Abthorpe
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Towcester MBE of New Year 2024 King's Honour
Published: Sat, 30/12/2023 10:06He is humbled by the recognition of the communities and of course, the King, of the part he has played in delivering superfast and gigabit fibre broadband services to the Tove Valley businesses and residents.Full story -
Abthorpe School in Days Gone By
Published: Wed, 18/10/2023 10:22Built in 1642 to give a free education to village children, Abthorpe School continues to this day to be a hub of village life, now as a community centre.Full story -
Mini Farm appeal successful
Published: Mon, 05/02/2018 19:33In 2011 the family applied to make the planning permission permanent and requested that residence on their site should be restricted to gypsies in general rather than named individuals. SNC refused the application but on appeal a government inspector approved the application.Full story -
Tove Valley Broadband Runners Up
Published: Sat, 07/11/2015 11:06Tove Valley Broadband were runners up in the prestigious national NextGen award for Rural Networks, the award being presented at a House of Lords dinner on Thursday 5th November 2015 by the Earl of Erroll.Full story -
Towcester Food Bank
Published: Sun, 12/07/2015 11:54"Abthorpe villagers continue to be very generous with their donations to the food box at the back of our church. We have had the box since 2013 and the support for it is as strong now as it was at the beginning.Full story -
Abthorpe Family Traced
Published: Mon, 19/11/2012 09:09Jennifer Fairbrother from Blundells Sands near Liverpool recently made contact in her quest to find out more about her ancestors some of whom came from Abthorpe and the surrounding area.Full story -
Overhead Power Cables Go
Published: Sun, 26/02/2012 20:00Around our village green there were many overhead power cables supplying electricity not only to nearby homes but to street lights provided, owned and paid for by our Parish Council from its precept.Full story