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Parish Council MinutesThe approved minutes of the December Parish Council meeting and the Draft Minutes of the January 2019 meeting of Westwood Parish Council have been published on the Parish Council webpage.Financial Information 2017-2018Westwood Parish Council's Accounts are published on the Parish Council page as a downloadable PDF file |
The Parish of WestwoodThe parish of Westwood lies at the western extremity of Wiltshire, a mile to the south-west of Bradford-on-Avon, and stretches about 2.5 km from west to east and 1.5 km from north to south. It occupies an angle formed by the northward-flowing River Frome and the westward-flowing Bristol Avon; these rivers form its southern and northern boundaries, respectively. It includes five smaller settlements, Lower Westwood near the centre, Upper Westwood and Avoncliff to the north, Lye Green to the north-east, and the hamlet of Iford (which straddles the county boundary with Somerset) to the south-west. Since the Second World War, new housing development has created a 'Middle Westwood' in the fields between Upper and Lower Westwood. On the south-west and west, the parish adjoins Somerset and Avon. The derivation of the place name is easy to guess, reflecting the former thick cover of woodland and its position as the 'western wood' of the Saxon royal estate of Bradford. The name has changed little over the centuries; it was 'Westwuda' in A.D. 987. Avoncliff (called 'Ancliff' in earlier times), as might be expected, stands on a limestone outcrop on a steep hillside above the Avon valley. Westwood is situated on the limestone plateau, and the clay soils were used for arable cultivation until the nineteenth century, since when pastoral farming, and particularly dairying, have predominated. To continue reading visit: Wiltshire Council Community pages and select Comprehensive View. Westwood Football Club - update. The start of November saw our lads record a couple of good wins against Bath teams which has pushed them into a mid table position and manager Duncan Frew puts it down to players returning from injury to strengthen the squad and hopefully continue to pick up more points. (Please note that the news item in the recent Westwood Update Dec/Jan Edtion was a reprint of an earlier article. My appologies Editor Geoff Edwards) Westwood's Footbal update is to be found from the link on the Community page.
Unsolicited telephone (cold) calls and mailUnsolicited (cold) calls and mailUnsolicited (cold) calls and mail are not only a nuisance, but can also lead to pressured sales and sub-standard goods being sold at premium prices. To avoid unsolicited sales calls and mail in the future you should remove your personal details from any sales lists. This can be done by: Registering with the Telephone Preference Service. This is a free service. For more information 6 Registering with the Mailing Preference Service.This is a free service. Registration can be made on line MPS Electoral Registers.Electoral registers are updated each Autumn and are lists of all the names and addresses of everyone who is eligible to vote. There are two editions of the registers; a full register which is used for elections, preventing and detecting crime and checking applications for loan or credit and the edited register which is publically available for marketing and any other commercial activities. When renewal notices arrive, consider only registering for the full register by opting out of the edited register. Further information
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New ContentWebsite updatesPlease note that material is posted to this website within hours if not minutes of it being receivedWestwood Parish Council Collected Minutes UpdateI have added the combined minutes for 2017 to the website as a PDF file. The PDF is quite large averaging about 3Mb for each month. For 2017 the July meeting was moved to August. The link to the downloads is on the Parish Council webpage. (2nd December 2018)Westwood Update Dec/Jan 2018-19The news from the current version of Westwood Update No 137 has been added to the website. News items are published in the appropriate categories. Please do not overlook the links to other pages on the Community webpage in the left hand column. I have published the deadline dates for copy for the 2019 Updates on the Community page - in the the right hand column. Geoff Edwards Editor
For all non emergency calls to the police phone 101.The telephone company will determine where the call is being made from and direct the caller to the local police for that area. For further information visit: Police UK This works anywhere in the UK. If you are phoning outside of Wiltshire to report to your local police call 2012 your call will be redirected by the operator to your local police.
NoticesLocal travel newsThe link below is to a Wiltshire Times webpage which has a map centred on Trowbridge but extends to Bath, Chippenham, Frome, Shepton Mallet and Warminster. There is a list of Latest Incidents. Live traffic and travel news |
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