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Welcome to our website

Witham Friary is a small village situated between Frome and Bruton. It's mentioned in the Domesday Book and gets its name from a Carthusian priory. If you'd like to see the Domesday Book entry, it's here.
The Village Hall, the Parish Church and the Seymour Arms are at the heart of village life here. There's always plenty going on in Witham Friary, and visitors are always made to feel very welcome.
We also have a village facebook page: facebook logo

Post Office - Village Hall
The Post Office is back in Witham Friary - 10:30 - 11:30 every Wednesday in the Village Hall.

 
 
Humanitarian crisis in Ukraine
Please click here to read Michael Gove's letter about help and support for refugees from Ukraine (Homes for Ukraine)

 
Local Corona Virus Information
The latest Mendip District Council Community Briefing can be found here. It contains relevant Coronavirus information.

UK Government statistics for our local area
There is now useful local and up-to-date corona virus statistics information for Mendip published by the UK Government on the following link. Please click on the link to view the local corona virus information. It's updated daily as soon as data is collated for the previous day (usually around 4.00 pm). Also here is a link to Somerset's COVID-19 dashboard which gives a lot of information about COVID-19 in Somerset.

The Playpatch
Although the risk of catching coronavirus is lower when outdoors, the virus can remain active on surfaces. So to protect the health of everyone when using the playpatch, please follow the guidance below:
  • If you or your child has any symptom related to coronavirus, such as a persistent cough or high temperature, please do not go to the playpatch. Follow the instructions at www.gov.uk/coronavirus.
  • Take hand sanitizer with you and apply it before and after using the play equipment and wash your hands when you return home.
  • If the area becomes too busy and spacing becomes a problem, please leave and return at a quieter time.
  • Please limit your time in the playpatch to 30 minutes so that others can have a go.
  • Do not take food or drink into the playpatch.
Enjoy and stay safe.

Somerset Waste Partnership
For information regarding collections and recycling sites please follow this link to Somerset Waste Partnership's recycling sites information.

Important information for our parishioners

Corona virus - Covid-19

Picture of the corona virus
Witham Parish Council notice - This is a potential problem which may affect you and others you know in the local community - please follow the government guidance (document opens in a new page). This link should be the latest guidance but we can't guarantee that as it depends on the government updating their web page, so please search the Internet if you believe it may not be.

Somerset County Council's help page regarding COVID-19 (document opens in a new page).

Witham Friary has a growing group of people who are happy to help if you need support - for shopping, dog walking or a chat (phone or at least 2 metres between the chatters).
All you need to do is to contact Maddy Ferrari who can arrange this for you. Her contact numbers are 07809 254989 or 01749 850790 and her email address is maddyferrari@btinternet.com.
We are already aware of people talking to neighbours and offering help (which is what we would expect in such a great village) however please be aware that there are already scammers in other parts of the country offering to shop for people, so be wary of accepting help from people you don't know. Perhaps ask them their name, where in Witham Friary they live, to describe their home, provide their postcode or please feel free to check their name with Maddy.

Witham Water

Picture of a tap
The Witham Water sub-committee of the Parish Council reported that after a great deal of investigation into how we might organise a Community Interest Company (CIC) to run Witham Water LLP and an exchange of emails with representatives of the Duke of Somerset’s Estate, it had become apparent that it was going to be difficult to pursue this further. As well as difficulties in finding finance it appeared that the Estate was reluctant release further information about the company and had instead offered to find a new owner for Witham Water LLP themselves. A motion was passed to agree that would be the best course for them to take and the Parish Council Chariman will inform Witham Water LLP of that decision.

Parish Council

Agendas and Minutes
Policy Documents
Contact Details
The new Somerset Unitary Authority

When and where does the Parish Council meet?
Normally at 7:30pm in the Village Hall on the second Tuesday of every month.

What format do the meetings take?
They start with some administrative stuff and the approval of the minutes of the previous meeting. Following that there is an opportunity for members of the public to raise any relevant points. The meeting then continues broadly along the lines of the agenda.

Can I attend a Parish Council meeting?
All residents of the parish are most welcome to attend a meeting (and we wish more of you would do so!). At the start of each meeting there is a chance for any members of the public to ask questions and to raise any relevant concerns.
During the meeting (and at the chair's discretion) please indicate if you would like to ask for clarification on the current item on the agenda. If the chair allows, the formal meeting may be suspended while your questions are dealt with. Note that the chair may disallow dealing with your questions at this time (e.g. to prevent the meeting from running late or because there is insufficient information at that time etc.). If this happens please do not feel offended - you can always contact Parish Councillors using their contact details.

Can I request an item be added to the agenda?
You can if you are a resident. To do this please send details to the Parish Clerk at least 10 days before the next meeting. The Parish Clerk's contact information is on the 'Contact Details' alongside.

Planning applications - are they something for the Parish Council to look at?
One of the responsibilities of the Parish Council is to consider planning applications and to advise the planning authorities on their suitability. If you have a new planning application it is likely that it will be on the agenda for the meeting. If it is possible for you and/or your advisor to attend it may be helpful to discuss your application at the meeting and we welcome the opportunity for you to do this.

When and where are the agendas and minutes published?
The agenda for the next meeting is published on this website as soon as it is available - usually at least a week before a meeting.
Minutes are published on this website once they are approved. They are normally approved at the meeting following the one that the minutes are for.
To see the available agendas and minutes click the 'Agendas and Minutes' link alongside.
Your Parish Clerk maintains hard copies of all agendas and minutes and you are welcome to contact the Parish Clerk regarding those - however in the interests of the environment and the time and cost of producing hard copies please use the link alongside to view published agendas and minutes in the first instance. Your Parish Clerk's email address is included in the Parish Councillors' contact details link alongside.

How can I contact a member of the Parish Council?
To see the contact details for your Parish Councillors please click the Parish Councillors' contact details' link alongside.

Do Parish Councillors have to follow a Code of Conduct?
Parish Councillors must follow a published code of conduct. Click this link to see the WFPC Code of Conduct. All Witham Friary Parish Councillors must follow this.

What are Parish Councils responsible for?
This tells you what Parish Councils are responsible for.



Parish Council - Agendas and Minutes

Parish Council Statement – Meeting 12th July
The Parish Council apologises for the lateness in postponing their full parish council meeting on 12th July, unfortunately events unfolded through the day that meant that key individuals would be precluded from attendance on medical grounds. We appreciate that communication did not reach everyone and therefore some of you turned up. Our next meeting will be held 9th August 7.30pm and we hope to see you all then.


2022 Minutes etc.

July meeting cancelled for medical reasons
June (draft)
May
April
March
February
2022 Agendas
August
July
June
Annual Parish Meeting Agenda
May
April
March
February
District Councillor



March Report


Other 2022 Documents
Witham Friary Annual Governance Statement 2021/2022
Witham Friary Publication of Rights 2021/2022

2021 Minutes etc.
December
November
October
September
August
June
May
April
March
February
January
2021 Agendas
December
November
October
September
August
June
May
April
March
February
January
District Councillor

November Report


2020 Minutes etc.
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
March
February
January
2020 Agendas
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
March
February
January

Other 2020 Documents
Witham Friary Annual Governance Statement 2019/2020
Witham Friary External Auditor Report and Certificate 2019/20
Notice of conclusion of annual return year ending 31 March 2020
The 2019 - 2020 Somerset Rivers Authority Report
Response from the District Councils to the 'One Somerset' proposal
Somerset County Council's One Somerset proposal

2019 Minutes etc.
Parish council notes re. Witham Water
December
November
Letter from Witham Water
October
September
August
2019 Agendas

December
November

October

Some minutes from earlier years are listed below.
2018
September Minutes
July Minutes
March Minutes
January Minutes

2017
December Minutes
October Minutes
September Minutes
August Minutes
July Minutes
June Minutes
Annual Parish Meeting
April Minutes
March Minutes
February Minutes
January Minutes

2016
December Minutes
November Minutes
October Minutes
September Minutes
August Minutes
July Minutes
June Minutes
April Minutes
PC Extraordinary Meeting
March Minutes
February Minutes
January Minutes

2015
November Minutes
October Minutes
September Minutes
August Minutes
July Minutes
June Minutes
April Minutes
March Minutes
February Minutes
January Minutes

2014
December Minutes
August Minutes



Parish Council Policy Documents

Please click on one of the links below to see the relevant policy document.

Data Protection Policy

Information available from Witham Friary Parish Council

Parish Councillors' contact details

Name Position Address email Telephone See
notes
below
Jen Gregory Parish Clerk   withamfriary.parishcouncil@gmail.com 07912 177288  
Hugo Brooke Chair Manor Barn
BA11 5HF
hugobrooke@gmail.com 01749 850693
07967 323949
 
Will Sheppard Vice-chair Quarry Hill Farm
BA11 5HD
rgshepparhandson@gmail.com 01749 850488  4
Maddy Ferrari Councillor 38 The Yard
BA11 5HF
maddyferrari@btinternet.com; 01749 850790
07809 254089
 2,8,9
John Knowles Councillor Mulberry House
BA11 5HF
johnknowles1@btinternet.com 01749 850630
07836 522646
 3,5
Fred Nicholls Councillor Upper Holt Farm
BA11 5HP
fred@frednicholls.com 01749 850367  1,7
Lynne Sewell Councillor 36 The Yard
BA11 5HP
wobblywalrus@gmail.com 07717 532584  6

Notes: Individual Parish Councillors have special interests in the following areas:
  1. Highways.
  2. Network Rail.
  3. Parish Plan.
  4. Recreation Ground.
  5. Playpatch.
  6. Footpaths.
  7. Witham Water.
  8. Sustainable Witham.
  9. Communications.
If you want to enquire about one of these items please initially contact the relevant Parish Councillor.


Information about the new Somerset Unitary Authority

For those of you who are interested or concerned about the new Somerset Unitary Authority and who will represent you in the council's structure, please find below a letter from your Ward Councillor, Mr Michael Gay sent to your Parish Council on 30th September 2021.
The letter is followed by a number of relevant links that you can click on to get further information - note that Witham Friary is in the Postlebury Ward in the Mendip area..

Dear All

I am sending this information to each parish in my Ward for the benefit of the Clerks, Councillors and members of the public as part of my regular reporting. The attachments are the options for re-organisation for the purposes of Unitary sent to the Ministry (now the Ministry for Levelling up, Housing and Local Communities under Michael Gove, following the dismissal of Robert Jenrick).by the Electoral team from the Districts and Somerset County. They were asked to make their recommendations because no Boundary Commision review is possible before the projected date for elections to the Unitary Council next May.

It takes some assimilation, but the broad facts are these. Currently, between Districts and County, there are over 250 councillors to look after the needs of people covered by the Unitary area (so approximately 2.5 district councillors and one county councillor for 5000 people, remembering that their duties are different) , The Ministry expressed an interest in as few councillors as possible to be appointed, a suggestion made they would be pleased with a total in the seventies.

The nearest the officers felt they could go to that was 85, so those councillors would combine the duties of both district and county councillors, for a number of people that may well be over 5000. This is more than other existing Unitaries. In other options, wards (also known as divisions)might well be larger again but have two councillors.

There are also options for 100 councillors ( as featured in the Unitary model the Ministry said it had chosen, One Somerset', either with single councillors or two, or 110 in two councillor wards (featured in Stronger Somerset).

I believe all these options represent a watering-down of your opportunity to get support from your councillor. In some proposed wards, it would take over an hour to drive from one end to the other, parishes and their people would become remote from the representative.

I think two member wards represent a particular threat. In a large ward both the representatives may be from wherever the largest number of people live... leaving other areas potentially side-lined. As an example, if the existing Postlebury ward could be combined in a new Unitary division with Coleford, a parish will well over 2000 people in it.

So now the Ministry says it will make a choice by mid-October, and I will let you know the detail when I know. I should also add it is suggested by David Fothergill (leader of Somerset County Council) to the Minister that Parish Councils ought to have the current term cut by a year so that there will also be Parish elections next May.

You or your residents may have questions about this, and if you send them to me, I will do my best to answer, though as you can see, much is yet unknown. I would be obliged if Clerks could send this on to their Councillors.

Thanks, and Kind Regards

Michael


Option 1 - 85 Members single member wards
Option 1a - 85 Members single member wards
Option 2 - 100 Members single member divisions
Option 2a - 100 members multiple member wards
Option 3 - 110 members 2 member wards
Somerset Chief Executives Boundary Review Cover Letter Sep2021
Somerset-LGR council-submission-on-council-size 17 sep 21
Unitary potential electoral arrangements Options 1 1a 2 2a and 3 170921


Witham Friary News and weather map

As of September 2021 we will be bringing the Witham Friary News to you each month via this page.
Click here to add your details to get a copy emailed to you each month.
You can unsubscribe at any time by emailing withamfriarynews@gmail.com

Please click on the link to the month for which you want to see the Witham Friary news.
August 2022 News
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May 2022 News
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February 2022 News
January 2022 News
December 2021 News
November 2021 News
October 2021 News
September 2021 News

Local Weather Map - Click/tap on the map to see the rainfall amount.
The controls on the top right of the map let you change from 'Rain, Thunder' to displays of other weather types and to zoom in or out of the map. Near the bottom you can change the time/date of the forecast and at the very bottom you can see a colour scale.


Postlebury News



The Postlebury Churches website
You can find our website here.

Printed Edition
As mentioned in our last edition of the Postlebury News, currently we are not producing a printed edition. News items will appear on this page.
Recent electronic editions of the Postlebury News/Postlebury Newsletter can be found by clicking on the links below:
August 2022 Newsletter
July 2022 Newsletter
June 2022 Newsletter
May 2022 Newsletter
April 2022 Newsletter
March 2022 Newsletter
February 2022 Newsletter
January 2022 Newsletter
December 2021 Newsletter
November 2021 Newsletter
October 2021 Newsletter
September 2021 Newsletter
August 2021 Newsletter
July 2021 Newsletter
June 2021 Newsletter
May 2021 Newsletter
April 2021 Newsletter
December 2020/January 2021
November 2020
October 2020
September 2020
August 2020
July 2020
June 2020
May 2020

Church Services
Please look at the latest edition of the Postlebury Newsletter for details of church services.

Church Opening Times
Nunney - Open every day from 9am-dusk.
Stoke St. Michael - Open every day from 9am-4pm
Leigh-on-Mendip - Open 9am -12 noon Sunday, 1pm-4pm Wednesday
Wanstrow, Witham and Cloford are not normally open but churchwardens are happy to open up if anyone wishes to enter for private prayer. Please contact Bob Bramley at 01749 850571 or Liz Sargent at 01749 850654 at Wanstrow, George Pritchard 01749 850732 at Witham, or Richard Mawer at Cloford on 07967 651240.

Somerset Waste Partnership Briefings

June 2022 Briefing
November 2021 Briefing

Mendip East Police Newsletters

May 2022 Newsletter

Witham Friary Village Hall

A picture of the Village Hall

Available for private and community functions.
Bookings for the hall are via Flora Parkinson, email withamfriaryvillhall@gmail.com (email is preferable). Alternatively call/text 07736 880483

Booking costs:
  • Children's morning or afternoon party £25
  • Daytime event £50
  • Evening event £60 (plus a further charge if set up is throughout the day and clear up is the next day)
  • Weekly booking £10
  • Village group (regular but not weekly) £15
Booking charges do not include cleaning. Please clean after use or a charge of £50 will be made to cover costs. Access details given on payment.

Facilities available:
  • Main hall, which can be partitioned into two areas with folding doors
  • Audio system
  • Tables (6ft and 3ft)
  • Chairs (120)
  • Fully equipped kitchen with fridge freezer, oven, commercial dishwasher, pots, pans, crockery & cutlery for 100 people
  • Bar area with wide range of glasses, washing facilities and a large fridge
  • Meeting room with sofa
  • 2 unisex toilets and 1 disabled access/baby changing toilet
  • Outside/yard area
Post office:
There is a post office in the meeting room at the back of the hall every Wednesday from 10:30 - 11:30 am.

Parish Council Meetings:
PC meetings are usually held at 7.30pm on the second Tuesday of the month.

There are currently no regular classes being held in the hall.


Pubs and Clubs- see here what this lovely village has to offer

An Urgent Request

Attention all village organisations.
The Parish Council has asked me to contact all the various groups in the village with a view to reporting back to them on events and activities that go on locally. Closer cooperation and co-ordination between local organisations could result in better publicity and possible funding opportunities. Obviously there is very little happening at the moment but as a start could a representative of each local group send details of the aims of the organisation, any ongoing projects and contact details to : r.featherstone@yahoo.com or telephone 01749850752. Thank you, Roy Featherstone

The Cricket Club

A very warm welcome awaits all cricket lovers. Witham Friary Cricket Club exists for the benefit of the residents of Witham Friary in Somerset.
Membership not only allows you to play for the club, but will give you access to the nets whilst supporting the great English tradition that is village cricket.
Please don't view lack of ability or experience as a reason for not joining as all are welcome. All we ask is a love of cricket, a willingness to join in, and from those of you who have already mastered the art, a tolerance of those who have never played before or haven't picked up a bat since school days.
See details about this great club here on Yahoo Goups!

The History Society

The History Society runs events from September to May. There's much more information in their program of events.

The Conker Committee

They do a lot of good work for local charity and also run really fun events in the village.
You can link to their Facebook page by clicking here .
Here's just one example of the great work that they do for the village (for free) - a complete refurbishment of the signpost at the South of the village. They don't shout about it - they just do it for all of you! Conker club signpost renovation It was a complete wreck before and now looks magnificent - thank you all so much! It was carried out with the support of Read Agri, Witham Village Hall, and the Witham Friary 100 club, the latter funding the cost of materials. The repair was kindly carried out free of charge at Reads, and the painting in the village hall, with many late nights!

The Seymour Arms


Picture of the Seymour Arms

This amazing village pub is one of the rarest types of its kind in the country. Built in the 1860's, partly as a farm, and partly as a hotel to serve the nearby Mid-Somerset GWR branch railway station, it was originally part of the Duke of Somerset's estate.
Beer, cider and spirits are served from a glass panelled hatch in the central hallway in the traditional way.
You'll find a warm welcome from the locals who frequent this pub!
This is CAMRA's description of this very special pub.
See below for a YouTube video made in this pub in 2009.

If you want to contact the Seymour Arms they are on 01749 850742. They do have an alternative number which is 01749 684280.

The Parish Church


A picture of the Parish Church

The original building dates from around 1200. It was altered in a transitional style in 1828, and then rebuilt and extended 1875 by William White in "Muscular Gothic" style.
Service details can be found on the Postlebury News page of this website.

The Sustainable Witham Group

sustainable witham banner
Sustainable Witham Friary is a group of friendly people working together to promote sustainable living within our wonderful village of Witham Friary and to ensure that sustainability is at the heart of future planning for the village.

We organise events and share information, we liaise with other groups within the village and with other villages in the parish.

Sustainable Witham was set up in 2019 as a response to the climate and ecological emergency. Our main aim is to share information on practical ways that we, both as a village and as individual villagers, can do our bit to ensure a positive impact on our environment. None of us can save the planet on our own, but Sustainable Witham feels strongly that individual efforts matter.

We are looking for realistic ways we can cut our own carbon footprint, decrease our use of plastic and live more sustainably, increasing biodiversity and doing what we can to encourage wildlife in the village. We also wish to support Mendip District Council’s climate emergency plan to take care of the environment, leaving it in a good condition for generations to come and lead the way for Mendip to be carbon neutral by 2030.

You can find our website here .

A local natural flood management scheme

You may be interested in a local natural flood management scheme located at Holt Farm, Witham Friary. This scheme is intended to contribute to reducing flood risk on the river Frome and generally in Somerset. Below is a picture from the scheme - however you can read much more about it by clicking this link.

natural flood management

A collection of images from Witham Friary's nature

A little roe deer stag in Hartsmead's garden mowing the lawn 04/08/2020
roe deer stag

Early Primroses at Black Arabian Stud 09/04/2020
first-primroses

Bluebells at Black Arabian Stud 09/04/2020
bluebells

An Orange Tip at Manor Barn 08/04/2020
An orange tip at Manor Barn


History

The Witham Friary History Society

The History Society holds events from September to May including talks and visits as well as some not-too-serious fundraising too. Everyone is welcome to come along - see the 'Pubs and Clubs' page for details.

Here's a collection of photographs of Witham Friary kindly shared by villagers:

Here's a short film of Witham Friary taken in the 1950s by a regular visitor and found in 2012 in an attic in Maine, New England. Other towns shown include Frome, Bath and Huddersfield.

A brief history of Witham Friary
The village takes its name from the Witham charterhouse, a Carthusian Priory founded in 1182 by Henry II, which had peripheral settlements including one at Charterhouse and possibly another at Green Ore. It is reputed to be the first Carthusian house in England. One of only nine Carthusian Houses, the priory did not survive the Dissolution of the Monasteries.  At the dissolution it was worth £227; the equivalent of £52,000 today (2006).  Excavations in 1921 revealed buttressed wall foundations and building rubble including glazed roof and floor tiles. It is a scheduled ancient monument.

Part of the priory now serves as St Mary's Parish Church.  Although the original building dates from around 1200 it was altered in a transitional style in 1828, and then rebuilt and extended 1875 by William White in "Muscular Gothic" style. It has a three-bay nave and continuous one bay apsidal chancel, built of local limestone rubble, supported on each side by four massive flying buttresses. The plastered interior is entered through a Norman style doorway. Inside the church is a scraped octagonal font dating from around 1450. The Jacobean pulpit contains medieval work and there is a royal arms of 1660 at the west end. The stained glass windows contain fragments of medieval glass, with those in the south being made by Sir Ninian Comper. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.

The former Village Reading Rooms are in a thirteenth-century building which was once a dovecot associated with the Priory. They are grade II* listed building but are included on Mendip District Council Historic Buildings at Risk Register. The village has older roots. A wealth of nearby tumuli is indicative of ancient human settlement. An archaeological dig in 1985 discovered a neolithic axe and a Roman road. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book when it supported 11 villagers.

The former railway station at Witham was the end of a branch line through Shepton Mallet, Wells, Cheddar and to Yatton. It was known as the 'Strawberry Line' because it was used to transport strawberries from the Cheddar area. The station closed in 1963 although the main line to Exeter remains open. The nearest railway station is Bruton. Part of the redundant line that ran to Shepton Mallet now forms the East Somerset Railway. Between the East Somerset railway and Witham junction the line is regularly used by freight trains transporting limestone from various Mendip quarries.

A fuller account of Witham Friary's history
Very kindly Mrs C Featherstone has produced a document which contains some really interesting history of Witham Friary. Read it here.

A transcript of a document by the Rev. E.B. Prince, Vicar of Witham Friary, 1909
This interesting document contains details of life in Witham Friaary up to 1909. It's referenced in Mrs Featherstone's document. Read it here.

Click the link below to hear some reminiscences about Witham Friary from people who were born and brought up here.
Listen to their voices

Link to documents
There's a range of documents relating to Witham Friary here.

Witham Fiary in the nineteenth century
We also have 'Sketches of the History and Life of Witham Friary in the Nineteenth Century' by the Rev. E.B. Prince, Vicar of Witham Friary, 1909. You can read that document here



'Village Voices' - Reminiscences of Witham Friary

A picture of the front cover of the Village Voices book

Recorded by the Witham Friary History Project and published for the first time in this collection, residents of the parish recount life in the village from the 1920s onwards; country courtships; wartime; Beeching's axe; farm, school and pub.

Edited with a wry sense of humour and a powerful sense of history, the collection contains 12 evocative transcripts on England through seasons and years.

'Village Voices' is available for purchase from the Seymour Arms, price £10.00

To order a copy of Village Voices by post please send a cheque made payable to The Witham Friary History Society for £12.50 (£10 + £2.50 p&p) to:
The Witham Friary History Society, Friarsmede, Witham Friary, Somerset BA11 5HD
As a Parish Council we want to help you and reach out to you. We the hope the links here are useful. However, if there are any other links you can contribute we'd be more than happy to consider putting them up here for the benefit of all our residents. Just let us know - see the Parish Council contact details page to let any councillor know and help make this website useful for all our residents!

Local links for useful help and information

Local Services
Road conditions - report potholes
Mendip District Council Briefings. Keep up to date with the latest news, information and events. These publications include regular round-ups from the Council's service areas, our partners and community organisations.
Mendip District Council Planning Application search page.
Mendip District Council's waste collection dates.
Mendip District council's website.
Somerset County Council's website.
Somerset County Council's COVID-19 help page.
Somerset's footpath map. Not only can you see the footpaths on here but you can also report issues with them if you need to!
The current level of the river Frome in Witham Friary. Real-time measurement from the gauge by the pumping station.
You can click here to see the Environment Agency's flood risk map for Witham Friary. Note that some properties are in flood zone 3.
Also, something that you may find helpful if you think you might be at risk of flooding, GoCompare have produced a guide with advice on how to protect your home from flooding. Click here to read it.
And here is a link to Witham Water's website.

Notes from Mendip District Council on how to use their Planning Portal
How to Comment on a Planning Application.
How to run a weekly or monthly list.
How to set-up Email Notifications.
How to track a Planning Application.
How register with Public Access.

Local Sport
Witham Friary Cricket Club.
Fishing at the Witham Friary lakes.

Local accommodation
Trip Advisor.

Local attractions
Visit Somerset.
Visit Wiltshire.

Local villages and towns
Upton Noble.
Trudoxhill.
Brewham.
Bruton.
Frome.

Local history and connections with Witham Friary
Home in Frome.
Windrose Trust.
Stourhead.
St Hugh - Wikipedia.
St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster.
The Carthusian Order.


Contact

There's nothing here yet - we're still deciding exactly how we configure this page. In the meantime please contact colincourtfarm@gmail.com who will be pleased to look at your replies as I'm currently trying to sort out the website!!
Also, if you find any broken links on this website please let me know. Most of the links go to pages I have no control over so it's really important that I get information that keeps them up-to-date for the benefit of everyone.