St Mary's Church
Harvest with a Smile at St Mary’s – Sunday 1st October 6pm
Families are very welcome at our Harvest Festival and Supper on Sunday 1st October at 6pm. The Harvest Supper is a cold buffet with a selection of puddings. We would appreciate donations of fresh produce, which is auctioned off after the harvest supper, and tinned and dried food which we Read more…
St Mary's Church
1971 – A Lady in Pittsburgh misses English Churches
Dinah Pelly lived in the United States from 1964, with her husband Brian and in due course with three children, and died there earlier this year. Her affection for St Mary’s is illustrated by the article below that she wrote for the Pittsburgh Press in May 1971, and for many Read more…
Village News
Calling all walkers, joggers, cyclists, and horse riders
Why not join the Ride & Stride sponsored cycle, walk, jog, horse-ride, and even mobility scooter around a few local churches to raise money for St Mary’s – your very own parish church – and the Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust? It’s on Saturday 9th September. You can choose your own Read more…
Community Speedwatch
Burton Community Speed Watch Team Annual Report 2022/23
1. Background In 2011 the Nettleton Parish Plan survey reported that ‘90% of the respondents who live in Burton say that traffic drives too fast on the road through Burton (B4039).’ In 2014 A Metrocount automated traffic survey was carried out in the Street for a week. This showed that Read more…
Village News
Speedwatch really works
There was a surprise for drivers yesterday (5 July) morning, because we did a speedwatch sesssion before 8am for the first time in over a year Lesley, Magda and Chris were up with the lark and did a 1hr session starting at 7.30. Out of about 300 passing cars they Read more…