Lady Dionne Palmer addressed the Group
to ask for help in staging an Art Fund Event in the village on the 13/14 June
2012. She has asked us to put up a display of the history of Court Barton
Farmhouse, the village and a short presentation on the Prayer Book Rebellion. David
is also involved doing a talk on the church.
The Group have accepted the challenge!
Money raised by the Art Fund enables art work to be purchased so that it can
stay in the UK. The fund has purchased Honiton Lace for the Honiton Museum and
this will be on display. Over the coming months we will need to put our
thinking caps on, George has kindly offered to help with an oral talk, should
we need someone used to public speaking. Brenda suggested a guided tour around
the old village.
The work of Cotswold Archaeology on Camp Field was discussed. We have been
given custody of a box of horse bones, some flint tools and a metal shoe, some
think it could be from an Oxen. Our appreciation of this goes to Val Stringer
for arranging the donation of this to the Group. This link gives details of shoes found by
metal detectorists;
The
one on the left in from Camp Field, the other being from my own bits and bobs.
Cliff has also found a flint tool on his
walks and that is also in our collection. Thank you Cliff.
David has found a reference to there
being a Church House in Feniton, and the Yates papers also confirm this. This
website gives more on the subject and some illustrations of this type of building.
http://www.buildinghistory.org/buildings/churchhouses.shtml, thank you Brenda for finding this.
David
has also been able to confirm that the cadaver tomb was moved around the
church. It was in its current position. by 1877.
Remembrance Sunday on 13th
Nov. will see the dedication of the WW1 roll of honour, carved by Bill. To mark
the occasion we will put up a display of what we know of the men who lost their
lives and incorporate this with the RBL Poppy Appeal.
I will set this up on Monday the 31st
Oct. at 2:30 pm.
I did offer my resignation should anyone
else want the coordinator’s post, but there were no takers!!!!
Alan closed the meeting with more of his
lovely Devon Dialect says, “well us all be preddy vitty”. Thank you Alan.
Then a general rant about the failing of
modern day politics rounded the evening off!!
