Paxton Community Facebook Page. A donation to church funds

Keep well and keep safe.

All good wishes Annette

More finally – ongoing thanks to everyone who is keeping the churchyard in tip top condition.

We welcome in the new season finally starting 5th September with 4 teams entered into the Hunts Youth League for season 2020/21.

Gt Paxton Colts have U8, U9, U11, & U13s playing home games this season on Saturdays at 10am. We would love villagers to come down and cheer the kids on! (complying with social distancing requirements) We would like to introduce & thank Kartik Patel from the village who is lined up to take over the U9 team this season, once he has completed his FA training.

Finally a reminder about dog walkers and their need to be vigilant with their dogs ensuring the pick up their dog poo!

The Rec is a sports facility foremost where children play.

We are still having too many cases of walkers too busy looking at their phones and not watching where their dog poos!

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We may not be meeting but there is still plenty going on.

Facebook: Great Paxton Remembers Website: https://greatpaxtonhistory.weebly.com/ Please visit the website. There are some new pictures. If anyone has some more pictures of people and places in Great Paxton we would be pleased to see them. greatpaxtonhs@yahoo.com and email : VJ Day was 15th August. Some of us in Great Paxton put up bunting, our Facebook page ‘Great Paxton Remembers’ was updated, and we refreshed the wreath on the Lancaster Memorial Cross, and put flowers on the two memorials in the churchyard.

"Pachstone Post" Writers are still wanted to create articles for our newsletter https://greatpaxton1000.co.uk/events/get-involved.php Resources We are very lucky to have Rachel O volunteer to transcribe some old wills and other legal documents relating to Great Paxton that have been discovered in various national and local archives. The modern English versions have been uploaded to the Great Paxton 1000 website. Please look at them, there is a lot of fascinating information. https://greatpaxton1000.co.uk/history/wills.php Research and Projects 1. Diane J. wonders if the old orchard between the Church and the Old School is the Middle Orchard spoken about in the section on Great Paxton in history.ac.uk which says that in 1563, Queen Elizabeth granted a close of land called Middle Orchard, in Paxton, to William Grice and Anthony Foster.

It had formerly belonged to Whitwell chantry.(fn. 97). Anyone want to take the challenge and investigate further?

2. Covid-19 Lockdown - The Great Paxton perspective.

Paul W has been leading a project to take portraits of Great Paxton residents during lockdown. If anyone wants to be included that hasn’t already had their photograph taken please contact him, on 01480 216240 or via the website https://greatpaxton1000.co.uk Have you started writing a chronicle about what the last few months have been like in our village for the future. These might also be included along

with the portraits in an exhibition in the church in the autumn. See the Great Paxton 1000 website for more information about the Great Paxton Lockdown Archive.

3. Graham J has read in a ‘Glebe Terrier’ (a record of land ownership in the village) that in 1763 there was a vicarage, two cottages, a brew house and a coach house near to the church. The vicarage was of two storeys, with four rooms on each floor and at least 38 feet long. This would make it quite substantial and it is strange that there are no signs of there ever being any buildings in or near the churchyard. This was in Bert Goodwin’s notes. Does anyone have any further information or has seen the original?

Dates of meetings– 2nd Monday of each month. 7.30 to 9.30pm at the Bell, we hope, otherwise we will continue by email.

NEXT MEETING 14th September, 12th October and 9th November Contact details - Diane James, for Great Paxton 1000 - 01480 406938 Graham James, for Lancaster memorial - 01480 406938 Paul Ward, for lockdown portraits, history walk and Pachstone Post - 01480 216240 Jacqueline Wieczorek, general Society information – 01480 477035 jacqueline.wieczorek@gmail.com -

STREET NAMES OF GREAT PAXTON For most of the village's 1000 years history there were very few roads but Brookside in the 1940s, the Towgood Way area in the 1970s and the Mount Pleasant area in the 1990s have considerably increased this number. The names are now usually decided by local councils and sometimes have a theme, such as birds, but ours have a varied background, some of them are self-explanatory but some may need explanation.

Looking over old censuses usually causes as much confusion as it helps. In 1841 and 1851 there are no street names mentioned. In 1861 there is a Railway Lane ( possibly what is now River Lane?). In 1871, and some others, a College Lane is listed. Another discovery was that even in the 1939 register of electors there are still no house numbers. I suppose the postman just knew everybody.

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CHURCH LANE - An obvious name for the lane on which the church stands but it has not always had this name . From an 18th century document it looks as if it may have once been called Bury Close. Bury when used in place names, such as Eynesbury, used to mean "a fortified place". It is believed that the village was originally formed around the church as it was near the river which was easily navigable and used as the main form of transport of people and goods.

ADAMS LANE- One source refers to a farm off Adams Lane that was once owned by two brothers with the surname of Adams. It does not look like it now but it used to be a sort of major road. There was a farm on the corner with the High Street until relatively recently and when it was no more than a farm track it continued up towards the farm as the track does today. This is shown on an 18th century map of the village. There were a few houses near the junction with the continuation of London Lane and it provided the route from there, and from villages such as Toseland, towards the church.

LONDON LANE- This is one of the oldest streets but not the most obvious name. It is thought that some people travelling to London would go up the lane to join an old Roman road which goes through College Farm and heads towards London. There have been properties in the Lane from at least the 16th century and it lead up to houses at the junction with Adams Lane, as the path still does today.

RIVER LANE- Predictably leads down to the river and the mooring where villagers could take a ferry over to Little Paxton, and the road appears on old maps of the village. This area was also the site of a cutting off the river which was used to help with the transportation of goods to the village and to the brickworks which used to be located there.

HIGH STREET- Although some old houses remain on the street, as has been said, the main part of the village had been by the river or up the hill. It has also been known by different names over the years including The King's Highway or The Surveyor's Highway. Strangely, in 1871 it is down on the census as High Street but in 1881 and 1891 it is called Main Road.

BROOKSIDE- This was named by the Parish Council in 1949. No prizes for guessing how this unimaginative name was decided upon.

DOVECOTE LANE - There used to be a dovecote near there, I assume.

TOWGOOD WAY - The became the first to be named after a person when it was built around 1976. It refers to a family who used to live in Paxton Hill House and for many years owned the paper mill that used to stand by the river in Little Paxton. This factory together with land that the family owned provided many villagers with occupations in the late 19th century. The family 12

were generous benefactors to the village providing for many improvements to the church and the reading rooms known as the Towgood Institute.

MEADOW WAY- Simply refers to the fact that there were meadows around the village before the estates were built.

MINT LANE- I have not been able to discover the reason for this although probably quite evident.

GLEBE CLOSE - This reflects the important role of the church in the history of the village. The word glebe referred to a piece of land that served as part of a clergyman's benefice and was a source of income to him.

RECTORY CLOSE - This was named due to its proximity to Paxton Place which used to be the vicarage, otherwise known as a rectory.

MOUNT PLEASANT - This is a reference back many years to a name of an area at the junction of Adams Lane and London Lane. There were still people living there at the time of a 1939 register. The area was also used for training purposes by American soldiers during World War 2.

BISHOPS WAY- Again a reflection of the major significance of there being a 1000 year old church with great architectural features and the nearness of the Church of England school which was opened by the Bishop of Ely. TRINITY CLOSE- This is another reference to the church which is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.

ST JOHNS MEWS - This is an historical reference to what we know as College Farm. It was more specifically St John's College farm as the Cambridge college bought the farmland around the current farmhouse about 300 years ago.

LUDDINGTON CLOSE - This was a nice touch. It was named after Frederick Luddington who was born in 1899 and, I believe, lived all his life here and his family for a few generations beforehand. He served in both world wars including fighting on the Western Front in 1917. He died aged 95 years old.

IZZARD RISE- Named after Annie Izzard who, in the early 19th century, was probably one of the last women to be accused of witchcraft. However it was not her who was sent to trial but some villagers who had violently attacked her. It was such an important case that the trial was held in London.

THE HAVENS - The newest road but it one which I have failed to discover any information. If anyone knows please contact me via the history group.

Graham James

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School Life Wordsearch

FIXED PENALTY NOTICES HOUSEHOLD WASTE The fixed penalty notice ( FPN) for breach of the household waste duty of care provides an alternative to prosecution. It allows an individual to discharge liability for the duty of care offence by payment of a financial penalty.

The duty of care requires occupiers of domestic property to take all reasonable measures available to them in the circumstances to ensure that they only transfer household waste produced on that property to an authorised person.

This reduces the chance of waste ending up in the hands of those who would fly-tip it.

The level of fixed penalty notice be set at £250, the maximum amount for this offence is £400, the fixed penalty notice for resident duty of care offences starts from 1st June 2020.

New Power contained under section 34 ( 2A ) Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Fly tipping is on the increase it is unfair on landowners who need to spend money to remove it, unfair on residents who see the countryside with locations of waste material.

There are hard working local firms who advertise their services and have record of good workmanship and duty of care in the removal of waste.

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BULKY WASTE COLLECTION Items collected can be reused where possible by donating them to nonprofit organisations and charities not going to landfill.

COLLECTION CAN BE ARRANGED by telephone 01480 388640 Please have list of items you need collecting and your credit or debit card details.

COST 1- 3 items £35 4-6 items £50 710 items £75 this can be shared with neighbour all items left together edge of your property next to the public highway at 6.30 am on your arranged day of collection.

CAN NOT BE COLLECTED Asbestos, Car/ Motorbike parts, Gas bottles, Oil motor oil and cooking oil, Paint / chemicals.

Tyres, Vehicles, Hazardous Waste.

RICHARD WEST DISTRICT COUNCILLOR GREAT PAXTON WARD Telephone 01480 811467 OR 0784 1866630 Email richard.west@huntingdonshire.gov.uk or richard.west@buckdencambs.co.uk

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YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED Something that I feel is most important and much needed to all of us in this village, surrounding villages and all walks of life....be it... walking, cycling, wheelchairing, bird watching, blackberry picking, star gazing, fishing, well being, nature loving, commuting, yes, the list goes on..........

Would you like to see the bridge reinstated over the River Ouse? I know I would! This project has been discussed over the past years but now we MUST make it happen!

Many years ago there was a chain link bridge over the River Ouse, called Wrey Ferry, children from Little Paxton Village would use it to attend the school in Great Paxton, a very elderdly resident remembers using it with his father!

We are living in times where we recognise we do not always want to use the car unnecessarily to take us out of the village and with the railway crossing being disused , we know, walking and biking along the roads can be difficult and dangerous at times.

Of course a chain link bridge would not pass Health and Safety standards now but with the possibility of funding from Highways England for, let's say, an arched metal bridge, (Paxtons Bridge!) it could be possible.

It will not be easy, as we would have to prove that the demand is there to use it. The bridge would not only benefit Great Paxton and Little Paxton but also numerous villages around the area, societies and clubs of all kinds would benefit to.

Your Parish Council is already in support of the project along with The Friends of Paxton Pits Nature Reserve.

Now it's time for you to help get this bridge over the River Ouse built.

I do hope you will join in and sign the support books placed in the Village Shop and The Bell Pub, soon there will be an online support form on the Parish Council website to complete and that we will suceed in our vision, especially for future generations to come.

If you know of any organisations that you feel would benefit please let me know and I will contact them or if you wish to discuss anything with regards to this, please contact me:Gaynor Christie email: truetomyrootz@gmail.com Mobile: 07855493256 22

Your Parish Council met in July and welcomed newly co-opted Councillor Mrs Jacqueline Jackson to her first meeting.

During the open public session, a wide ranging discussion took place on the possibility of reinstating a bridge between Great Paxton and Little Paxton, cycle/foot path links to St Neots and Godmanchester and opportunities to attract investment for these from Highways England and the National Lottery. Our County Councillor advised that considerable investment would be required for a new bridge and that any application for funding would need to demonstrate strong community support.

As Little Paxton Parish Council had expressed an interest in the SUSTRANS feasibility study that Great Paxton had previously commissioned on cycle/foot way links, Councillors agreed to get in touch with them to establish whether there was any opportunity that both Councils might work together to look at potential options that might be available.

In the meantime, Councillors are aware that a petition has been launched and is available to sign in the Community Shop in support of the bridge suggestion.

Regrettably, COVID 19 continues to impact on the County Council and the timescale for the implementation of the traffic calming measures approved for the High Street. Our County Councillor, Julie Wisson undertook to chase progress of the scheme on the Parish Council’s behalf but there has been no further update since the July meeting. Looking forward though, the application for funding towards a ‘buffer zone’ (a reduction in

the speed limit from 50mph to 40mph) between Paxton Hill and the High Street is ready to be submitted by the deadline of 27th September. There is no doubt that the information provided by Speed Watch Team in the village contributed massively to the success of the approved scheme but unfortunately they are unable because of the location, and for safety and insurance reasons, to collect data to complement this application so any individual letters/statements of support from residents would help when presenting the case to the County Council Panel next year. Please send your comments through to clerk@greatpaxton-pc.gov.uk or to jill.peters@greatpaxton-pc.gov.uk Briefly, in other news, the Parish Council has • Complied with all its Audit and Governance requirements for the financial year 2019/20.

These are now available to view on the website; •

Ensured that all items identified in the RoSPA safety inspection of Saxon Green Play Space have been dealt with; and

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Continued to participate in consultation on the improvements planned to the A428, due to commence in 2022.

Next Meeting: 21st September 2020 at 8pm. Venue to be confirmed nearer the time.

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From September all schools will be open once again and it will be mandatory for pupils to attend school. Cambridgeshire County Council local education authority have been working tirelessly interpreting the government guidance which has been at times vague, and communicating with all schools, maintained and academies to make sure that appropriate measures in place to open schools safely for pupils and staff.

Schools will need to be flexible and support pupils with approaches to improving pupil’s physical and mental wellbeing. It will be down to the individual school and head teachers, how they approach non-attendance and any concerns by parents or carers about a child attending a school setting must be communicated to the school. Systems of control will be in place, including frequent cleaning of surfaces/areas and hand washing. All schools will be under taking a Covid risk assessment before pupils start school in September which will be published on the school website. Bub-

bles will be formed made up of year groups of children which will not mix with other groups throughout the day.

So if there should be a positive Covid test within a bubble, it will be the bubble that will self-isolate for 14 days rather than the whole school. And schools will provide adequate home schooling resources for pupils that have to self-isolate should the need arise.

Ofsted inspections have been suspended for the autumn term and will recommence in January 2021. Residential educational trips have also been suspended until at least the October half term. Nationally the government have given an additional 1 billion of funding to allow pupils to be able to catch up through tutoring.

Julie Wisson County Councillor St Neots East and Great Gransden division 07725 791459 01767 677837 julie.wisson@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Taken 25/8/2020 as the wild weather swept in by David Lloyd

We've continued meeting online and We are incredibly completing challenges at home in the proud of all the final few weeks of term.

Rainbows, Brownies and Since half term the Rainbows have Guides and all that painted pebbles, played beetle and they achieved this taken part in a pedal power activity term be it at home (doing some of the actions they need or during our online on their bike. They've had a drawing meetings. We can't session where they have been wait to award a blindfolded and had to illustrate a mega badge haul to story - some very funny drawings. recognise all of their They've played bingo, kims game and achievements. Thanks too to all of had an end of term party complete the parents who have been so with music, party games, party bags supportive this term - on standby for and unicorn headbands (delivered to technical issues, when an extra pair their house!). of hands was needed and managing to provide all of the weird and Brownies voted for a 'bring your pet' wonderful bits and pieces needed for night and so we had rabbits, dogs, all of the activities. We couldn't have cats, gerbils and some pet unicorns done it without you. join our meeting! We've also made kites and found out about the We can't wait to be back together Afghanistani tradition of kite fighting even just virtually come September! as well as making our own crazy golf courses. We finished our term with a beach party; we played coastal inspired scavenger hunts, made our own ice cream using science and created our own flip flop memories.

The Guides finished off their term by taking on a virtual escape room - we did manage to escape and had time to make some mocktails to celebrate!

Before that they've explored 'privilege' and the advantages and opportunities this can provide, we also had some lighter moments making bum sandwiches (no typo), trying out surfing from the comfort of their homes and finding our inner Picasso by creating our own masterpieces.

1st Great Paxton Rainbows: 1st Great Paxton Brownies: 1st Great Paxton Guides: Church Bell Ringers Holy Trinity Church

1stgreatpaxtonrainbows@gmail.com 1stgreatpaxtonbrownies@gmail.com greatpaxtonguides@gmail.com Mary Parnham 01480 394727 Canon Annette Reed 01480 211048 canonannettereed@gmail.com Churchwardens Bob Hacking 01480 219846 Sarah Gray 01480 214015 Community Room Julie Edwards 01480 472132 Crafty Belles Craft Group Diane James Diane.james42@outlook.com 07522 449535 Crib Team Simon Black 01480 700107 Football Club Tom 07576 600523 Friendship Club Marion Reeves marionreeves@btinternet.com Gt. Paxton Community Shop 01480 218 624 Gt. Paxton Cubs Andy Ottley 07704 857636 Great Paxton Allotments and Community Garden Gillian Smith 01480 477847 gilliansmith462@btinternet.com Ladies Group Melanie Dingemans melanie.dingemans1@gmail.com OBAS Howard Fieldhouse 07824 569111 Parish Clerk Christine Brandon clerk@greatpaxton-pc.gov.uk Petanque Brian Wright 01480 473697 Recreation Ground Michael Fairs Michael.fairs@gmail.com School Headteacher Lee Frost 01480 472132 Great Paxton Preschool Julie Edwards 01480 472132 St. Neots Police 101 Village Website www.greatpaxton-pc.gov.uk Woodsooners Golf Society Trevor Smith 07473 213556 email: trevorsmith1009@outlook.com Walkers Group Linda Richardson 01480 213768 Any corrections please notify the editor or email jillatgp@gmail.com

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I just thought you would like to see some of the wonderful produce and flowers that have been grown by our dedicated plotters! Alongside the potatoes, beans,tomatoes and corn, It has been amazing to see, artichokes, aubergines, khol rabi and japanese vegetables all doing so well!

You may remember me mentioning in one of the previous articles, about developing the piece of land between the football pitch and The Allotments into a small wild garden area. If you do have any spare time, please contact me, as looking for volunteers to help clear it.

Many thanks Chairperson Gaynor Christie email: truetomyrootz@gmail.com Mobile: 07855 493256 or Gillian Smith our Secretary, details on contact page.

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we are now