Sutton Bonington
PLANS. Plans submitted to Rushcliffe Borough Council for an application for the demolition of a single dwelling and construction of replacement detached dwelling, at 26 Park Lane Sutton Bonington have been withdrawn.
MILESTONE. Records show that the joining of the two parishes of Sutton and Bonington from an ecclesiastically point of view is nearing the 100 year mark, because it was in 1923 on the orders of the Privy Council that the joining of the two was agreed.
Facts recorded in the Southwel and Nottingham Church History Project papers says
the Domesday survey of 1086 refers to Sudtone and Bonitone. It is suggested that St. Anne’s was probably in being about 1100. At that period there were two adjacent parishes; Sutton and Bonington both with their own medieval churches, St. Anne’s and St. Michael’s. In Anglo-Saxon times the two parishes were known as Bonington or Buna’s settlement and Sutton the south settlement. And it was during the Middle Ages the parishes gradually merged into one of co-operation.
The 12th century Lordship of St Anne’s was held by the de Diva family of Gotham. Hugh de Diva at his death in 1210, being the last of the male line, bequeathed the manors to be divided between his three daughters and co-heirs, Matilda, Alice and Ascelin and by that deed the church of St. Anne was given to the Priory of Calke in Derbyshire. The Prior of Repton became the Patron of St Anne’s and appointed the priest and a clerk until the dissolution of the priories and monasteries in 1538 when Repton Priory was dissolved. The Priory of Calke remained with the Crown until 1547 when Edward VI gave it to the Earl of Warwick. The patronage of St. Anne’s, like some other churches in the area, was eventually reclaimed by the Crown. In 1525 the Rector was William Stanley. Lord Berkeley foreseeing the dissolution coming (in 1536) presented him, Stanley, to St Michaels, Bonington, and he retained the living, St Anne’s parish. He became rector of both churches only for a short time, and died in 1541.
In 1291 Pope Nicholas IV taxed the two churches of St Anne and St Michael together at a annual value of £10 13s. 4d. A note appended to the church of Kegworth, indicated the Bonington churches were formerly dependant chapels in that parish Kegworth but had changed status very soon and in 1291-2 became a parish in its own right.
Moving forward to the year 1764 when Charles Allen was the rector it was noted that the parish of St Anne consisted of ten houses, of which three were farms and seven were cottages. Mr Allen lived in Leicester: with the record saying ‘no rector in the memory of man was ever known to reside upon St Anne’s living, nor is there a convenience of residing for a family.’
Officially the two parishes remained separate until 1829 when local government reforms were introduced.
Sir Stephen Glynne visited the church in the 1840s. He described it as ‘a small church, consisting of a nave with north aisle, and long Chancel. There is no steeple but the west gable is extended into a belfry with two open arches for bells.’ He noted ‘an elaborate effigy of a knight rather mutilated, with an animal at his feet’.
In 1851 James Fyler, the rector made the return on census Sunday. He noted a total of 79 General Congregation and Sunday Scholars at the afternoon service, and added that ‘the services in this church being held together with Kingstonon-Soar, are afternoon and evening alternatively’. He gave an average of 60 attendees (General Congregation and Sunday Scholars) when the service was held in the evening.
In 1860 the church was largely restored including having the roof replaced and the 13th century windows refitted with replacement stone work and mullions as required.
The whole roof was re-roofed in 1902-3 using existing timbers. Ecclesiastically the parishes remained separate until the two agreed to unite in 1923 on the orders of the Privy Council. It was not until 1948 the completion of the joint benefice could take place due to the requirement for both churches to be in interregnum at the same time. The Rev. T. W. Bryan became the first rector of both St Anne’s and St Michael’s churches and was instituted in 1950.
CONSULTATION. Sutton Bonington’s Village Health Group - formerly ELM Group – are looking to consult patients whose usual general practice services are provided at the village surgery on Orchard Close.
They are organising a meeting in Sutton Bonington Village Hall on Friday next week, January 21 between 4pm and 6pm, when Doctors Stephen Shortt and Neil Fraser will share a presentation to illustrate what has been learned through the course of the Covid19 pandemic and what the current issues are.
Eighteen months of pandemic conditions have created a huge shift in the pattern of care and Village Health Group is examining how it can best use its resources to provide the best possible healthcare to patients. Following the presentation, there will be a plenary session for questions and answers from the audience. Doctors Shortt and Fraser will also be happy to have one-to-one discussions with anyone who prefers not to participate in the plenary session.
The two doctors say: “We look forward to seeing you there. Alternatively, if you are unable to attend but would like to pose a question, you can e-mail it to nnccg.vhg@ nhs.net and we can provide you with a response.”
CHURCH NEWS. Sutton Bonington Baptist Church are getting back to more normal activities and while their Sunday morning services are open for visitors with groups for children and youth, they are also being live streamed.
The church also offers a Student Life group that meet on Sundays at 7.30pm and if there are those wishing to join in just send the Minister, Pastor John Hebblethwaite a message.
Midweek activities for the church include the Rock Solid Youth Grouip for 11 – 14 year olds who meet on a Tuesday at 7.45pm. There is also a fortnightly Coffee Break meeting on a Wednesday at 10.30am and an International Students Group on a Wednesday at 7.30pm.
The Church Little Seeds group on a Thursday at 10am fir a music group for babies and pre-school children, fortnightly on Thursdays at 10am. In addition House Groups are held on various days throughout the week and a Prayer meeting is held on a Thursday at 7.30pm.
WEATHER HEADLINE. Sutton Bonington was in the national news last week when the temperature there at the recognised recording station showed following an extremely mild spell provisionally created a new daily maximum temperature record for New Year’s Eve.
A figure of 15.4 °C at Sutton Bonington, was recorded. Several sites in Eastern and Northern England have also broken the previous New Year’s Eve record.
The extremely mild spell is driven by a flow of warm, moist air from the Canary Islands, further south in the Atlantic and also brings some cloud and outbreaks of rain to the UK.
Steve Ramsdale, a Met Office chief forecaster, said: “The current weather pattern is bringing extremely mild conditions to the UK – perhaps reaching around 16.0 °C in some parts. We also expect some very mild overnight temperatures as well with minimum temperature records being broken in places.”
The mild conditions are expected to remain into the weekend, but is forecast to break down allowing an ingress of colder air from Tuesday, potentially bringing wintry showers and frosts. This is a temporary cold spell before we see a return to weather conditions coming from the Atlantic, bringing further bouts of strong winds and rain to the UK.
The highest UK daytime temperature recorded on New Year’s Day is 15.6 °C in Bude, Cornwall, in 1916.
The previous highest UK daytime temperature recorded on New Year’s Eve is 14.8 °C, in Colwyn Bay, in North Wales, in 2011.
COMMUNITY SHOP MEETING. Sutton Bonington’s Community Shop is to hold its first Annual Members’ Meeting on Tuesday next week, in the village hall. It will start at 6.30pm.
Chairman Michael Symonds will give a welcome to those attending and there will be a report from secretary Richard Shore and treasurer Janine Bone.
All the present committee members stand down and a new committee will be
elected by the members. Anyone interested in joining the committee is asked to contact Mr Shore on richardshore@gmail.com by Friday this week, January 14.