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Casual Vacancy Notice

HENNOCK PARISH COUNCIL

THREE VACANCIES FOR OFFICE OF PARISH COUNCILLOR

Local Government Act 1972

There are three vacancies in the office of Parish Councillor on Hennock Parish Council for the period of the current Council which is due for election in May 2015.

The Parish Council proposes to fill the vacancies by co-option.

If you would like to serve as a Parish Councillor and are qualified to be a councillor pursuant to S.79 Local Government Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”) and are not disqualified pursuant to S.80 of the 1972 Act, you may apply.

Any person wishing to be considered to act as a Parish Councillor should write a letter of application of no more than 500 words. It should be submitted to the Clerk at Woodland Grove, Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 9LG and/or

The applications will be considered by the Parish Council and applicants will be shortlisted for an interview with the Council
Helen Reynolds, Clerk to the Parish Council

Chudleigh Knighton Post Office

Chudleigh Knighton Post Office reopens on Wednesday 30th May in Chudleigh Knighton Village Hall. Opening Hours Wednesdays 9am - 1pm Fridays 1pm - 5pm


Regular Parish Council Meetings


		Helen Reynolds (Mrs), Clerk to Hennock Parish Council 01626 832336 PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS The Parish Council hold their meetings the second Tuesday of every month (with the exception of August). The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 12th June 2012, 7.30pm at Chudleigh Knighton Village Hall. PARISH COUNCIL PLANNING MEETINGS The Parish Council Planning Committee hold their meetings the fourth Tuesday of every month to consider planning applications. The next meeting will be Tuesday 22nd May 2012 in the Old Library Room, Chudleigh knighton Village Hall.


	Mobile Library Service


			We have something for everyone. Our fleet of 8 mobile Libraries visits over 500 locations in communities across Devon giving access to books, audio books, Large Print and dVDs to people who cannot easily reach one of our 50 static Libraries. Membership is free, no ID needed. Join at any age - babies too! Thjere is no charge for borrowing books, and there's a great choice. You may hire a DVD from as little as £1 for a fortnight. Non-fiction books, Large Print and children's books can be reserved FREE. You can even reserve books online and collect them from the mobile library. There is someting to offer everyone on board so why not hop on and take a look? The mobile Library stops fortnightly on Fridays Chudleigh Knighton at Buckingham Orchard 14.55 - 15.25 The Palk Arms, Hennock 15.40 - 16.10 Teign Village Centre 16.15 - 16.45

Hennock is a large parish of 3,469 acres with three main settlements – Hennock, Chudleigh Knighton and Teign Village.

The village of Hennock, mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, is 600ft above sea level with spectacular views across the Teign Valley towards the Haldon Hills. The parish church of St Mary the Virgin is an ancient building in the Early Perpendicular style. The first vicar is recorded in 1207. The primary school was built in 1865 by Sir Lawrence Palk, whose family name has been taken by the local pub, the Palk Arms. The area is predominately agricultural but is also known for its mining, particularly micaceous heamatite, a form of iron oxide used as a constituent of anti-corrosion paint on civil engineering structures across the world including the Eiffel Tower.

Chudleigh Knighton by contrast, situated on the edge of the Bovey Basin, is known for its association with ball clay mining and brick and tile making by Candy’s and later British Ceramic Tiles in nearby Heathfield. At one time the offices of Great Western Potteries, part of Candy and Co, were located at Church House, owned by the manager John Morland Limpus. The village is also mentioned in the Domesday Book as Chenistona – “Roger holds it from the Bishop of Exeter”. And until 1973, when the A38 was turned into a dual carriageway, was on the main route from Exeter to Plymouth.

The church of St Paul, built in 1841-42, is a cruciform structure of Haldon flint – only one of two of this type in Devon. Chudleigh Knighton became an ecclesiastical parish in 1880. The primary school was built in 1873. The village has two pubs. The Anchor Inn has the first recorded licence as a public house in 1824, although The Claycutters Arms is undoubtedly located in the older building and was probably a cider house before it gained a full licence. The village hall, built by Sir Charles Seale Hayne of Pitt House in 1895, was originally a working men’s club and until the early 1950’s was associated with the temperance movement, intended to keep the thirsty clay workers out of the pubs and cider houses.

Teign Village was built on either side of a lane leading up to Hennock from the Teign Valley by The Teign Valley Granite Company in 1910. All the bricks were made by the Teign Valley Concrete Company, with sand for the mortar from Newton Abbot Glassworks. The Sports and Social Club, still a thriving concern supporting two local football teams in the South Devon League, was founded in 1913 by the local quarry manager.

Information provided courtesy of Steven Chown



	Dunley Cross



	Hennock Village

Chudleigh Knighton Village is the largest settlement in the Parish with over 550 homes. The village residents originally served the clay industry where there is still a working pit The village lies between Bovey Tracey and Chudleigh alongside the A38. It encompasses Knighton Heath which is an SSI site where a colony of rare ants reside.		Hennock is a mixed community with a history that reflects the long development of living on Dartmoor, now part of the Dartmoor National Park. A ribbon of houses strung along a granite shelf above the Teign Valley, it sits at 600 ft above sea level, a position that gives the village its deserved reputation for enjoying one of the finest views in Devon.		Teign Village is a hamlet of fifty-five houses built either side of the lane that heads up to Hennock from the B3193. The majority of the homes were originally built in 1910 by the Teign Valley Granite Company for workers at the local quarry. Currently this close-knit community has a wide cross-section of residents of all ages. There is a Teign Village Football team, playing field and an active Sports and Social Club.