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  29 JUNE 2014 370th ANNIVERSARY GUIDED BATTLEFIELD WALK BATTLE OF CROPREDY BRIDGE 1644 Cropredy Battle Anthony Rich TD and Harvey Watson of The Battlefields Trust host linked but different morning and afternoon walks exploring the battlefield of Cropredy Bridge. The battle is one of the last major Royalist victories of the Civil War and can be seen as the birthplace of the modern British Army. The morning walk will start at the Information Panel on Cropredy Bridge, at 10.30a.m. visiting the Southern section, planning to return by 1.00 p.m. The afternoon walk will start outside The Red Lion Pub (next to the Village Church in Cropredy) at 2:15 p.m. visiting the Northern section, planning to return by 5.45 p.m.

Pattern of Sunday Services As already announced in Church, this month sees a change in the pattern of the Sunday services aimed at spreading the more highly attended services more evenly across the month. The Family Service remains on the first Sunday and will continue to be taken by Sue Upton with the usual time for refreshments and a chat after the service. The Family Communion service will now be on the third Sunday and will usually be taken by the Vicar, Hilary Campbell. This shorter Communion service will have a more family friendly and less formal approach. A theme will be introduced for each month which will provide a link between these two services both of which will be

Thank you to everyone who supported the Church by buying tickets in this year's Christmas Draw. The Draw took place at Barn Farm Plants yesterday evening and the winners are: 1st    Pair of tickets for Royal Ascot 2014  - Lady Wardington (925) 2nd   Pair of week-end tickets for Silverstone in 2014 - Peter George (387) 3rd    Cottage in Yorkshire Dales for long week-end - Jane Meredith (621) 4th    Mumford Butcher's Token - Forbes Elworthy (1179) 5th    Wine from Majestic Wine Warehouse - Ian Brown (778) 6th    Meal for two at the Plough - David Draper (788) 7th     Meal for two at the Hare & Hounds - Hazel Steven (401) 8th     Case of Carlsberg Lager - Ken Hall (245) 9th     Case of Timothy Taylor Landlord - Robert Fenemore (1027)

Quiz Fish & Chip Supper Wardington Memorial Hall 7:30 pm, Friday, 22nd November 2013 Price £7 All surplus to support new projects at the Memorial Hall Bookings to Andrew Pearson 07917554183/750316

Our new Vicar, Reverend Hilary Campbell, was formally licensed in a packed Cropredy Church on 1st October at a Service* of Collation, Induction and Installation. The Bishop of Dorchester, Right Reverend Colin Fletcher, officiated assisted by the Area Dean of Deddington Deanery, Revd Jeff West. The congregation was headed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, Tim Stevenson, as HM The Queen's representative along with our District Councillor, Ken Atack. The Revd Lynda Alcock supported the Bishop as his Chaplain. Clergy from many churches in the Deanery area were present as well as representatives of the Catholic and Methodist Churches. During the service, which was both ceremonial yet intimate, the Churchwardens of each of the five parishes in the Benefice presented Hilary with symbols of the ministry including water

On Friday, 3rd May, with some one hundred people from the village present, Lady Wardington declared the Memorial Hall open. This followed a round of applause after Trustee Chairman, Clive Hunt, had declared that “but for her very significant donation the re-build would not have been possible and we would still be without a hall”. 1.  Clive Hunt, Trustee Chairman, thanks Lady Wardington 2.  Sir Tony Baldry MP, Lady Wardington, Norman Hudson, Committee Chairman 3.  Lady Wardington cuts the tape