Weybourne Parish Council

  • WPC Agenda June 2013

    Weybourne Parish Council

     

    Meeting on Wednesday, 5th June, 2013 at the Village Hall, Weybourne, commencing at 7.30pm

     

     

    AGENDA

     

    1a. To receive and consider apologies

    1b. To receive Declarations of Interest on Agenda items

    2.   To approve the minutes of the meeting held 1/5/13 (circulated)

    3a.  Resolution re Public Participation (requests to speak on agenda items)

    3b. To receive reports from County & District Councillors.

    3c. To receive Police Report

    4.   Finance:

        (a) To approve invoices for payment:-

    Nfk Parish Training Partnership £35.00 (Chairs course), Aon Insur £1280.95 (prem)

    Graphic Edge £51.50 (signs & newsletters), Secret Gardens £78.00 (grass cutting),

    E-on £121.68 (electricity), P.Bullimore £298.20 (clerks salary),

    Weybourne V.Hall £27.00 (hire of hall), P.Bullimore £11.10 (clerks expenses)

    Norse Commercial Servs £295.16 (HDPF mtce), Anglian Water £4.81 (allotments)

    (b)     To consider the creation of a Reserve Fund

    (c)     To consider using “J.Green Payroll Services” (re clerks pay)

    (d)     To note/consider the Declaration for Members/Clerk re A-on Insurance

    (e)     To review Internal Audit procedure for members (KM)

    (f)      To agree Annual Returns for submission to external auditors.

    5.  Planning:

    (a)     To note information/decisions received from NNDC since last meeting

    (b)    To consider planning applications received since agenda was printed.

    (c)     To consider provision of public toilets  (from Annual Parish Meeting)

    6.  Highways & Footpath matters:

    (a)     To further consider speed signage on road surface of A149

    (b)    To consider/progress further car parking for the village (KM)

    (c)     To receive update re Highways Partnership Scheme (LED lights)

    7.  Meetings & Conferences (to receive reports and announcements)

    8.  Allotments:

    (a)     To receive report re allotments (RW)

    (b)    To consider fence repairs adjoining the allotments (JT)

    9.  Village Hall:

    (a)     To receive report re Village Hall (PF)

    10. Cemetery & Churchyard:

    (a)    To consider repair of War Memorial (JT)

    (b)   To consider extension to maintenance contract with T.Hadlow

    (c)    To note & consider report from T.Hadlow re “dropped graves”

    11. Harry Dawson Playing Field:

    (a)     To receive report re HDPF (PT)

    12. Weybourne Community Fund:

    (a)     To receive report re WCF (KM)

    13. To consider creation of a “post/e-mail out” file (KM)

    14. To consider/establish a co-option procedure for councillors (PF)

    15. To consider future newsletter (PF)

    16.  To receive General Correspondence (not included in agenda items above)

    17. Resolution re Public Participation (comments/other matters)

    18.  To confirm date of next meeting – future agenda items.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Clerk, P.Bullimore, 24, Beech Ave.,Sheringham, NR26 8NS  –  01263 822864

    e-mail: beestonpc@btinternet.com

    31/5/13

  • Weybourne

     

    The Village of Weybourne.

    The name is thought to have been derived from the Village signOld English name ‘Wearg-Burna’  the ‘Felon Stream’ and may have been a place where criminals were drowned.

     

     

    Weybourne church and prioryChurch and Priory

    The main tower is that of the parish church. On the right there is a smaller tower which is older and belonged to the original 11th century church. There are the remains of a priory in the grounds of the church. It was founded in the early 13th century as a place for Augustinian monks to live and worship. By the 16th century the priory had become impoverished and it was dissolved by Henry VIII. The church remained poor until major refurbishment took place in the Victorian era.

     

     

    RailwayWeybourne station2

    The train line, which passes to the south of Weybourne, opened in 1887. It was once part of a much larger network called the ‘Midland and Great Northern’ popularly known as the ‘Muddle and go Nowhere’. Weybourne station is a mile out of the village because local landowners, at the time, were unwilling to sell their land to the rail company. The station was important during both World Wars as it was used to move troops to the army camps at Muckleburgh and Kelling Heath. It closed in 1964 and is now part of the North Norfolk Steam Railway.

     

    Weybourne Hope2Weybourne Hope

    The beach at Weybourne, also known as Weybourne Hope, shelves very steeply providing a good landing place for large ships throughout history. As far back as the 16th century, the time of the Spanish Armada, there were fortifications I the area because of the fear of a possible Spanish invasion. It was also seen as a threat in the Napoleonic era and during both world wars when there was military activity in the area. An old poem says ‘He who would Old England win, must at Weybourne Hope begin.’

     

     

    Weybourne MillWeybourne windmil

    Weybourne Mill was built in the 19th century for grinding corn. The strong winds, influenced by the North Sea, made this an ideal location. The mechanisms were made from hornbeam, a tree that can be found at Kelling.