CLAPPS MEAD FIELD AND PLAY AREA

Clapp's Mead Playing Field, Mill Lane, Chideock, was gifted to the Parish Council on 8th February 1938 in memory of Annie C Grafton by her husband Walter P Grafton and their children Eric A Grafton and Rowena Grafton.

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The bequest conveys Clapp's Mead to the Parish Council to hold in fee simple as public ground under the Recreation Grounds Act 1859 to be used in perpetuity as a Playing Field and Recreation Ground for the benefit of the inhabitants of the parish, subject to a schedule of 23 further trusts and conditions.

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Conditions specified in the 1938 Conveyance

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The Parish Council pays for the grass to be cut, with the work being carried out by Bridport Town Council's Lengthsman.

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The Parish Council also pays Bridport Town Council for clearing the brook on the southern boundary and the ditch on the northern boundary.

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The equipment in the play area has been purchased by the Parish Council with the aid of grants. Aging equipment is being replaced as funding allows.

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Further Conditions-&-Obligations-of-the-Grafton-Bequest 

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Inspection Reports

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March 2024

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December 2023

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September 2023

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June 2023

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March 2023

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