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Mothers' Day Concert on the 15th of March

4/3/2026

Dear all,

Our next concert in the Stonevale Concert Series will be on Sunday, the 15th of March at 4 pm, at St Giles Church, Great Coxwell. Treat your mum and come and join us. Included in the ticket price is the usual glass of wine/soft drink, but also some tasty nibbles to celebrate the special day.

Book your tickets here, or at the door (cash preferred as the internet is weak in the church!)

Please spread the word, as proceeds go towards the artists' fees and the St Giles Roof Fund Charity.

Best wishes,
Lynette

Award holders' Concert at St Giles Church in Great Coxwell Friday 13th of March at 7 pm

4/3/2026

Dear all,

This is my evening of marketing all of the wonderful music that is happening at St Giles Church, in Great Coxwell. We have not only a concert on Sunday the 15th, but also an evening concert on Friday 13th of March, at 7 pm, where some of the award holders at Abingdon School will give a recital. The concert will include a huge variety of instruments, as well as repertoire and some chamber music. The concert is completely free, but it would be helpful to book seats here just to keep an eye on numbers.

Please come and support these young musicians.

Best wishes,
Lynette

Allotment Available

2/3/2026

GREAT COXWELL VILLAGE ALLOTMENT

The Great Coxwell Village Allotment lies between Church Lees and Spicers at the Southern end of the village. It is National Trust land designated for use as allotments only and is managed by Mandy Burns on behalf of the village.

There is one allotment available for immediate use. If anyone from the village is interested and would like further information.

Please contact Mandy on 07968 439408 or [email protected]

Residents reminded to buy their new garden waste permit

27/2/2026

Residents who receive garden waste collections in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse are being reminded to buy a new permit if they wish to continue receiving collections from 1 April through to 31 March 2027.

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils introduced the garden waste permit scheme in spring 2025. More than 69,000 residents across both districts signed up in the first year, helping to support a reliable and sustainable garden waste collection service.

Garden waste permits expire on 31 March each year and residents must buy a new one annually to keep receiving the service. The quickest and easiest way to buy a new permit to do so online at southandvale.gov.uk/gardenwastepermit

Anyone who needs help to buy a permit can call the councils’ Customer Services team on 01235 422422.
When residents receive their new permit sticker, they are asked to keep their current permit on their garden waste bin until after their final March collection. The new permit should then be placed on the bin lid ready for April collections.

Parish Council Documents

27/2/2026

Links for the February Draft Minutes

Parish Council
https://www.greatcoxwell-pc.gov.uk/community/great-coxwell-parish-council-20863/february-2026/

Reading Room
https://www.greatcoxwell-pc.gov.uk/community/great-coxwell-parish-council-20863/20261/

David Hatton
Clerk to Great Coxwell Parish Council
07888 203145

Local History

25/2/2026

I picked up a copy of "The Buildings of England - Berkshire" by Nikolaus Pevsner the other day (ISBN 0140710302 published 1966, reprint 1975), here's what he had to say about Great Coxwell:

ST GILES. At the end of the village. Nave of c.1200. The N wall has two small lancets. In the S wall a jolly lot of odd windows, the earliest early C14 (with cinquefoiled rere-arch). The chancel N side of the same date as the nave, though the chancel arch must be mid C13, the s window with bar tracery (a spherical triangle) later C13, and the E window (three stepped pointed-trefoiled lights under a round arch) late C13. Inside the E window two plain lancet niches. Do they go with the N side? A window like the E window also in the tower W wall, but the top of the tower is Perp; battlements and gargoyles. - PULPIT. Jacobean. - COMMUNION RAIL. Later C17, with flat balusters of dumb-bell outline. - NORTH DOOR with impressive, large-scale tracery. It might well be of c.1300. - STAINED GLASS. In the E window clear glass panes with engraved shields. 1792 by Eginton. - PLATE. Chalice inscribed 1680; Paten probably of the same date. BRASS to William Morys, c.1500; 18 in. figures.

COURT FARMHOUSE. Late C17 stone farmhouse. Front of five bays, the ground-floor windows with stone crosses. Pitched roof. To the farmhouse belongs the magnificent BARN which William Morris (whose country-house was only a few miles away at Kelmscott) called 'as noble as a cathedral'. It is of stone and roofed with stone slates, and is 1524 ft long and 51 ft high. The date is C13. The buttresses are still shallow, also in their set-offs. Entrances by a transept and an archway opposite the transept. The archways are segment-headed and have two continuous chamfers Posts divide the barn into nave and aisles. The coillare and straight braces, transverse in well as longitudinal, are strong and serviceable and entirely utilitarian.

In an Addendum added August 1965:

.. attention must be drawn .. to the explanation of the grandeur of the Great Coxwell barn by the fact of Great Coxwell Manor belonging to the Cistercian Abbey of Beaulieu in Hamphire

Vale News

23/2/2026

Here is the February edition of Vale News for Town and Parish Councils.

Click here

Also information of Free Compost, click here

Thanks from Vicar Maureen

18/2/2026

I would like to convey my huge "thanks" to everyone who came along to the joyous soiree last Friday to send me on my way to pastures new. It was a wonderful evening, and I felt honoured to be with you and hear your many encouraging comments and best wishes for my future.

A very special "thank you" to Pam, Pauline and Mandy (and their team of excellent helpers) who not only organized the event but provided such delicious and varied canapes to have with the fine wine.

Thanks also for the tribute, the beautiful flowers and cards and for the very generous gift voucher which will be used to purchase something for my new house and garden.

It has been a great privilege for me to get to know you over these past five years and to feel a real part of the village community. I will take away with me so many good and positive memories of my time here.

I wish you God's Blessings in everything you do for the village, for the support you give to the Church and above all, your friendship,

Sincerely,
Maureen

Men's Night - this Thursday 19th February

17/2/2026

The next Men's Night will be held in the Reading Room this Thursday from 7pm to 9pm.

The format will be the same as before, drop in anytime from 7pm, bring along your own beverage of choice, it's all very informal.

The Reading Room has glasses so no need to bring anything else.

Look forward to seeing you on Thursday.

Next Stonevale Concert at St Giles - 22 Feb at 4 pm

16/2/2026

Dear all,

Please find the details about the next concert at St Giles, Great Coxwell. Please spread the word so we can fill the church - money will go towards the artists' fee and the Church Roof Fund Charity.

Book tickets here, or buy at the door, cash or card accepted.

Looking forward to seeing you there!
Best wishes,
Lynette

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