View from the  Church Tower!   The Parish Council held its last official monthly meeting by Zoom this week. Virtual meetings are no longer legal, and face-to-face meetings are to be reintroduced. The first of these will be on July 7th in the church. The Annual meeting of the Parish will also be held on […] Read More

Polling Day is 6th May   Another packed newsletter with quite a lot of new information for this Bank Holiday weekend. A milesstone has been reached! This is the 60th edition of this newsletter, introduced to help keep everyone informed at the start of the Covid epidemic. It has been well received and the database […] Read More

Happy St Georges Day for Friday 23rd! A packed newsletter this week with five new announcements. Exclusive New FREE Bus Service for the village Delighted to confirm that the new Comet mini bus will now start running from this coming Tuesday 27th April and provide a free service to and from Bicester, two times a […] Read More

Only a couple of new announcements this week. Church Yard Spring Clean The spring clean of the church yard last Saturday was a great success with eight volunteers helping to trim branches and clearing brambles and other debris, plus a big special Thank You to Emma McCabe who kindly helped her father remove ivy from […] Read More

The Death of the Duke of Edinburgh It is with great sadness that we all received the news today of the passing of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The country has now entered a period of mourning which will continue until the day after the funeral which is set to be next Saturday 17th […] Read More

Church Services for Easter Sunday A message from Alice Goodall, Rector, Shelswell Benefice: We are delighted that we will be back open for our Easter Day service at 11.00 am in the village church- you would be very welcome – please book your place by phoning 01280 949192 or emailing admin@shelswellparishes.info From Easter Day the church […] Read More

The latest news and some update items are as follows: Monday Night is Mitra Night Mitra returned to the village earlier this week and will be coming each Monday to serve up her delicious Persian food, at the junction in the centre of the village. She’ll be serving from about 4pm until around 7pm. Just […] Read More

Tomorrow is the start of Spring and the daffs are in full bloom around the village and particularly so in the Pound, which is worth a visit. Covid-19 Update The governments ‘COVID-19 Response – Spring 2021’, setting out the roadmap out of the current lockdown for England can be found via this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-response-spring-2021/covid-19-response-spring-2021-summary For […] Read More

Another relatively short news update this week. Covid-19 Update The governments ‘COVID-19 Response – Spring 2021’, setting out the roadmap out of the current lockdown for England can be found via this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-response-spring-2021/covid-19-response-spring-2021-summary For those who are interested in more precise information on infections, area by area, the link below is useful: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/interactive-map East […] Read More