A screenshot of a video call between the Sedgefield Handbell Ringers and Ed Carter who have joined forces for a collaboration A PARK has provided the inspiration for a group of bell-ringers after their regular meetings were halted by the coronavirus lockdown. A visit to Durham County Council’s Hardwick Park, has been recreated in musical form by Sedgefield Handbell Ringers, in a recording which had to be pieced together by its members remotely and virtually while they were unable to meet in person. The bell-ringers meet weekly at Sedgefield’s Ceddesfield Hall but like the rest of the country they have been unable to gather face-to-face over the course of the latest national lockdown.
The live auction in New Street closed in 1980.
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The town grew and expanded around the medieval St Neots Priory, which was rebuilt over many centuries and then finally forced to closed under Henry VIII s dissolution of the monasteries in 1539.
Weekly markets have been held on the Market Square since 1130 when a market charter was created. Markets continue to this day and a fortnightly Farmers Market also runs on the second and fourth Saturday of each month, from 8am till 2pm.
The Cross Keys Mews is on the High Street.
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Long-standing residents of the town will also remember the weekly cattle market, which was also held on Thursdays. The St Neots Livestock Market, in New Street, was one of the largest in East Anglia with more than 1,000 pigs, cattle and sheep sold by auction each week. The cattle auction closed in 1985 and there is now sheltered housing on the site.
Jasper Conran, is auctioning contents of 23,000 sq ft, six-bed apartment at New Wardour Castle, Wiltshire
Items include George I chintz-cotton and velvet tester bed, dating from 1725, which Jasper shared with his husband, Irish artist Oisin Byrne, which is expected to fetch £80,000 at auction
Mid-18th-century George II grey and parcel-gilt heraldic console table has £20,000-30,000 estimate
Four Chinese blue and white Kraak dishes dating back to 16th or 17th century are expected to fetch £4,000
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