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Our aim with this site is to provide easy to access information on anything related to Grendon and its surroundings; feel free to browse around. To learn more please see GrendonVillage:About. If you wish to edit and change this site yourself you need to become a registered user - to do this please contact:
- Paul Mooney (mailto:paul.mooney@phymatics.co.uk) or
- Neil Marshman (mailto:rnmarshman@marshmanprice.co.uk).
No special knowledge is required, it's very easy to learn - we promise!
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The village
Grendon is a small village in rural Northamptonshire, England and is found on the borders of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire - with many houses made of the local limestone; various older thatched houses still survive. The name of the village means "green hill". Today the village remains centred on the hill. As with nearby Earls Barton, the village was once owned by Countess Judith who was the niece of William the Conqueror. The village is mentioned in the Doomsday Book.
The current population (based on the 2001 census) is 477; the village is a popular place to live with commuters to London or Milton Keynes. It is the site of the nineteenth century 'Battle of Grendon'. The village is in two parts which are separated by the brook. The smaller part of the village is shown on maps as "Lower End", whilst the higher (southern) part of the village is located at the top of the (steep) hill - after which the village was originally named.
The village is a friendly place and a great place to live.
Political
The Member of Parliament
- Mr Peter Bone (Conservative, Wellingborough & Rushden) - mailto:bonep@parliament.uk
Local council
Highways
Parish Council
Forthcoming Parish Council meetings
- Thursday 27th November 2008
- Tuesday 13th January 2009
- Thursday 26th February 2009
- Wednesday 25th March 2009
Meetings will be held in Grendon Union Chapel, Main Road, Grendon from 7.00pm.
Members of the public are invited to address the Council at its Open Forum from 7.00pm – 7.15pm
Parish Council minutes
If you wish wish to read the minutes of the Parish Council - please use the links below:
- 15th January 2008
- 28th February 2008
- 22nd April 2008
- 21st May 2008
- 24th June 2008
- 23rd July 2008
- 9th September 2008
What's new?
News Items
Grendon Bell Ringing
Grendon tower continues to ring regularly on Tuesday evenings and also for Sunday services. Our Tuesdays are often assisted with ringers from other local towers and this allows us to expand our repertoire. We are very grateful for this support. Our new ringers continue to improve and our youngsters, who had been training on tied bells under the watchful eyes of Martin and Don on Saturday mornings and also before the main practice on Tuesdays, are now joining in the main practice with the rest of the band and even for Sunday service ringing. If you have heard the bells ringing at other times recently this is because we have had two weddings in the village since the last ringing newsletter and also visiting bands have rung in the tower. Ringing is a sociable activity and ringers are always interested in trying other bells. If you are interested in the Grendon bells and the art of ringing, either as a ringer or just to see what it is all about, please feel free to visit us on our practice night, any Tuesday between 7.30 and 9.00. or contact any of the ringers below. Martin Howell, 01933 664038, Tower Captain, Don Green, 01933 663850, Assistant Tower Captain; Mike Brown, 01933 663332.
See more on the Grendon Societies page.
Grendon WI
Our meeting on Monday 6th October started with the AGM. Our President, Isabel Gillett, gave her report, highlighting the varied programme of events that had taken place during the year, her favourites being the visit to the garden in Desborough and the talk and display of Hatpins through the Ages.
The meeting was then handed over to one of our members, Mary Flint. One of Mary’s pastimes is Chinese Brush Painting, and she had brought with her a range of equipment to demonstrate this art, as well as some finished pieces. She explained that brushes can be made from a variety of materials, such as bear, wolf and badger hair. Paper tends to be very thin, and has to be weighted down, and then rested on felt to absorb the water. The techniques of painting have a ceremonial aspect, and can be calming for the spirit. Paintings often contain phrases in Chinese script, so Mary showed us the eight basic strokes which make up the Chinese characters before demonstrating an example of bamboo painting, using ink and water. Finally we all made an attempt at Chinese paper cutting, which produces very intricate designs. If we were very careful with our scissors, we ended up with six lucky red pigs to take away with us!
Grendon School – “A GOOD SCHOOL!”
Not once or twice, but three times this year Grendon Church of England Primary School has received a very good inspection report. The full Ofsted inspection in February stated that ‘pupils achieve well’ and their personal development is ‘outstanding’. The Anglican Schools Inspection in April recognised that ‘all pupils feel valued and special and enjoy their learning experiences’. In September an HMI detailed inspection of English recognised the good standards achieved in reading and writing through high-quality teaching, a creative curriculum and effective leadership. If you would like to come along and see this consistently high-performing school in action, please ring 01933 663208 to make an appointment. New entrants for September 2009 will be most welcome.
The Flower Arranging Demonstration
On behalf of the Grendon Show Committee, and Katy Coleman - thank you to all those who supported the fundraising event at Grendon Village Hall recently.
The Flower Arranging Demonstration was a resounding success and general feedback is a very enjoyable evening was had by all. A cheque for £500 is to be donated to `Kids Out Charity'. (information on this organisation can be found on the internet)
Hopefully all expertise passed on by Katy will be displayed at the next Grendon Village Show in September 2009 by new exhibitors, we look forward to that. However, if you still require advice or indeed need flowers then Katy can be contacted at Lee Berrill in Earls Barton.
