The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-12-01 00:00:00

VESTRY MEETING AT WYKE REGIS.

On Friday afternoon a vestry boil iiu no 11.1.1 in
the vull, .1 Wykltu,rn. neiT Weymettii. Th..
attendatiee of parivhionery uuul other.. large
that an adjournment had to 11•.. 111141” fr he vevtry
to the eat...groom. Ti.. Row. It. A. England, rector
.4 Wyk. IVA.. presided. There were abs. in rit teti4-
an*, —Mr. Pelly Hooper awl Mr. C. Holland loletroli•
wanlen..), Rev. F. B. Sowter (view of Holy Trinity,
Weymouth), Rev. .f. Lynes. Rev. K. lbynev. Ky. 11.
X,,thatn% 001.111..1 5W31%1.1.1, Captain Preto..,
Or Crawford. Captain Bennett, Deeeiji,,,h,
Mr. C. F. Mr. .1. Mr. .1, Vincent, Mr.
Padgett, Mr. .1. Y. Atkins, Mr. .1. Simon, Mr. E.
Knight, Mr. W. .f. Plowin in. Mr. R. Orallatii. Mr.
T. Winmr, Mr. .1. It. Ilatwock, Mr. .1. (lard, Mr. .1.
i :men, Mr. C. Tapworth, Mr. Stone, Mr. Spouts, Mr.
E. Martin, Mr. J. N. Kiwi, Mr. Andrews, kc. The
ve•dry was convened to onamler Ilk. question as to the
caking system of heating the church, thu prusent
ismition of the burial ground question and decide
thereon, and other businevv.
The Matting of the church W 11016114 dim:n.l.4l, the
i aubject being ntnaluced by the Rtg-roa anal Mr. P.
H 0.11.611. Th.. latter raid the expenses woulil have to
come out .4 the church evpenves fund. and if there
WM not sufficient front that source, out of the Fee rye
capital iu the savings' bank.
The Rev. J I.t NIC.I speaking of Wyke church av a
village cloirvh, intimated he bad been and w.t.. vtill
..ppoved to the church being IVA ttttt at the expense
of the parish, but if a private subscription wa, started
for that object be would contribute t.twards it.
The ROTOR elated that the prevent warming
apparatuv was bought in Pan, and wan paid for by
private vulsicription, at a out, he thought, of INO. lie
thought the congregation would be very much dliv-
pleamvl if the church 11/3.1 11. 4 heated during the emii.
mg winter.
Thu Rev. It. Lime.; said, av Mr. never WA. 1101
alit,, to submit detail., an to the e•penve likely bi be
incurred for heating the church. out. thentoru, the
question could not he settle.l that ilay, h.• propoped
the matter ho adjourned until astotlow vmtry WO.
called.
The •:tiggestion. war -

-.agreed to. divide hetWel.ll the tfee 'tunes, he by way of
The Racine then Alluded to the Istria] gronnd exchange for another ster,. of land, owl which he (Mr.
question, waying he did not suppone there was any Lynes) ventured to think might he found not far off,
nen•mity for him to igive hue views on thio twitter, mu perhaps war the railway bridge, ~n the Cliielcorell.
they knew the offer Fie had made to the pari.h. He rood, a oitintion ch nearer Trinity Church for
hail nothing more to way one way or the other, but burials than at proem, and which could at the warm.
he could not help alluding to a letter which hail op. time be made available for Woothatu district. (Ap•
pearl in the politic presto, which opoke about Nur. planu..) 1. I the rector make hio gift to Trinity
conception on the part of the lliohop of Oxford. If pan.), and It them amme it, hut the tos.ple of Wyke
then, had been any ouch on the part of tho Bishop
it W.YI entirely due to hie repre+entati.ino, because 110 thennelves they did not damage them. (A.pplanoe.)
had put the coo. before his Isatroll awl the Ithillop r.f lie .Ihl 11.4 why Trinity parish want to
Oxford, that it e 411.1 net he 440 111 U Ilkiltop h." e.e.le t.. to bury their (1.• el, a+ by going to
formed any mionoiception ou tho burial ilteuti..lll. -.Sae place twarer they would .re saving theinselvou a
There was aaa thing both the Ijjih,il. of I Word, a.. pxit deil of troultle, and stt th.• tiine savinig
well as the Ilishop of soiiuiiury, coil in their letter. Wyk.. from what lii• felt ...odd only be a
to I thlt W. 14 they di I not see why eters. Li rri.de 'saw, and ail sittinitigate I rvil.against
thing Is• pm on his shoulders or why he shout I which they hail a right by i•very meals iti their power
lie responsible. (.tiiplate...) .ts-they all knew, this to Inman.. Whilst the
_parish thora ;lily appreciate.?
.ppution of having a new burial groand was con. the rector's kin•lneos, Wyk., a. Wyk.. wont.' prefer
soder.. I before he mime to Wyk.'. It Wa4 a very iely:111 their own Isit if !awl. In rmly to a ,pe,ti,,n,
burning stud moot imp...tint gile4tloll, Mel all lie Mr. Lynn. wiiil lie believel the Board of Gle,r,heo,,
c add Kay W. 14 he hail Iline his best t • meet the mlif. wet, .6.1, ised they hal power I...0:0 I.IIIIIW W/Ward, the
ruby. He offered lialf•an.acre id land to Wyke for parelets• of a pie s• of land in wine!, to Imre, but he
all additional burying place, as lie waa told Wyk° thought Gie paridi had a better caw. otill They had
aud Weymouth wen. alma' to be scparak.4, hut the been advised counsel that the ration had no rirlit
thought afterwools ucetirred tm hini—as he was told ti bury in the purist, igrmittl exeept it we. in the Ca.•
CIO of his tithed came from %Veyinouth—that he war of theme Wll., belonged to the parish. (Applause.)
resimpt.ilde to Weymouth a 4 Well en Wylie, and there. At the last %retry a resolution was mimed that an
fore he wrote to the Bishop asking him if lie uvula intim ttion should be amt to the uni.in
allow him to give liallan.acre of land to Ws•puoutdi tiro informing them after that time it was wit
44 well ao Wyk,., so that the rim ',lsle of Wey- thouitlit ii, imble del should limy any •
I mouth who had an ancestral right to be buried in bale. in the pregent gnmod. H.. eh..lld like to
the churchyard f Wylie ohould not be deprived of whether any burial* had once taken place !
it. He was not responsible for the present date of Mr. lie prim explained after the last vestry he pm.
thing., but had dope hi. Lod es he thought for the manicated the faet t tie. Board of Guardian+ that it I
lurid'. If he (coil done wrong, and "A Parishioner" would be it...gestearY for them to dianintinue burial.
in letter to the palwr said he had done so, though from the ost in Wyke after that date.
at the same time lie spoke kindly of his (the rector'..) The Kocroaconsiderol Mr Lynes' remarks premed
largediearual generosity, it had been front the bed to hold out tlie olive branch to both parioheo, and lie
of 'motives., (Applause.) The 'Lollop of Soli/dim", caw running through thLva,dh: i
le iiA sif6t,l,etorir.frhth.i.nthi.vlltitcrh
e was coming to Urnouth next week, and he oliould he ohowed it was 1114 wii m
like to put before hint the opinion of thi+ vestry. He Tomes suggested he (the rector) olimild exchange the
was very glad to see present that day die cont. piece id land he had offerer* for another but
paratively new vicar of Weymouth, who no doubt where it was he did wit know. If, however, the site
wished 10 Fee What bile they were going to take. 1/114 far away would they not require& church or chapel
Ti..' Rev. .1. D. Addisin, the late vicar id Trinity built?
parish, did not bel;evo Wyk.. could free itself from Ti..' Rev. It. Lutes did not pretend hi say the thing
‘Veyinouth whilst the rector cd the former lila, would he possihle, but he ol Isl lie mirprioed if then,
rewired E4O a year of tithes from Weymouth. He was net an acre of ground to be obtained nearer
would aot :Italia =7 ahaanattaus Waal that Point, Trinity Lihurch than the pima proposed, or that some