Yesterday evening I went along to the Monks Eleigh Annual Parish Meeting.
There was a good turn out, and, as usual, excellent refreshments! We heard an interesting presentation from Nick Ward, Heritage Manager at Babergh District Council, about Community Planning. This confirmed my belief that the only way that a community can really make a difference to planning decisions is to undertake a full blown Neighbourhood Plan, a process which can take up to three years and is not for the faint hearted! Lavenham is the only village in the Cosford Division that has made real progress with a Neighbourhood Plan, and anyone thinking of embarking on the journey would be well advised to have a word with their Parish Council Chairman.
During the meeting our attention was drawn to the village website which can be found HERE.
Currently in pride of place on the site is a series of photographs showing the restoration and rehanging of the village sign. The sign is pictured above, complete with eponymous monks. Further investigation of the excellent website will lead you to discover that despite its name there was never a monastery in Monks Eleigh. However over 1000 years ago the widow of a Saxon landowner left lands to the Monks of Canterbury, and this is where the monkish connection comes from.
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