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1.Flooding in Hemyock
The recent rains caused the River Culm to rise to levels not seen for 15 years, according to local residents. Both the Culmbridge Road and Station Road were flooded enough to make driving them a risky business. The water at Whitehall was level with the humps of the two small ...
2.Photos of Longmead during development
A series of photos taken by Jack Pursell and others during the development of the Longmead sports field has been added to the website.  They make a fascinating historical record of progress so far, and illustrate the huge amount of work undertaken.  View Slideshow
3.Musical soiree in aid of Devon Air Ambulance ...
Over 100 people took the opportunity to enjoy a Music Soiree at the home of Jean and Philip Vowles of Hemyock when £400 was raised. The two charities to benefit equally are the Blackdown Support Group and the Devon Air Ambulance. Many visitors took advantage of the beautiful grounds and ...
4.Launch of Hemyock Emergency Plan (HEP)
Parish Councils in Devon are encouraged by County and District Councils to write simple self help emergency plans to enable a parish to respond in the event of a universal threat occurring where overstretched blue light services are unable to attend immediately. The aim of the recently launched Hemyock Emergency ...
5.Remembrance Day service at St Mary's
The parish church of St Mary's was filled when the village joined together to commemorate Remembrance Sunday. Led by the church choir and uniformed youth groups and villagers walked from the Parish Hall to the church where the service was conducted by Reader David Palmer.
6.A Healthy Living Centre for Hemyock
The development of a Healthy Living Centre for Hemyock came a little closer yesterday when the Mid Devon District Council planning committee agreed a Change of Use for the garages of the former St Ivel factory from light industrial to social care premises. The Healthy Living Centre is a new ...
7.Road Closure in Culmstock
The B3391 road between Hemyock and Culmstock will be closed from 9th November to 27th November. Attached are the official notice and SWH's letter to residents. Fore Street in Culmstock, the affected road, is the bit just outside the church. Sounds like Withy Lane is going to be busy for ...
8.Hemyock Hands on History Event
A unique history event took place in Hemyock on 13th and 14th November at the Primary School with archaeologists from Exeter displaying a large amount of the medieval pottery recently found at the Churchills Farm building site for Hemyock people to handle and discuss with the archaeologists.
9.Rev David Sherwood
A standing ovation by 200 people saw the final day of the Rev David Sherwood's ministry in the Upper Culm Valley draw to a close.
10.Hemyock Lights Parade
Come along to enjoy the spectacle, join the lantern parade through the village ending outside the church and pub. An evening of lights, music and mulled drinks. Procession starts at Longmead Play Park at 6pm. We are still looking for people to help us steward the event, if you know ...
11.Flooding in Hemyock - May 2008
Hemyock was hit by a terrific storm at 7pm on Thursday 27th May.  The storm was centred on South Somerset with Crewkerne and Ilminster being badly hit; the edge was bad enough. Within minutes the Recreation Field, Bowling Green, the road and gardens of South View and surrounding areas were ...
12.Exhibition of paintings at the Garages, Hemyock
Peter Barrett is showing a large body of work at The Garages, Millhayes, Hemyock, at the end of May.  Internationally known as a wildlife artist, he has lived in the Hemyock area since 1974.
13.Fencing of Forestry Commission land at Culm Davy
The Forestry Commission intend to fence part of the land behind Culm Davy, which many residents of Hemyock will be familiar with. They have only allowed us until the 2nd July for consultation, and they seem to have only put up two small notices on the route to the Culmstock ...
14.Parish Council Welcomes Margaret Squires, New Chairman of ...
Mid Devon District Council has been in some turmoil recently , with many new Councillors and the placing of the Council under more direct central government supervision. Margaret Squires has taken over as the new Chairman of MDDC and a completely new structure for the Council looks imminent.
15.Harvest festival supper - report
Harvest Festival was celebrated at St Mary’s Church, Hemyock on Friday evening followed by a bring and share supper.
16.Hemyock.org celebrates three years of activity
It really has been 3 years on Saturday since hemyock.org went live. Since then we have had around 48,000 visitors and have even had a local newspaper ring up to ask if they can use one of our pictures. Hemyock.org was created by Paul Steed and Matt Clements on the ...
17.Mid Devon Singers
I have been asked to post a copy of their latest Newsletter by Terry Payne, the Chair of Mid Devon Singers, who are starting singing together again.    
18.St Mary's Summer Fete
Despite overcast skies and another event being held in the village the annual Summer Fete organised by St Mary’s Parish Church was a great success raising over £1,800.
19.Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Appeal
The Shoebox appeal organised by the charity Samaritans Purse which delivers Christmas gifts to disadvantaged children throughout the world is now in full swing and a number of boxes have already been delivered to the home of local organiser Janice Bawler of Hemyock along with a number of hand knitted ...
20.Wellington Wheelers
Starting on Sunday 12th October Wellington Wheelers will start a newly introduced ‘beginners group’ that is aimed at women and those looking to improve their fitness and mileage in a relaxed and friendly group. The C group will continue every Sunday up until December. Group rides begin at 9am , ...
21.Brownies raise money for Children with Leukaemia
1st Hemyock Brownies are seen here celebrating with their certificates and rewards for raising £617.75 for Children with Leukaemia, through the Children’s Marathon Challenge and the Cheeky Monkey’s Marathon Challenge.
22.Let us know you are here!
We are doing a survey to see who uses hemyock.org and what you use it for.  If you are interested in the facilities in Hemyock at all, please send me an email at 'steedpaul' ampersand 'rocketmail.com'.   It can be blank, as part of my survey is just counting numbers of ...
23.Farewell to Pastor Steve
Nearly 200 people filled Hemyock Village Hall for a Sunday service to say farewell to Blackdown Hills church minister Steven Reed and his wife Hazel. It was 10 years to the day since Steven began the work of leading Hemyock Baptist Church, during which time many positive things had happened ...
24.Art exhibition at the Garages, Millhayes.
Peter Barrett is having an exhibition of his latest paintings at The Garages, Millhayes, Hemyock, November 24th to 28th 2017, 9.30 am to 6.30 pm daily.   There’ll be oils and watercolours of Dartmoor landscapes, local woodland scenes,  bird studies, and many other west country subjects. 
25.Parish Council Responds to the Culm Development Plan
It is widely recognized that Hemyock has had significant housing development over recent years. Members of Hemyock Parish Council held an additional meeting in order to discuss the Culm Development Plan (see here). This was because of their real interest and deep concern about areas of the village which were ...
26.Lost dog
This dog went missing on 17 March while on a walk with his owners in the woods in Clayhidon between Cordwents and Shepherds Halt, Clayhidon.     His name is Bodie, he's extremely friendly and may have attached himself to another party of walkers.    If you have any information please ...
27.Erika Jordan's Story
When keen reader Erika Jordan heard of a competition being run by the Fostering Network/Roald Dahl Story Writing Competition she couldn't wait to begin her entry. This week she heard that whilst she is not one of the main prize winner's her story had been selected for the reserve list ...
28.Choral Concert by Hemyock Singers
All Saint’s Church, Culmstock was the venue for a choral concert given by Hemyock Singers with proceeds going to two charities supported by the Blackdown Mothers’ Union who provided excellent refreshments at the end of the evening All of the music and some of the words had been composed by ...
29.Hemyock.org
Another year has raced past on the hemyock.org website. I thought I would report progress, especially as I am enormously proud of having kept a log of the number of users all year. Last year’s report is on this link
30.Concerns Over Further Housing Development At Hemyock
Hemyock has seen considerable housing development over recent years – Longmead, Otters Rest, Millhayes farm - and whilst planners have promised that there will be further significant building projects in the years to come, one imminent development is causing concern to residents of the village and their Parish Councillors.