There will be a sale of Charity Christmas Cards in the Small Hall, Chipperfield Common, on Saturday 24 October from 10am to 1pm. The charities that took part last year will be invited again. If there are any other representatives who think their charities might be interested please contact Elizabeth Percy on 01923 263341.

A wonderfully sunny evening greeted more than 30 residents on 20 May for the welcome reinstatement of the annual guided walk around Chipperfield Common. Colin Chambers, the new Woodlands Officer at Dacorum Borough Council, led the walk ably assisted by Claire Covington. The leisurely walk lasted well over an hour, taking in some of the [...]

Chipperfield Common was generously ‘sold for ten shillings to Hemel Rural District Council, (now Dacorum Borough Council) in 1936 by the Blackwell family, with the clear understanding that the villagers would be consulted on all aspects of its management. In those days there was no Chipperfield Parish Council. It is perhaps true to say that [...]

A small illustrated booklet entitled A Walk Around Chipperfield Common in the Reign of Queen Victoria has been published by the Parish Council. Copies priced at 75p are available at Blackwells, Chipperfield Larder, the Post Office Stores and StanleyÕs Store.The booklet originated with material prepared by Mary Nobbs to support the work that St PaulÕs [...]

It really is a joy to walk with my dog through the woods of Chipperfield Common: my favourite spot is that small area where there are just beech trees.  The other day the sunlight was streaming through the leaves making a patchwork of light and coloured shade.  I just stood and enjoyed.It has always amazed [...]

A Chipperfield young man, Alistair Wheeler, aged 18, has worked as a part-time waiter at The Windmill pub for 3 years. As a project for part of his A-level in Design Technology, Alistair has designed and built a solar-powered windmill for the garden at the pub. Alistair became interested in the idea because during the [...]

Chipperfield Telephone Exchange On page 57 of Chipperfield Within Living Memory Mary Moore tells us about the Chipperfield Telephone Exchange, which was situated in the Iron Room. This stood at the back of the Red Admiral and next to Inglenook opposite the War Memorial. Now thanks to research carried out be two members of the [...]

Road drains and gulliesHertfordshire Highways plan to clean out all road drains and gullies during November. As they cannot confirm dates at this stage, please ensure that no vehicles are parked over road drains for any length of time during the day as this will prevent access. Please report to the Parish Clerk any road [...]

A chance to do some work in the woods on Chipperfield CommonAnna Cohen, Projects Officer for the Countryside Management Service, is organising a working party to remove the silver birch seedlings from the “heather patch” in the middle of the woods. If you would like to help on Wednesday 23 March between 10.00am and 3.30pm [...]

In November about thirty local people walked through the woods with Phillip Russell, the Woodlands Officer, to learn of Dacorum`s future plans for the woods. Their aim is to manage the woodland as a sustainable, wildlife habitat whilst enabling anyone to enjoy walking there. The present budget for this work is very small at £5000 [...]

CHIPPERFIELD COMMONat 10.30am onFriday 26 November(meet in the church car park)All welcomePhillip Russell, Woodlands Officer for Dacorum Borough Council, will be leading a walk through the woodland, pointing out the work that has been completed so far this year and explaining the work planned for the end of 2004 and early in 2005.If you have [...]

Two footpath projects in the village are now complete, thanks to this year’s grant received from the Parish Paths Partnership. All official (numbered) footpaths through the woodland on Chipperfield Common now have new signposts. Last month, Parish Councillors Brenda Berners-Price and Mark Jarrad assisted Clayton Ray, DBC’s Rights of Way Officer, checking the paths and [...]

The Planning Committee have on behalf of the village_ submitted their views to Dacorum Borough Council on over 50 planning applications. They strongly recommended refusal to the application made in February by Orange to erect a telecommunications mast and cabinets at a site at the top of a field adjacent to Dunny Lane._ attended an [...]

Bob was born on 26 July 1927 in a flat above the coach house at Little Callipers on Chipperfield Common. The family moved to a cottage next door to The Manse and Bobs mother started to attend the Baptist Church. Little did she know how involved her family would become with the church in the [...]

Following the tradition of previous royal occasions, the Parish Council will be planting an oak tree on Chipperfield Common to mark the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. The tree will join others on The Common which were planted to mark the Coronation 1953 and the Silver Jubilee in 1978. The Mayor of Dacorum has been invited to [...]

Congratulations to Chipperfield Corinthians who are celebrating their centenary this year.The club was formed in 1902, initially to play friendly games. Within two years the game had become a more serious pastime and in 1904 Chipperfield Football Club, as it was then called, joined the local West Herts League, which covers the Hemel Hempstaed and [...]

The first cricket season of the new Millennium proved a big disappointment for the club on the field. The first eleven, promoted to Division One of the Hertfordshire League at the end of 1999, won only one game and finished a long way adrift at the foot of the table. The second team fared little [...]

Cameron Lewis will be conducting a site and training meeting of volunteer Woodland Wardens on Chipperfield Common at 10.00am on Saturday 4 November. This scheme is operated in conjunction with the Trust for Conservation Volunteers and if you would like to know more or take part in the scheme, contact Cameron on 01442 228375.

The work carried out to restore the heathland habitat to the large glade within The Common saw good results with an excellent rate of heather germination following sowing in December 1997. Unfortunately, last winter most of this work was undone by extensive rabbit browsing. The only viable means of protecting the heather seedlings is to [...]

Progress achieved by the African Medical MissionSeven years have passed since we last visited Chris and Jenny McConnachie in Umtata and there have been many changes. A new Academic Teaching Hospital is being built alongside the General Hospital and Chris and Jenny can watch the progress from their sitting room windows. When we left the [...]