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27 Jul 2010 MEDIEVAL JETTON FIND

Paul Walker and Chris Wheeler of Trowbridge Metal Detecting Club recently found a rare medieval jetton in a Priston field.

They believe the object is a 15th Century Medieval Jetton of France (maybe Charles VI 1380 – 1422 AD).

Jettons were used for early accountancy calculations, before the advent of arabic numerals and to cope with the complexity of multiple money types circulating  at any one time.  They were used on a board divided into rows and columns - hence the expression "Exchequer" because of the resemblance to a chess board.		 Click on the links below for:

(Thanks to Aylet Anderson for providing this information item.)
7 May 2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2010

Jacob Rees-Mogg has been elected MP for NE Somerset.

The votes were as follows:

Candidate Party Votes %
Jacob Rees-Mogg Conservative 21,130 41.3
Dan Norris Labour  16,216 31.7
Gail Coleshill Liberal Democrat 11,433
 22.3
Peter Sandell UK Independence Party 1,754 3.4
Michael Jay Green Party 670 1.3

Turnout was 76%
 Priston lays within the newly formed Somerset North East Constituency,  which has been formed from the old Wansdyke constituency by the loss of the South Gloucestershire Wards and the addition of some wards on the fringes of Bath (see map).
17 April 2010 PRISTON TELECOM?
Find out how villagers elsewhere in the UK have cooperated to provide 40MB Broadband to their homes.		 Click here for details.
Click here for information on the I-Plate, which may enable you to improve broadband speeds, particularly if you have lots of internal phone extension wiring.
Click here to test your broadband speed.
10 April 2010 WANTED - PROPERTY TO RENT:
Young family (one 12 week old baby boy) seeks place to rent
in Priston, all types of property considered.		 Please telephone Paul Fry on 07729 907386 or email.

7 Jan 2010 IS IT A RECORD?: from Aylet Anderson: Temperature according to our weather station is -11.3C at Brook Cottage at 8.15am. 
Updatefrom Aylet :My record is broken already. Jerry Haines said that the temp. gauge in his car this morning showed -13.5C!
 Has anyone else in the village recorded more (or should it be less?!!).
If so contact us.
15 October 2008
 ROZZIE'S RODENTS:
Holiday care for your little furry friends in my home.
 Rats, Hamsters, Rabbits, Guinea pigs, Mice, Gerbils.
£ 7.50 per cage, per week.
Weekends a possibility too. 		 Ring for more information
01761 472702.
6 October 2008 REGIONAL SPATIAL STRATEGY FOR THE SOUTH WEST:
Early in 2008 a Parish Committee  provided a response to the B&NES  Core strategy which proposes a substantial housing extension south of Bath.  This Core Stretegy was itself based on  a draft Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West.

On 22 July 2008 the Secretary of State (SoS) provided a  Response to the Regional Spatial Strategy, which is now open for consultation until 17 October 2008.   The SoS Response has increased the overall housing requirement for B&NES to 21,300 and the urban extension to Bath to 2,000 new homes.  The SoS also said there would be a need for an additional 39 hectares of employment land.  

The Parish Committee decided their best policy was to contribute to a position paper to be drawn up by the parish councils of the Bathavon West Area of B&NES, and also to produce a form of Landscape Appraisal documenting why Priston is not an acceptable terrain for landscape expansion.  
A Special Parish Meeting was held on 6 October 2008 to receive the report produced within the Parish on the implications of the RSS and building in the Green Belt. Click  here for the presentation provided to the Village meeting., and here for the results of the Village Survey conducted in April 2008.

Click on the links for the  formal response and the  full report (13Mb made in reply to the SoS response
26 June 2008 OUR MILLENNIUM BOOK:  I have a small waiting list of people who would like to have a copy of Our Millennium Book. I know that some people bought multiple copies when it was printed. If anyone has surplus copies could they contact me, and I will pass the books on and refund their money. Please contact Aylet Anderson on 01761 470339 or email.
20 April 2008 GLOW-WORMS AT TWERTON: See the article on the Twerton web-site based on the page on the Priston web-site.  
18 April 2008 RECYCLING COLLECTIONS: please note that recycling, cardboard and garden waste collections on all the forthcoming Bank Holidays (two in May and one in August) will be as normal. see the QUICK LINK on the home page for dates of Garden Waste collections.
14 March 2008 PARISH ELECTION RESULTS:
Name Votes
Sara Jane GRIMSHAW
 43
Jerry HAINES 17
Doug PATTISON 56 ELECTED

No ballot papers were rejected.  Turnout was 54.72%
 Read the official Declaration.
28 July 2006
 RING & RIDE  SCHEME:The scheme is intended for elderly and disabled individuals who find it difficult to access public  transport. 
Click here or  call  418097 for details.
17 May 2005
 HISTORIC PARISH MAP:
In 1991 a landscape survey was carried out in Priston by the old County of Avon.  Apart from the very interesting booklet that they produced at this time, a map was commissioned based on the old Manorial maps of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth century.  It depicts the old field boundaries and field names in use at that time, present day housing is also shown.
The owners of the Parish, including their arms, the Granary, Bullford bridge and the Mill etc. are illustrated.
I have managed to arrange a reprint of this fascinating map, which when framed, is a real conversation piece.
 The map measures 594mm x 841mm, in black and white, price £3.50.

Copies are available from Tim Hughes  Tel:  (01761)  470029
8 December 2004 BROADBAND: BT has removed the distance-related conditions for Broadband. Broadband should now be available to 99.8% of householders connected to a Broadband-enabled exchange.

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31 July 2004 HISTORY OF PRISTON POOR HOUSE AND SCHOOL: new 3rd edition now available. 22 pages illustrated with black & white photos. Click here for details.
20 January 2004 THE LOCAL CHANNEL is a company which provides local communities with free web-space. Priston has adopted its site on The Local Channel. For further information click here.

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