As foreseen in our annual parish report to residents last Spring, Trotton has joined with Rogate and Stedham to form a community land trust - START Community Trust. Our MP Gillian Keegan attended the inaugural meeting this week and learned that START has finally achieved legal registration by the FCA.

START's priority now is to finalise membership, finance and other policies ready for a public launch... Read More »

A "Lifetime achievement award" from the Society of independent brewers (SIBA) was announced this week for Carola Brown, the former owner of Ballards Brewery and current chairman of Trotton with Chithurst parish council.

Carola had been part of Ballards Brewery since it started in 1980 in what is now the Elsted Inn, where she was landlady. She took over the firm and moved the brewery to Nyewood in 1988,... Read More »

Trotton community mourns the loss of an "inspiring neighbour": Dr Priscilla Noble-Mathews

As the Midhurst Observer put it: "Much-loved Trotton villager Priscilla Noble-Mathews died in hospital on Saturday (September 2) after suffering a stroke in her garden."

The newspaper gave a brief tribute on 7th Sept but followed this up with a front-page story and a full page inside on 124th Sept. It is also worth... Read More »

Rosie & Rowan, our resident folk stars, have been chosen to perform a candlelit concert in All Hallows church, Woolbeding as part of the 2017 Madhurst festival on 21st August.

For mode details, click here.

Over the coming weeks, the public is being reminded they should call 101, report online or seek an alternative option, when there isn't a crime in progress or risk to life. A revised contact card bespoke to each district will be available and shared not just in a downloadable electronic format, but as a postcard that people will be able to pick up in public areas and at events so they can pin it up... Read More »

Following John Daborn's move from the area and resignation from the council, the vacancy was publicised as widely as practicable. As there were no calls for an election by residents in response, the recording officer ordered the council to appoint a new member by co-option. Again, volunteers were sought via the noticeboards and website but there was no response, so Neil Ryder (the voluntary clerk)... Read More »

The council has never had its own newsletter but has, for many years, co-operated with the local churches in producing and distributing the "Bridge" monthly newsletter. However, effective from January 2017, the council agreed to a proposal from the United Benefice of Rogate with Terwick and Trotton with Chithurst to merge The Bridge with the Rogate & Terwick News monthly magazine - which has been... Read More »

In discussions with the rector (Edward Doyle) of the United Benefice of Rogate with Terwick and Trotton with Chithurst, and with the churchwardens and treasurer of St George's Trotton, the parish council has agreed to back a new plan to enhance the facilities for using the Trotton and Chithurst churches for community use. Both are ancient churches and very special in different ways but, like many of... Read More »