West Oxfordshire support for business

West Oxfordshire District Council will be supporting businesses throughout the district in response to the unprecedented economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. See following link for more details...

Villager Bus services suspended from 22 March

It is with a very heavy heart that I must tell you that we have decided that all Villager Bus services will be suspended from Monday 22nd March. We have not wanted to do this, for the sake of our isolated passengers who depend on our services, but the government...

Successful Stonesfield Spring Clean

Thank you to everyone who supported the Stonesfield Spring Clean (litter pick) on Sunday 8th March. It was another fantastic turnout with approx. 50 volunteers tackling the village streets/roads, with a further 14 Stonesfield Scout Group Beavers (and their...

Community Speed Watch restarts its work

At the end of 2019 SAFER took delivery of a Morelock ‘Speed Indicating Device’ (SID) for use by the SAFER Community Speed Watch team. Now all the team have been trained in the monitoring and recording of traffic speeds in line with Thames Valley Police guidelines....

White Horse Folk Night continue

March 4th saw the third White Horse Folk Night of 2020. As well as Judith & Nick Hooper there were a large number of musicians, singers and poets, some familiar and some new. The audience enjoyed a wide range of music and song, as well as White Horse hospitality....

South Oxfordshire to discuss local plan

South Oxfordshire District Council is holding a special cabinet meeting to discuss leaving the area’s local plan at examination after the housing secretary issued a holding direction preventing its withdrawal. Because of the holding direction, the council cannot take...

Celebration of Slate 500th issue

On Saturday 29th February a large number of Stonefield residents turned up at St James’ Centre for the celebration of the 500th issue of The Stonesfield Slate. Richard Morris had arrange a display of the Slate’s archive which included every issue since the Slate...

March 2020 500th Slate

This month the Slate is celebrating its 500th edition. In December 1976 the first edition of The Stonesfield Slate was published… it was the brainchild of Gordon Rudlin. Congratulations to all the volunteers who, over the past 43 years, have kept Gordon’s idea going....