Leicestershire Parish Councils

The Parish Council is responsible for a considerable amount of property including flag poles at the Village Hall and War Memorial - the list of flag flying days is here. The main items are:

Flag flying days (MS Word, 54 Kb)

Property	Location
Allotments	Main Street [bought with a loan from Beaumanor Estate 1947 but rented since 1917 from Curzon-Herrick estates].
Bus shelters	Main Street & Brand Hill
Car Park	Main Street [Costs shared with Charnwood BC]
Caretaker's House	Main Street
Fountain	Forest Road [gifted by William Perry Herrick]
Gardens	Beaumanor Gardens, Main Street / Beacon Road corner - [Maintenance only under Highways Authority licence ]
Gates	Oak gates at entrance to footpath K6 leading to the playing field [erected in 2002]
Maps	First edition OS map dated 1884/5 at 25 inches to one mile contained in a metal tube [origin unknown]; OS one inch to one mile on Village Hall notice board [Millennium Fund]
Notice boards	Main Street outside Village Hall [Millennium Fund], Main Street outside children's play area [East Midlands Airport], Forest Road [opposite St Mary's Church], War Memorial [origin unknown]. Small WI board on Village Hall front wall was Council's gift to the WI
Pinfold	Forest Road by St Mary's Church [grant aid 2004]
Planters	Main Street outside Village Hall [Millennium Fund]
Playing Field	Main Street [part bought & gifted and registered as the King George's Field charity]* - see details below the table
Roadside seats	Main Street: outside Village Hall [Millennium Fund 2001], children's play area; Beacon Road, Brand Hill, Deans Lane, Forest Road, Hill Rise [for VE Day 50th anniversary], Mill Road, Maplewell Road [Many donated by local residents]
Scout Hut	Main Street car park [former Playing Field club house now leased to Scout Group]
Sports Pavilion	Main Street playing field [maintained under lease by Sports Club with 2 garages]
Trees	Playing field [some donated by Parish Tree Warden]; Maple in children's play area [gift from Gardening Club]
Village Hall	Main Street
Village Hall Annexe	Main Street [built & previously owned by Youth Club]
War Memorial	Church Hill [additional land by Memorial acquired by Council in 1989 under "unknown ownership"]
DONATIONS to the Parish that Council watches over	Weather vane [Village Hall - WI 2004] & commemorative plaque on front wall [WI 2006] Lobby table, Village Hall [Royal British Legion Woodhouse Eaves Branch 1979 in memory of Baldwin R. Allen] Piano, Village Hall Conference table - on stage [WI 1995] Clock above Village Hall serving hatch [Windmill Players] Additional trees - playing field & Herrick Road Green [National Forest Company] Roadside seats & village pump by Main Street bus shelter [Gordon Ambler MBE, who also maintains them]
Piano	Bought by Council December 1994 via Mr Rankin & stored in Village Hall

King George's Fields
were set up in 1936 on the death of His Majesty King George V to promote playing fields throughout the UK. Heraldic panels appear on the oak gates to the field on Main Street. The playing field is permanent - in perpetuity. The National Playing Fields Association [NPFA] - now called Fields In Trust [FIT] - became the Trustee of the Charity from 1965. Any local plans for the fields have to be cleared by them.

Charnwood Borough

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