Seconds out in District Round of Warwickshire Best Kept Competition
The results of the district round of judging in the 2005 Warwickshire Best Kept Village and Churchyard competition are in with the county judging currently underway.
From the original 120 entrants, the following villages and churchyards have been successful in the competition at district level: –
Large Villages
District Winners:
Curdworth (North Warwickshire District)
Wolvey (Rugby District)
Leek Wootton (Warwick District)
Salford Priors (Alcester District)
Long Compton (Shipston District)
Napton-on-the-Hill (Southam District)
Wellesbourne (Stratford District)
Gold Winners:
Austrey
Sambourne
Bishops Itchington
Tredington
Brailes
Warton
Bubbenhall
Water Orton
Ilmington
Welford-on-Avon
Polesworth
Wootten Wawen
Ryton-on-Dunsmore
Silver Winners:
Ansley Village
Cubbington
Fillongley
Kingsbury
Kineton & Little Kineton
Tysoe
Small Villages
District Winners:
Middleton (North Warwickshire District)
Marton (Rugby District)
Norton Lindsey (Warwick District)
Great Alne (Alcester District)
Barton-on-the-Heath (Shipston District)
Northend (Southam District)
Long Marston (Stratford District)
Gold Winners:
Gaydon
Priors Marston
Grandborough
Ufton
Hampton Lucy
Ullenhall
Newton Regis
Wixford
Preston-on-Stour
Silver Winners:
Avon Dassett
Baxterley
Birdingbury
Clifford Chambers
Little Compton
Shustoke
Radway
Ratley
Shilton
Walton
Maxstoke
Newbold Pacey with Ashorne
Whatcote
Warmington
Old Milverton
Wibtoft
Churchyards
District Winners:
St Giles Exhall (Coventry & Nuneaton District)
St John the Baptist Middleton (North Warwickshire District)
St Botolph Newbold-on-Avon (Rugby District)
Holy Trinity Norton Lindsey (Warwick District)
St Nicholas Alcester (Alcester District)
St Peter & St Paul Butlers Marston (Shipston District)
St Lawrence Napton-on-the-Hill (Southam District)
St George Newbold Pacey (Stratford District)
Gold Winners:
St Peter Bourton-on-Dunsmore
St John the Baptist Cherington
St Helen Clifford Chambers
St John Copston Magna
Parish Church Corley
St Laurence Lighthorne
St John Long Lawford
Holy Cross Moreton Morrell
St Mary the Virgin Pillerton Hersey
St Leonard Ryton-on-Dunsmore
St James Walton D’Eivile
St Peter Wellesbourne
Silver Winners:
St Laurence Barton-on-the-Heath
All Saints Grendon
All Saints Harborough Magna
St Mary Newton Regis
St Matthew Salford Priors
All Saints Stretton-on-Dunsmore
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Tysoe
St Peter Whatcote
All Saints Withy Brook
Church of the Risen Christ Wyken
Competition organiser, Jenny Cranfield, commented: “The standard of entries has been very high and the county round of the competition is going to be very close. I wish the villages and churchyards facing further judging the best of luck and look forward to hearing the results.”
The Best Kept Village and Churchyard competition is run by Warwickshire Rural Community Council (WRCC). Sponsorship is provided by Calor, the UK’s leading supplier of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) with additional support from the Leamington Spa Courier and the Rugby Advertiser.
Further information regarding the competition is available from Jennifer Cranfield at WRCC, email: jennyc@wrccrural.org.uk, tel: 02476 531280. The winners will be announced on 20th July with presentation events taking place in the winning communities during September/October.
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