Welcome to Hemyock, Anonymous Monday, May 25 2026 @ 02:12 pm UTC
At our recent Thursday meeting, Mr Stephen Reed, an archaeologist from Devon County Council, presented a very informative and interesting talk on archaeological activity around Devon including the find of post-mediaeval pottery at the Churchill building site.
Scrabble Club Is continuing on the 4th Tuesday in each month
Blackdowns Early Music Festival has become a mainstream event in the musical calendar for lovers of early music. Every year since 2004 expert singers from all over the UK and Europe have gathered together for occasional weekends in Culmstock to work on programmes of mediaeval, renaissance and baroque vocal music.
Regency House is the original Hemyock Rectory, built in 1855 with a yard and barn much older than that.
Rev David Aylmer Evans retired to Hemyock following his final living as Vicar of a group of churches on the Somerset levels. His curacies had been in Wales and Maccelesfield, followed by a living in Chester before moving into school work and later becoming a counsellor at South Molton School and Community College.
The French Enjoyed Their Stay!
At the Meeting in May there was an ongoing display of old local photographs on a digital photo frame............
The Longmead Management Group (LMG) is responsible for developing and maintaining the Longmead sports and leisure facilities.
A concert will take place on Saturday 11th July in St Mary's at 7.00pm Hot sunshine on Monday. Warm thereafter, but some showers possible
Bank Holiday Monday will be dry and settled with high pressure dominating, giving almost unbroken sunshine throughout the day. It will become hot in the light winds, with afternoon temperatures not far off breaking records for May. Maximum temperature 30 °C.
The fine weather will continue overnight. There will be lots of sunshine to end the day. Patchy cloud may develop overnight, but remaining dry. Quite a warm night too. Minimum temperature 16 °C.
Another mainly dry, often sunny and hot day is on the cards on Tuesday. However, some patchy cloud is possible, and an isolated thundery shower cannot be ruled out later. Maximum temperature 29 °C.
The weather will stay warm through the week, though cooler than recently. There will be some sunshine at times, though a chance of a few showers, which could turn thundery.
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Sourced from the Met Office