Hougham, Lincolnshire NG32 2JD
Village web site
Hougham is located 2 miles from the A1, 8 miles from Grantham, 9 miles from Newark, 28 miles from Nottingham, 20 miles from Lincoln and 120 miles from London. Grantham is on the East Coast line and London is under an hour and a half away by train.
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Proposed Large Wind Farm at Temple Hill RWE npower has submitted a preliminary application (Scoping Opinion Request) for a large wind farm at Temple Hill, south of the road between Brandon and Stubton. The scoping application is on the South Kesteven District Council SKDC website here. The proposal is for 5 turbines, each with a base to blade tip height of 126.5m (415ft). This will make them visible for over 20 miles in some directions. By comparison, the temporary anemometer tower (planning application link) recently installed on the site is 90m high and the Frinkley Farm turbine near Marston is 66.7m high. The application at this stage is to decide the extent of the environmental assessment required, but clearly this proposal will have a significant effect - not least on the landscape - over a very wide area, as well as a devastating impact on the villages and farms nearest the site. For more information and links please see http://www.loveden.org.uk/templehill.html |
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Notices leaflet
which gives new opening times/days for the Household Waste Recycling Centre
in Grantham. I am also told separately that trailers are
now allowed.
The bus service has been replaced by CallConnect Millstream Butchers visits Hougham on a Wednesday at about 1130 am and stops outside Rose Cottage. Deliveries and preorders can be made at the website or 01529 414638 Mike's Quality Grimsby FishThursday 0920 am 07763 388397 01476 563733 The mobile Library calls once a month 1530 to 1600 by the post box.
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To Hougham
and Marston residents: The clerk to Marston
Parish Council has resigned and we are therefore looking for a
replacement. If anyone is interested would they please contact Mrs. Kath
Gittins on 01400 250355 for more information.
from 5th April click on hosepipe for rules and exemptions
Hougham updated 14 May 2012 Lincolnshire Walks - Marston & Hougham
Thorold Arms Public House
Grantham Rural North Neighbourhood Policing Team
The Walk4Life website is totally FREE and has thousands of walk ideas all over the country. The website uses OS maps which can easily be printed out at home so is proving really popular. People can also keep a track of the walks they have done and set themselves a target! |
Future
Events
MARSTON
CHURCH FETE,
SUNDAY 20th
MAY, 2 - 4pm 2, THE OLD
STABLES, PINFOLD LANE, home of SIMON
& CAROLINE BROWN Stalls include
Cakes, Plants, Bric a Brac, Books, Tombola, Refreshments, Raffle &
Games. Donations for
stalls very welcome. Also, is anyone
willing to man the skittles or golf bagatelle, please? Prizes will already
be provided. Contact details below. Caroline
Brown 01400
250563
Diamond Jubilee
Hougham and Marston Village Hall Sunday 3rd June 2pm onwards
Regular events Book club
28th May - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon 25th June - Guernsey Literary and Potato
Peel Pie Society by Mary Shaffer and Anne Barrows If interested contact Bernadette Chalklin 01400 250768 07904083274 BChalklin@AOL.com or turn up on the day. It is not intellectually demanding – just an excuse to have a coffee, tea or cake at the Pub. ************************** the
QUIZ NIGHT Every other Sunday at 8.30 pm Entry £1. All proceeds to charity, currently the Village Hall refurbishment.
Future Dates Quizmaster Volunteer quizmasters always
required. Funds raised to date, ie 2 July –8 April 2012, total £390.
*************** Grantham Young Farmers' Club meetings at our Village Hall Full details on the Marston Website *************** Hougham
and Marston Local History Group
Village Hall
Monthly 2nd Tuesday
Rev. John Wilford St. Guthlac and the Abbey at
Crowland
advanced notice of the meeting on Tuesday 9th April at 7:30 pm next year. The Lincolnshire Film Archive will be showing
A TALE OF TWO VILLAGES which are
Hougham and Marston 1950-55
Village scenes, 1950 (B/W), followed by succession of fetes to raise money for new hall. Occasional other items, notably, repairs being made to river bank to avert flooding. Fete material (somewhat repetitive) varies in quality and interest, but includes useful and unusual material. (from their catalogue). This film is really only
of interest to our community so please try to get along and pass the word
to others who may be interested but have moved out of the immediate
area.
As
with all our meetings, the cost to non members is only £3.00 a meeting.
(Membership for members is £5.00 a year plus £2.00 a
meeting) *************** Peter Connolly and others have
formed Marston Karate Club which will meet in Hougham and Marston Village
Hall on Wednesday evenings. If you have family or friends who might be
interested in joining please visit the Marston village website for more
information, or call Peter on
250711. |
Village News Just born Jacob lambs in the village - 12th March 2011 Pictures of the Music Concert in Hougham Church Scarecrow Festival Results |
Plea for information on the whereabouts of Cheyenne,
a horse missing from Hougham
Cheyenne, a gypsy cob horse, is missing from her field in Hougham.
A HORSE has gone missing from a field in Hougham, prompting her owner to issue an emotional plea for information on her whereabouts. Maria Dixon, from Caythorpe, has been looking for Cheyenne, a four-year-old gypsy cob, since she went missing on Bank Holiday Monday. Cheyenne was safe and secure in her field on Sunday evening, but when Maria arrived on Monday morning, the electric fence was down and she was missing. Maria said: “I’m worried in case she’s still out roaming. “She’s a young horse and she hasn’t been handled much, so she would be hard to catch. I don’t think someone would have taken her.” Maria’s other horse, Cherokee, remained safe and sound in the field. Cheyenne is red and white in colour, with a large white blaze down her face. Maria is appealing to anyone who has any information about Cheyenne to get in touch. She said: “It’s quite upsetting. She could have travelled a good few miles by now. It’s the busy roads I’m concerned about.” Maria has reported the incident to Lincolnshire Police and the RSPCA, but no reports or sightings have been made. If you can help, call Maria on 07735 351551. |
Village adverts
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Lamb freezers packs and cuts of meat are available. Lambs are sometimes for sale.Stylish individual Jacob rugs and Fleeces |
The Hougham & Marston Heating Oil Syndicate got off the ground on 9 February when at around 35 villagers attended a meeting in the Village Hall organised by Alistair Ross.
The next order will be in the end of May.
For more information and an application form e-mail
lincolnshireoil@gmail.com
or call Alistair Ross on 251355 or click on the link below
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Ideas for or information about the village website, contact me through the link at the bottom of the page.
I am going to offer personal email addresses with money to the village church for example name@hougham.info or business@hougham.info
I am also open to placing adverts for local business on the website as well for a small fee - church and village funds
last updated 14/05/12
Soothing Hands - Bowen therapy in Hougham
