We are pleased to announce that our new Parish Councillor is Jessica Job. Jessica’s appointment brings the council back up to full strength. Although Jessica is relatively new to the village – having moved here 18 months ago from distant Toll Bar, where she grew […]
You may have noticed our new site features an image of the village sign as the ‘masthead’. In fact it’s so good we’ve used it twice, shades of New York, New York. But this is only temporary whilst the ideal image(s) is identified and a […]
It’s nice to know that once in a while, we get a win against the fly tippers that blight our village lanes! On 17th February this year, our champion litter picker, Brenda, on her daily clean up run, came across this scene on Scorcher Hills […]
The Parish council are recruiting a replacement councillor
The advances of technology, people’s expectations and current trends have meant that our website needed a complete overhaul. The previous model has lasted five years, which is quite a feat in these days. The new site has a much improved layout making it easier to […]
Nationally, the most common themes that emerge at local council meetings involve speeding, litter and dog poo – in any order. But pity the poor folk living in Alderbury in Wiltshire. This village along with Salisbury involved Scripal and Novichok. Alderbury was where the Scripals […]
Many of us have been trotting down Scorcher Hill Lane (SHL) for constitutional walks. The pandemic has added an extra dimension to the exercise. The walk is popular as it extends through the countryside allowing us to see the changing seasons up close. The growing […]
They dragged John Anne and Robert Dalby on a hurdle to the place of their execution on the Knavesmire at York on March 16, 1589. An eyewitness wrote that “they lay sweetly with their hands joined as the fearful moment approached”. John was the first […]