You may have noticed that the red dog bins have now been removed around the village, including the ones by the playing field car parks. These bins, together with a few more, belonged to the Parish Council, who paid for their weekly emptying. The District Council had, some time ago put stickers on the general …
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Best Kept Garden Competition – July 2014
The Annual Garden Competition took place on Sat 5th July. The winners were as follows The ‘Geoffrey Blackman Cup’ for best front garden 1st Pauline & Alan Cross of 18 St Swithun’s Road 2nd Ruth & Roy King of 62 The Avenue 3rd Pauline & Peter …
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History Society report – June 2014
At the Society’s May Meeting Radley College’s Archivist, Clare Sargent, gave an interesting illustrated talk entitled ‘Radley College’ : The History of the School, Grounds and Buildings. Clare Sargent told the story of this famous local school’s incredible development from its humble beginnings in 1847, when it was founded by William Sewell and Robert Corbet …
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Parish News – June 2014
You might have noticed the badly-damaged yellow salt bin on the corner of Poplar Grove and The Avenue (opposite Grundy Crescent). This seemed to have occurred during the recent works carried out in this vicinity. Oxfordshire Highways has been informed and a replacement bin will be in place before the winter. The Council has …
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Parish News – May 2014
As the result of a perception by some residents that the speed of traffic passing through the village was increasing, the Parish Council asked Oxfordshire County Council to arrange a survey to test the validity of this. This survey, based at the northern end of the village, has recently been completed and the results show, …
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History Society Report – May 2014
In April the History Society had an illustrated talk by one of its members, David Holt,entitled ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ : The Long Road to Culloden. David was in his usual good form telling the story of the Stuart succession and the Jacobite Revolution of 1745 which ended with Charles Stuart’s (Bonnie Prince Charlie) defeat at …
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Maggie’s Oxford – volunteers sought
This summer, the brand new Maggie’s Centre will open at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, offering anyone with any type of cancer and their families and friends, the practical, emotional and social support that people with cancer need. At such an exciting time, we are looking for new volunteers to join our Centre Support Team …
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Inspect the Parish Council accounts
Each year, Kennington Parish Council’s annual return is audited by an auditor appointed by the Audit Commission. Any person interested has the right to inspect the accounts and make copies of the annual return and all books, deeds, bills, vouchers and receipts relating to the Annual Statements. Click here for details of the arrangements that …
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Parish News – April 2014
Judging for the annual Kennington Garden Competition will take place this year on 4 and 5 July. The Parish Council is developing an Emergency Plan for the village – if there was to be an emergency of some kind, be it a major transport accident (road, rail, air) or total or partial loss of main …
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History Society Report – April 2014
Members turned out in good numbers again in March to hear the ex-head brewer of Morland’s, Bill Mellor, gave a very entertaining a talk entitled ‘The History of Morland’s Brewery’ Bill’s talk also covered the many changes of ownership that have taken place over the years to all local Breweries. One particularly interesting section was …
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History Society Report – March 2014
In February the History Society held its Annual General Meeting at which a moments silence was held in memory of Pam Johnston. The Chairman, in his annual report, said it had been yet another very successful year, the talks held had been well received and attendances at meetings remained high. He added the Society’s Coach …
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Local plan – response of the Parish Council
Please click here to read the response of Kennington Parish Council to Vale of White Horse District Council’s Local Plan.
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