Barton-under-Needwood
Village Events in March
Page last updated on 30 January 2008
Any one wishing to included
details of their event in the Village Events
please forward the details to Jeff Pattison e-mail
Quiz Nights - Barton Bowls & Social Club - Saturday 1st & 29th March 2008 at 8:00 pm
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Time to test your little grey cells and see if your memory lives up to the challenge. Come along to Barton Bowls & Social Club and pit your wits against Quiz Master Jez. This month you have two bites of the cherry Saturday 1st & 29th March both quizez start at 8:00 pm. Teams of up to four people at £1.00 per head. Start swotting up now and be prepared to have some fun! |
Partners & Community Together (PACT) meeting - John Taylor High School - Tuesday 11th March 2008 at 6:30 pm
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The next
meeting of Partners & Community
Together (PACT) will be held on Tuesday 11th March 2008 at
6:30 pm in John Taylor High School. All members of the community are welcome to discuss and highlight any issue, address problems and find solutions if possible. |
Barton Bowls & Social Club AGM - Barton Bowls & Social Club - Thursday 20th March 2008 at 8:30 pm
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Come along
to the Bowls & Social Club AGM on Thursday 20th March,
meeting commences at 8:30 pm, and hear about Barton
Bowls & Social Club's achievements and plans for the year.
Come
along to support the Bowls & Social Club and select Bowls
& Social Club Officers for the coming year at Barton Bowls
& Social Club. Don't forget your nominations for the Bowls & Social Club Executive Committee. Forms are on the Notice Board awaiting your input. |
School Drama
“Blood Brothers” - John Taylor High School -
Tuesday 11th March to Friday 14th March 2008 at 7:30 pm
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John Taylor High School under the directorship of Miss Needle will be performing the play "Blood Brothers" by Willie Rushton. The play will run from Tuesday 11th to Friday 14th March 2008. It should be a wonderful night out. Don't miss it. For more information visit John Taylor |
BARTON MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST JAMES - Concert - Saturday 15th March 2008 at 7:30 pm
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Barton Music & Art Festival presents Camille
Farrar (violin), Lucy Colquhoun (piano) & Rachel Gilmore
(mezzo-soprano) in
Concert in Saint James Church Hall on Saturday
15th March at 7:30
pm. They will be playing a selection of Sounds Romantic: Schumann,
Brahms & more.
Admission cost £6.00 with £3.00 for under 16's tickets available from Barton Post Office or on the door. |
William Key Sermon – Saint James Church – 2:00 pm Good Friday 21st March 2008
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"The benefaction table in St. James' Church
records that William Key, late keeper of Barton ward, who died on 10th
October 1651, perpetuated the annual profits of two closes, in Barton,
called Lincroft and Bonthorne, and of two acres arable the one upon
Collier's Flat and the other upon Spellow, to the uses following that
is to say, 10s. thereof for a sermon, yearly, upon every Good Friday,
to be preached within the chapel of Barton, by an orthodox minister
lawfully qualified, and the residue of the whole profits to be divided
into five parts; whereof one part, yearly, to be disposed for the
necessary repairs of the chapel aforesaid; one other part to be
annually distributed to the poor of the village of Dunstall, after the
sermon ended; and the other three remaining parts likewise to the poor
within the chapelry of Barton aforesaid, after the ministerial
blessing pronounced upon the auditory."
The beneficence of William Key is still carried out today under the auspices of the trustees for the Henry Warford and William Key Charities. The vicar will preach the 357 William Key sermon on Good Friday and receive the princely sum of fifty pence during the Service at 2:00 pm in Saint James Church. |
Page last updated on 30 January 2008