Cockshutt, Shropshire
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Cockshutt is a village and civil parish in Shropshire
, England
.
. These two villages, as well as the hamlet of English Frankton
, make up the main settlements of Cockshutt-cum-Petton. There are then a number of individual houses and farms. The parish council meets at Cockshutt Millennium Hall. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 676, in 264 households.
. The grant was secured as a result of a two year fundraising drive by villagers, led by hall chairman Arthur Sydney Davies.
The Millennium Hall was back in the media in June 2006 when Oswestry graphic designer and filmmaker Kevin Taylor released a DVD documentary telling the story of the Hall's origins. Copies of the film entitled, Once In A Lifetime were sold to raise funds for the Millennium Hall.
Information about the film can be found at Fabmo Design
when he was made an MBE
"for services to the community in Cockshutt, Shropshire."
In May 2007 a book about the history of the village was launched. Cockshutt & Petton Remembered was produced by the Cockshutt Parish History Group.
2008 saw the launch of the village's own website. Cockshutt Village.Com. The site is a local portal for villagers and features news and events in and around Cockshutt.
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Cockshutt-cum-Petton
Cockshutt-cum-Petton is the name of the combined parish council of the two historic, single-village parishes of Cockshutt and PettonPetton
Petton is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It was mentioned in Domesday as "Peetone", a name probably derived from Old English paec-tun, "settlement by the hill"....
. These two villages, as well as the hamlet of English Frankton
English Frankton
English Frankton, formerly known simply as Frankton, is a small village in Shropshire, England. It lies between the villages of Cockshutt and Loppington, in the civil parish of Cockshutt. The name Frankton probably originated as "Francas's field"....
, make up the main settlements of Cockshutt-cum-Petton. There are then a number of individual houses and farms. The parish council meets at Cockshutt Millennium Hall. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 676, in 264 households.
Village Hall
The Millennium Hall made media headlines in Shropshire when it opened in 1997 as it was the first village hall in the county to receive a large grant from the then newly formed Millennium CommissionMillennium Commission
The Millennium Commission in the United Kingdom was set up to aid communities at the end of the 2nd millennium and the start of the 3rd millennium. It used funding raised through the UK National Lottery....
. The grant was secured as a result of a two year fundraising drive by villagers, led by hall chairman Arthur Sydney Davies.
The Millennium Hall was back in the media in June 2006 when Oswestry graphic designer and filmmaker Kevin Taylor released a DVD documentary telling the story of the Hall's origins. Copies of the film entitled, Once In A Lifetime were sold to raise funds for the Millennium Hall.
Information about the film can be found at Fabmo Design
Recent history
On 11 June 2005 Arthur Sydney Davies became the first villager to be honouredCommonwealth Realms orders and decorations
This article concerns the orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms awarded by the sovereign in right of each nation.Awards are listed by order of wear.-Antigua and Barbuda:* The Most Exalted Order of the National Hero...
when he was made an MBE
MBE
MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
"for services to the community in Cockshutt, Shropshire."
In May 2007 a book about the history of the village was launched. Cockshutt & Petton Remembered was produced by the Cockshutt Parish History Group.
2008 saw the launch of the village's own website. Cockshutt Village.Com. The site is a local portal for villagers and features news and events in and around Cockshutt.