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Marathon Man Keeps on Running…

Steven Clifford, who lives in Kentisbury, finished his 8th London Marathon in 4 hours 2 minutes on Sunday 17 April. Steven has raised £1,200 for VICTA, Visually Impaired Children Taking Action; see their web site for information; and about £250 for Kentisbury parish church of St. Thomas. Training for next year’s marathon will begin for [...]

Community News

Councillor Joe Tucker visited the village hall to see the new kitchen and shed bought with the help of the community grant.

Laurie Denham is showing him the shed which will house surplus tables and chairs, and Ana Chylak is showing him the micro wave and kitchen.

Congratulation to the WI darts team who are through to [...]

2011 Events in the village hall

March 12 Whist Drive for church funds

March 26 Whist Drive

April 8 Race Night

April 18 Annual meeting

May 14 Plant sale

June 19 Open Garden Beachborough

August 6 Clay Shoot

October 22 Plant sale

See local press for more details.

Big Breakfast 2011

The Church of St. Thomas, Kentisbury has been awarded a grant of £113,000 from the English Heritage and Lottery fund for major roof repairs. To celebrate this and to launch our appeal to raise the balance needed, a Big Breakfast was held in Kentisbury Village Hall last Sunday. Nearly 100 people came to Breakfast and [...]

WI Knit In 2011

This year’s WI knit in was attended by 15 knitters. After two hours Mary Green had knitted 30 inches. All the sponsor money will go to the North Devon Hospice. #gallery-3 { margin: auto; } #gallery-3 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-3 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-3 .gallery-caption {
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The Barum Singers

Share Music and Calvert Trust Exmoor present

The Barum Singers (Director: Jantina Barker)

An Evening of Music and Carols

On Friday 3rd December at 7.30pm

at

Calvert Trust Exmoor Wistlandpound, Kentisbury

Tickets £7 Adults £3 Children under 12 years old

Warming refreshments including a glass of mulled wine

Tickets available from Calvert Trust Exmoor telephone [...]

Cleaning the Village Hall

The village hall is used for all sorts of local activities. It’s no wonder it gets messy from time to time, so it’s good we have a team of willing volunteers on hand to don the rubber gloves, pull up their sleeves and get their hands dirty cleaning the hall.

A HUGE thank you to [...]

St Thomas’ Harvest Celebration

St Thomas’ parish church enjoyed a well attended harvest celebration on Sunday. During the service traditional harvest hymns were sung and offerings of soil,corn,roots,seeds,vegetables,fruit,flowers,and the harvest loaf were brought to the altar for the Rev. Les Austin to give prayers of thanks for. The service was followed by a most tasty harvest supper. The auction [...]

Kentisbury and Trentishoe Craft and Flower Show

The Kentisbury and Trentishoe Craft and Flower Show on Saturday was well attended. It was the fifteenth show and to mark the occasion Mr and Mrs Heywood donated two cups. One for the junior with the most points and a “Local Perpetual Cup for the most points in the Show”. Brenda Bowden won the Local [...]

Little Berries Pre-School

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Download a leaflet here