Villagers who have said ‘enough is enough’ over development that has transformed the character of a small rural parish on the edge of Exeter will get their chance to vote on a blueprint for the future. The rural parish of Farringdon, which lies between the A3052 and Exeter Airport, and includes the dispersed village of Farringdon and parts of Perkins Village and Rosamondford, only has 140 dwellings and an estimated population of 368. But despite being one of the smallest populated parishes in the district, thousands of people visit the parish daily, as it is home to both Crealy Adventure Park and the Hill Barton Business Park, both of which developed from previous farmsteads.
TRIBUTES have poured in for a trailblazer in the running community who was known for his love and commitment to the Lakeland fells. Heartfelt tributes have flooded in for 92-year-old great grandfather John Albert Nettleton MBE who died on Christmas Eve. Mr Nettleton leaves behind his son and daughter, Robert and Sarah Nettleton, five grandsons and four great grandchildren. Mr Nettleton was born in Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire and moved to Carlisle as an infant. After doing well at Carlisle Grammar school, and after National Service with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Mr Nettleton went to on study at University of Durham graduating in 1952.