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About Us
Chediston, Linstead Magna and Linstead Parva are three villages
linked by a grouped parish council - they cover an area in North
Suffolk, extending from Halesworth, north to Metfield. There are
two churches remaining; the church of Linstead Magna disappeared
many years ago and is now a scheduled archaeological site on
private
land.
Linstead Parva church, dedicated to St. Margaret of Antioch, lies
at a road/river crossing on the
extreme edge of its parish boundary.
The church at Chediston lies in the heart of the village, on a
slight incline overlooking the river Blyth. Recent
excavations just outside Chediston churchyard led
to the discovery of a burial, possibly Saxon. Remains of a minor
Roman settlement lie near the river and were excavated some years
ago.
There is a dispersed settlement at Chediston Green lying about
half a mile away from the church to the north.
The road, B1123, runs through the village. There is a network of
footpaths and bridleways linking various parts of the parishes, all
well used. Many of the houses are listed as being of historic
interest and are timber framed and some have large moats
surrounding them.
There are several active groups in the villages, including the W.
I. Linstead has a village hall, on the B1123 and
in Chediston, the public meeting place is Chediston Church
Room. The public house, The Duke of Wellington, is now
a private house at Chediston Green and Linstead's pub,
The Greyhound, closed many years ago.
WHAT'S
NEW? WHAT'S HOT?
Weather Forecast
Have you used the 5 day Local
weather forecast link on our Noticeboard
Page?
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PLANNING
APPLICATION
We are informed that the details of a Planning Application for
Grove Farm, Linstead Magna are now available at Halesworth
Library.
POLICE PRIORITIES IN HALESWORTH
Read these by clicking on the
Neighbourhood Watch tab.
CROSSOVER TALK 19/06/09
Read about the Crossover Talk
at St. Mary's Chediston. Click on the Church
tab
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH MEETING WITH THE
POLICE
Your Chediston NHW co-ordinator
attended a seminar at Martlesham Police HQ on 16th June. You
will find the report interesting. Read about the meeting by
clicking on the Neighbourhood Watch tab.
CREATIVE WRITING?
The website has received a
suggestion that we may care to include a 'Creative Writing'
section. This could encompass biographies, autobiographies,
wildlife observations, daily diary, etc. In fact anything
that you may feel would be interesting for our readers. What
do you think?
BELL RINGING SCHEDULE
AMENDMENT
The Schedule for Friday 19th
June has been amended. Also the Schedule for July is
published. See Church tab.
NEXT PARISH COUNCIL
MEETING
The Parish Council Meeting scheduled
for 22nd June has been cancelled due to lack of business. The
next meeting will now be on 20th July at Linstead village Hall
7.30pm. The Clerk's Draft Minutes upon the 18th May PC meeting is
now available under the Parish Council tab. Her
Report upon the Annual Parishes Meeting had already been
published.
FOR SALE/WANTED
I have been asked if the website
is likely to have a non-business For Sale/Wanted section.
Would you like to have this facility? Should there be a
charge and if so where should the money go/how much etc. What
are your views? Use the Contact Us tab to give your
opinions.
WILLOW LAKES OPEN
DAY
Here are a few images taken
during Pat & Joyce Gregory's opening of the lakes to villagers
on June
7th:
CATS' PROTECTION
COFFEE MORNING
Click on Events Reports tab.
CHEDISTON
ENTREPRENEURS
Click
on Noticeboard
tab
CHEDISTON REALLY GOOD FUN DOG
SHOW
Click on Noticeboard tab for Report and
Photos.
Julius King with his winning dog,
Dilly
GRASS CUTTING/STRIMMING
THANKS
Click on Noticeboard
tab.
STEPHEN
BURROUGHES ELECTED CHAIRMAN (MAYOR) OF SUFFOLK COASTAL DISTRICT
COUNCIL
Congratulations to Chediston's Stephen
Burroughes upon his election as Chairman (Mayor) of Suffolk Coastal
District Council. Click on the Noticeboard
tab.
LINSTEAD JUNE NEWSLETTER
Read the latest (June) Linstead
newsletter. Click on the Noticeboard
tab
ANNUAL PARISHES COUNCIL
MEETING
The Annual meeting of the three parishes (Chediston, Linstead Magna
and Linstead Parva) took place on the 18th May followed
by a formal Parish Council Meeting. The Clerk's Report
will be published as soon as available. The photo shows the
Parish Council (minus Janet Heath and Pat Gregory who were unable
to attend) with Mark Bryant, our local policeman giving his own
report. Click on the Parish Council tab to read the
Clerk's Report.
Litter Action - Spring Clean Suffolk
2009
Read the report
upon the 2009 Litter Action event. Click on the 13
May 2009 tab.
Neighbourhood Watch
NHW Scheme
now fully operational for whole of Chediston. Click on
NHW tab
Hamish Morten
It was
with great sadness that we reported the sad but peaceful passing of
Hamish Morten on Good Friday. Our condolences go to Julia and her
family.
Julia writes:
"On Tuesday a Service of
Celebration for the life of Hamish was held and the church was
packed. I would like to thank all those who made it
such a special occasion for me and my family.
Especially to the bell ringers who came to ring a peal for
Hamish in spite of it being a working afternoon.
Everyone commented on how beautiful it sounded, and how gorgeous
the church looked. Many thanks to you
all.
Julia"
CHEDISTON BELLS - MAY &
JUNE
Veronica Downing, Chediston's
Bell Tower Captain writes giving notice of the ringing times
for May & June. Click on either the Noticeboard or
Church tabs
CHEDISTON MAP
LAUNCH
Read
the Report upon the launch of the Chediston Map. Click on the
Events Reports
tab.
Oil Syndicate
The
Chediston and Linstead Oil Syndicate organiser, Maxine Martin,
informs us that at present she has one order for oil. If
anyone will require oil in the next couple of weeks, then contact
Maxine (01986-785471) ASAP and she will inform you as to the
best price that the syndicate can obtain. Use it or lose
it!!
COMMEMORATIVE FIRST
PEAL OF THE RESTORED CHEDISTON BELLS
Read the Report of the First Peal
of the Chediston Bells since restoration. Click on the
Chediston Church Project tab
REDEDICATION OF CHEDISTON BELLS
Read the Report of the Rededication of the Chediston Bells.
Click on the Chediston Church Project tab
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CHEDISTON AND LINSTEAD WEBSITE -
FEBRUARY STATISTICS
So where have you all been in February?
We have just received from our One Suffolk portal the number of
visitor hits for the month of February 2009.
These show that we have fallen back a little with the
Chediston and Linstead Parish
Website has scoring
thirteenth (down from ninth in January) of the 137 One
Suffolk portal village and town websites viewed by different
visitors. This is still good bearing in mind that these
statistics include large towns as well as much larger
villages. So encourage others to read the website so that we
can improve our visitor hits!
For up-to-date information on events and happenings in our two
villages, remember to regularly check this website. Thanks once
more to all contributors. Keep the information flowing!!
PANCAKE NIGHT IN
CHEDISTON
See the Report
of this super Shrove Tuesday evening under the 'Events
Reports' tab
CHEDISTON VILLAGE SIGN
Read the latest
debate about a Village Sign. Use the
Noticeboard tab.
PHOTO GALLERY
You may have noticed that you can
now 'open up' all of the photos in the Photo Gallery. There are a
few photos that are displayed and came from one photographer.
We would like to attribute these photos to that photographer, so if
you took them, please email us. Use the Contact Us
tab.
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MOBILE LIBRARY- LINSTEAD
PARVA
The Mobile Library Service to
Linstead will resume on 12th January
2009.
The Library will visit
Linstead at fortnightly intervals and will now be parked at
the Village Hall from
10.15 -10.25
am.
CHEDISTON
CHARITY
Read a Draft Summary of the Charity's AGM 2008 held on
November 11th. Click on the Chediston Village
Trust tab
LINSTEAD INFORMATION PACK AND
AUGUST LETTER
Read the Linstead General
Information Pack
Document-
LinsteadWebNewsletter.pdf
Read the new edition of the Linstead Newletter - see
Noticeboard tab.
Coming Up
Next
July
4/5
Linstead Flower Show. Theme 'Hollywood
Musicals'. Details - see Linstead Newsletter on the
Noticeboard tab
14 Chediston
& Linstead W.I. Linstead Village Hall -
7.30pm
26
Linstead Patronal Festival and BBQ. Linstead
Village Hall -
12.30pm
Reports
Read the
Parish Council Clerk's Summary of the latest Parish Council
Meeting held 18th May. Click on the Parish
Council tab
Read the latest signed-off Minutes of the Parish
Council
Click Here