It is really sad to learn that Bryan Dunnill has passed away. Bryan lived in East Farndon for many years and everyone loved his friendly, positive and happy personality.
Bryan was fully involved in village life, as illustrated in the photo, which shows him (front left) helping out with the installation of the newly restored church bell.
Bryan’s family invites friends from East Farndon to attend his funeral, to be held at 3pm on Wednesday 14th September 2022 in East Farndon Church, and afterwards at East Farndon Village Hall.
East Farndon celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in style. Everyone had a great time and the special events raised valuable funds for our local community charities.
The Jubilee Committee were delighted to present £848 to Gavin Dean, Assistant Treasurer of the Market Harborough Jubilee Foodbank. The photo shows Gavin with Sam Beesley and Jo Shaw from the Jubilee Committee and Melanie Duke from the East Farndon Parish Council.
You can read more details and browse photos from the multiple Jubilee events, that raised a superb total of £4,738.87 for our local community, by visiting our Platinum Jubillee home page via the website menu and/or the link below:
Huge thanks to everyone for their help and support in making these events so special. If you have questions, please email Mervyn Curtis or Caroline Burton.
Many thanks to Judy Hodgetts and Theresa Reed for giving such an engaging and interesting talk on Friday July 1st 2022. The Village Hall was full and the evening raised an amazing £308 for the upkeep and improvement of the East Farndon War Memorial.
If you missed the event, you can now view the video of the talk on line by clcking this link: https://youtu.be/DrmkdtR5atA
The talk focused on the details of the two air crashes that happened in the village during World War II. Judy explained how she investigated them and told us about the intrigue that surrounds one of the crashes.
Judy was joined by Theresa Reed, who has been metal detecting the crash sites for many months, prior to them becoming protected. Theresa found and catalogued lots of pieces of aircraft wreckage, including several personal items. She put these on display and talked about the technicalities of how these interesting finds were detected and identified.
You can read more about the Air Crashes, the recent memorial events and see more WW2 articles on this website by clicking the link below,
As part of the East Farndon Platinum Jubilee Celebrations, a special Coffee Morning & Exhibition was held in the Village Hall. This included a historical display, created by Alan Langley, Judy Hodgetts and Russell Burton, that featured past Royal Celebrations in the Village and details of 200 years of Parish Council (and its predecessors) Village support.
We are pleased to announce that the Exhibition content is now available to view on this website via the menu or by clicking the links below:
You can see further details on how East Farndon celebrated the Jubilee in style, and browse photos of these special events, by visiting our new Platinum Jubillee home page via the link below:
In addition, the Jubilee Organising Committee are very pleased to announce that the East Farndon Jubilee events produced proceeds of £4,738.87. These have been distributed in line with the Jubilee Committee Constitution as follows:
£1,542.87 to the East Farndon Parochial Church Council, the proceeds to be used for repairs to East Farndon Church.
£848.00 to the East Farndon Amenity Land Trust (Marriott Green).
£848.00 to the Market Harborough Jubilee Foodbank.
£900.00 to the East Farndon War Memorial maintenance & improvement fund to create an ongoing Jubilee physical legacy. Monies held by the Parish Council.
£100.00 to the Market Harborough Army Cadets.
£500.00 to be kept in a nominated reserve to meet printing costs for a Commemorative Jubilee Booklet. This will be sold and any proceeds distributed to the Church, Amenity Land and Foodbank. Monies held by the Parish Council.
Huge thanks to everyone for their help and support in making these events so special. If you have questions, please email Mervyn Curtis or Caroline Burton.
At this time of year, our local Farmers use Bird Scarers in the fields around East Farndon. The article below explains why they are used and how local residents can make their views known if they have a concern in relation to this.
Spring barley is being grown in the fields around East Farndon and during the early stages of growth the crop is very soft which makes it easy for birds of all kinds to trample it down to peck out the seeds.
Crows and Rooks can eat their way through a few acres of crop a day, so it quickly becomes a problem for crop farmers if they don’t take preventative measures – early mornings are the worst times apparently. This usually happens for a couple of weeks until the crop hardens around early July, the barley usually being combined in late July.
From a legal / environmental enforcement point of view, the Farmer is not doing anything wrong by using bird scaring devices. They are entitled to use such devices to manage crops and because they are trying to act responsibly by responding to local resident’s and Council requests, there is little enforcement that can happen.
We are surrounded by beautiful countryside which is owned by farmers who grow crops that are essential. The crops need protecting and despite the inconvenience to residents, the audible devices used to protect crops are permitted providing the landowners take reasonable measures to reduce noise impact and do not use them for a prolonged time.
East Farndon Parish Council of course take the views of residents seriously and will manage them as effectively as we can, however we must also be mindful that because of the rural nature of the village, the Farmers that farm the land are at liberty to do so as best they can in order that we can all ultimately benefit.
If residents are unhappy with bird scaring devices, they are more than welcome and entitled to report this to West Northamptonshire Council (WNC), who will duly investigate.
East Farndon Parish Council would ask that residents instead report it to us so that we can investigate and liaise directly with the Farmer responsible to get a quicker resolution. This also means that it can all be dealt with at a local level – the farmer would much rather be approached in this manner.
You can contact East Farndon Parish Council, by clicking this link to send an email to our Parish Clerk, Caroline Burton.
EFPC understands that environmental / noise complaints must be reported to the local authority in which the person complaining resides. If you are not a resident of East Farndon / West Northamptonsire then please check first with you own local authority, or contact EFPC as described above.
You can read the latest details on all of our exciting East Farndon Jubilee Celebration events by clicking the link below, which will take you to our dedicated Jubilee Page,
East Farndon Parish Council stands in support of the people of Ukraine. Please consider making a personal donation to one of the following humanitarian relief charities, by clicking the links below,
Please also consider the scheme that is run by the government for people to make an offer of accommodation (https://homesforukraine.campaign.gov.uk). Hosts and refugees will be vetted by the government.
Following the visit by our local MP, Chris Heaton-Harris, on 14th Jan 2022, he confirmed his 100% support for the East Farndon Parish Council (EFPC) objections to these developments.
He made his views known on his official social media and contacted Historic England on our behalf, who have sent the following reply.
“Historic England has provided comments to West Northamptonshire Council’s (WNC) Spatial Options Consultation, which includes the proposed allocation at East Farndon. Our response expressed concern regarding the potential impact on the scheduled monument and advised that a detailed heritage assessment would be required at an early stage to ensure its significance is preserved, including contributions made by its setting. This would include areas of ridge and furrow that preserve the former medieval open field system and therefore make a positive contribution to the significance of the monument.
The World War II crash site will be protected under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. It is an offence under section 2 of this act to tamper, damage, move, remove or unearth remains. Further information on this can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/aviation-archaeology. The Parish Council can highlight their concerns regarding unlawful activity with the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC) who licence lawful investigation of crash sites and will be able to advise further.”
Councillor Phil King, leader of Harborough District Council (HDC), commented on the Facebook of Chris Heaton-Harris as follows,
“I am not expecting that these sites, in adjoining West Northants will be required to deliver the anticipated housing needs for the Harborough district, as we review our adopted Harborough Local Plan”
Although the above is good news, the latest situation remains that WNC are not including these development proposals in their strategic plan, but HDC still regard them as a potential option to include in their upcoming strategic plan.
EFPC will continue to stay focused and work hard, together with our Ward Councillors and our local MP, Chris Heaton-Harris, to convince both WNC and HDC to scrap these proposals as soon as possible. In addition, EFPC will be writing formally to both WNC and HDC to reinforce the points made by Historic England.
A Google Maps overlay that illustrates the proposed development is shown below. Full details about the development, the EFPC response and information on how resident’s can object, are located in the Parish Council section of this website. To access, please use the menu or click the link below,
If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact the East Farndon Parish Clerk or any of the Councillors. Their contact details can be accessed on this website, using this link, https://eastfarndon.org/parish-council/
Google Maps with overlay showing Major Housing Development Areas
Over the weekend, the sheep in the fields near the East Farndon Church have been attacked by dogs. They are currently heavily pregnant and this has caused a lot of damage and stress to the sheep.
We are appealing to dog owners / walkers to please keep their dogs on leads when walking through fields with livestock.
For more information on how to prevent dogs from attacking farm animals, please read the NFU Mutual article by clicking the link below,
