Example
FALFIELD - Pale brown or fallow open land'. Old English fecal + field.
Taken from
A Dictionary of Place-Names Oxford University Press, © A.D. Mills 1998.
Visitors since
September 2005
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PARISH COUNCIL
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY 15TH JULY IN THE VILLAGE
HALL AT 7.30 PM
Click here for the Agenda
For the minutes of the meetings held in May go to the Parish Council Minutes page.
FALFIELD PARISH COUNCIL
The Parish Council is looking to fill 2 MEMBER VACANCIES by co-option and they meet
bi-monthly on a Tuesday evening at Falfield Village Hall. If you would be interested
in becoming a Parish Councillor and becoming involved with your community then please
contact the Parish Clerk, Mrs. Dawn Bramley on 01454 261677 or email falfieldpc@googlemail.com.
FALFIELD BEAT SURGERY
To be held in Falfield Village Hall between 10:00-11:00
On Thursday 24th July 2014
GIVING THE RESIDENTS OF FALFIELD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME ALONG
AND SPEAK TO THE LOCAL BEAT TEAM. TO DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THEY MAY HAVE
Next collection
Thursday 19th June
Bins & Bag Week
Black & Green bins, cardboard & food waste
Next collection
Thursday 10th July
Box & Bag Week
Recycling, plastic, paper & food waste
Next collection
Thursday 17th July
Bins & Bag Week
Black & Green bins, cardboard & food waste
Next collection
Thursday 24th July
Box & Bag Week
Recycling, plastic, paper & food waste
Next collection
Thursday 31st July
Bins & Bag Week
Black & Green bins, cardboard & food waste
Next collection
Thursday 7th August
Box & Bag Week
Recycling, plastic, paper & food waste
Next collection
Thursday 14th August
Bins & Bag Week
Black & Green bins, cardboard & food waste
2nd June
Queen Elizabeth II
Coronation Day
10th June
Birthday of
The Duke of Edinburgh
15th June
Official celebration of Her Majesty The Queens Birthday
21st June
Birthday of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
28th June
Armed Forces Day
17th July
Birthday of The Duchess of Cornwall
22nd July
Birthday of Prince George of Cambridge
15th August
Birthday of Princess Anne
15th September
Birthday of Prince Harry
21st October
Trafalgar Day
9th November
Remembrance Sunday
11th November
Remembrance Day
14th November
Birthday of The Prince of Wales
20th November
Her Majesty’s Wedding Anniversary
In 2010 as part of the 150th anniversary of St George’s Church a flag pole was erected
in the churchyard. The St George’s flag is normally flown on a service day. On “official”
flag days either the Union Flag or St George’s flag is flown.
The next “official” flag day will be:
WELCOME TO THE FALFIELD WEBSITE
Please come in and browse around – I hope that parishioners and visitors will find
the pages of the updated website useful and interesting and would welcome your feedback
and comments on the website, and any suggestions for how it could be improved. And
of course if you spot any inaccuracies or typos, please do draw them to my attention.
There is much practical information and links to activities and events taking place
in and around the village. You will find details on the website about the work of
the Parish Council including Minutes provided by the Parish Clerk and you will also
find information of the general history of the village.
Village institutions, clubs
and social groups are beginning to be represented on the website’s pages and I would
like to include everyone. So, if you are involved with a local group and would like
a presence on the website, please let me know. Similarly, if you would like to publicise
an up-coming event or occasion, do get in touch.
You will also find various information on the history of the village
This website is in the process of ongoing development and l would be extremely grateful
for feedback from villagers on its style and content.
James Carpenter
The Gables Hotel, Falfield continue to sponsor the Village web site.
Once again The Gables Hotel are sponsoring the Village web site for another 12 months
from May 2014. Click on the links below for more details on up and coming events
at The Gables Hotel during 2014
Our thanks must also go to Link-2 for providing a simple and effective low budget
hosting package.
Falfield Village Hall Management Committee held a very successful Barn Dance on Saturday
14th June at Buckover Farm,
thanks to Chris Daniels and family.
The event was attended by just over 100 people who were entertained by the music
of Sargent’s Mess and danced the night away under the enthusiastic instruction of
their caller. A tasty Ploughman’s supper was enjoyed by all, having been prepared
by members of the committee. The popular bar and raffle, alongside ticket sales,
achieved a very good profit of £750. This is the main fund raising event in this
year’s calendar and will go towards essential maintenance and up keep of the hall
premises.
Thanks must go to local business who donated raffle prizes: The Gables Hotel, Tortworth
Court, Eastwood Garden Centre, Traditional Butchers of Thornbury, UK Global Road
Safety, and the Therapy Centre Falfield along with donations from individuals. We
must also thank the Daniel’s family again for their kindness in accommodating us
and even allowing use of an outside TV screen to allow football fans to watch the
end of the England V Italy match!
The hard working committee are already talking about the next Barn dance in 2016
so be prepared for another do-si-do
For a picture gallery of the evening click here.
FALFIELD BEAT SURGERY WILL TAKE PLACE IN FALFIELD VILLAGE HALL BETWEEN 10:00-11:00
ON THE FOLLOWING DATES
GIVING THE RESIDENTS OF FALFIELD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME ALONG AND SPEAK TO THE LOCAL BEAT TEAM.
TO DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THEY MAY HAVE.
PC NATALIE DRAPER PCSO DAWN GOLDING
THORNBURY NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE TEAM
If you need to contact the Beat Team, any other time we can be contacted on:
0117 945 5902 or 0117 945 5903
For all non-emergency calls ring – 101 In an emergency - 999
THURSDAY 24th JULY 2014
THURSDAY 21st AUGUST 2014
THURSDAY 2nd OCTOBER 2014
THURSDAY 30th OCTOBER 2014
THURSDAY 11th DECEMBER 2014
ST GEORGE’S CHURCH RECORDS
MARRIAGES 1863 TO 1960
Information on the marriages which took place between 18630 and 1960 in Falfield
have now been added to the Church Records pages of St George’s Church. To go to the
opening page click here.
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2014
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33.6 mm
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2013
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26.8 mm
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2012
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106.8 mm
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For more information on monthly weather highs and lows for 2014 go to the Weather
page.
Roman and Alex - pictured left are two friends from the University of Exeter who
are taking part in this year's 'International Project' which is run by the University
of Exeter Students' Guild society, Community Action', in conjunction with a charity
called 'KickStart Ghana'. They are raising funds for this project by walking from
Exeter to Halesowen between 10th and 19th June.
On the evening of Sunday 15th June they reached Falfield and spent the night in St
George’s Church before walking onto Gloucester the following day.
So far they have raised £2,290 of their target of £3,500.
To find out more information go to their website www.thebigwalk.org
1914 -1918 Centenary
Details can now be found of
all 13 individuals who are remembered on the Village War Memorial from the 1st World
War. Go to the 1914-1918 Roll of Honour page under War Memorial page in the history
section or click here
The JULY 2014 issue of the 5 Villages Alive which covers the villages of Rockhampton,
Cromhall, Falfield, Tortworth and Tytherington is now available to view on line.
Click here to go the the 5 Alive page.
MICHAELMAS FAYRE 27th SEPT
The chief aim of this event is to raise money to help Syrian refugees who have fled
to countries including Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt and Bulgaria as well as raising
funds for our own parish churches.
Plans are now well underway for our Fayre and there is to be a Grand Raffle for which
the first prize will be a magnificent hand-made ‘log cabin’ patchwork quilt.
This quilt has been made by Margaret Oliver and we are most grateful to her for this
generous donation which represents many hours of hard work on Margaret’s part.
Other prizes will include: a voucher for Tumpy Green Equestrian Centre and a chicken/goose
dinner. Look out for tickets on sale at events in the benefice during the summer.
We shall also be looking for volunteers to help run the event, so if you would like
to offer your services in any capacity, please contact the representative in your
parish for details:
Cromhall: Ann Greenhalgh
Rockhampton: Anne Marshall & Margaret Oliver
Falfield: Linda Smith & Paul Davenport
Tortworth: Kay Rea & Jan Leach
Tytherington: Fiona Shipston & Val Johnson
