61-683: Willesley is a historic village, ward and suburb of Ashby-de-la-Zouch , in the North West Leicestershire district, in the county of Leicestershire , England. It was originally in Derbyshire . Willesley Hall was the home of the Abney and later the Abney-Hastings family. It is now one of the wards of Ashby Town Council. Willesley is mentioned as a significant manor in the Domesday book. Willesley
122-479: A civil parish in 1866, on 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Ashby de la Zouch, part also went to Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe and Measham . In 1931 the parish had a population of 80. The golf course in Ashby had existed since the 1920s and at one time considered buying Willesley Hall, but at the time, the lack of members with cars and financial issues, prevented it. The church of St Thomas dates from
183-456: A 26-bed accommodation building. The site has an outdoor classroom, locations for open fire lighting and cooking, a bird hide for nature studies and a traversing wall. Additionally, caving, hiking, watersports, climbing and mountain biking are located nearby either following recommended routes in the Peak District or at nearby centres. Leicestershire has several campsites: Fox Coverts is
244-571: A camp site at Sudbrooke. Grantham Scout Association District runs the Dukes Covert Campsite. The Stamford and Bourne District site at Shacklewell Hollow , on the A606 between Empingham and Stamford can camp up to 100 people in 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) of grassland and woods. Northamptonshire Scout Association County owns Yr Hen Felin Cottage, a former Youth Hostel at Cynwyd, North Wales. It
305-663: A campsite between Leicester and Hinckley , roughly 1 km from Kirkby Mallory . Fox Coverts has been Scout owned for almost 55 years, and is now managed by the Hinckley District Scout Council. Fox Coverts is a well equipped campsite with several camp sites in clearing, a main building "The Wilson Building", and many activity features. Johns Lee Wood is a woodland campsite, in the North West Leicester Scout district near Markfield and Bradgate Park . The site has several activity facilities including
366-528: A castle. In Wales, the term electoral ward is used for elections to principal councils ( county councils or county borough councils ). These were formally called electoral divisions . Communities in Wales (the equivalent to the civil parish in England) are sometimes divided into wards for elections to the community council. All of Scotland is divided into over 300 wards for local government elections. Using
427-589: A caving complex. The Oaks is located close to Oaks in Charnwood with a variety of activities available. Ullesthorpe campsite is in South Leicestershire, and was once the home of Leicestershire Scouts Training. Willesley is a Scout campsite that was once a stately home located 1-mile (1.6 km) south west of Ashby de la Zouch in North West Leicestershire . The site was bought by
488-401: A mayor of London whilst another rose to be a judge of common pleas . The Abney family required that the owners of the manor should be called Abney. Twice there has had to be a special Act of Parliament for people to add the name Abney to their surname. Sir Charles Abney Hastings, a High Sheriff of Derbyshire was the last person descended from the Abney line. The man who might have inherited
549-575: A number of Scouting clubs within Universities in the region which are affiliated to the Student Scout and Guide Organisation . Scouting organisations at every level of the hierarchy also own and operate campsites and activity centres in the area for the benefit of Scouts, Guides and other youth groups. Derbyshire Scout County is a Scout County of the Scout Association covering the majority of
610-550: A red cross on a white background contained within a shield shape on a green background. Poacher is a major event, open to all Scouts and Guides aged 10 to 17 in all parts of the world, and is normally held approximately every 4 years in the county. It is a collaboration between Lincolnshire Scouts, Girlguiding Lincolnshire Scouth and Girlguiding Lincolnshire North as a week long international camping experience. Participants camp in Lincolnshire Showground , where many of
671-524: A significant stock of fish species. It is surrounded by beds of snowdrops in February and bluebells in the spring. The lake attracts a significant number and species of waterfowl and other birds. It was the birthplace of notable people including two called Sir Thomas Abney and Edward Abney whose letters were published recently giving an insight into early 17th-century life. One of the Thomas Abney's became
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#1732851577291732-611: A sub aqua club teaching scuba diving and snorkelling . Leicestershire Scout County run the Leicestershire Scouts Sub Aqua Unit (LSSAU), a Scout-based diving group providing experience in diving and snorkelling. Despite being based in Leicestershire, its membership is open to Scouts from across the UK and includes members of Girlguiding as well. It was formed in 1985 and teaches both scuba diving and snorkelling ,
793-631: A target sports competition held annually; the County Ball which is open to Scout Network and adult volunteers only and serves as a celebration and fundraising event; the David Lee Memorial Canoe Race , held annually on the River Dove ; and the Rampage activity weekend for Scout Troops held annually. There are a number of events that are also open to members of Scouting and Guiding from outside
854-507: A trustee board to support the work of the county. It is divided into fifteen Scout Districts :- Scouting has a long history in Derbyshire with the 1st Buxton, 2nd Chesterfield and 4th Derny (Derwent) Scout Groups being notable within the county as some of the founding troops of 1908. In addition, Olave Baden-Powell , the 'World Chief Guide', was born at Stubbing Court, Wingerworth , near Chesterfield and her husband, Robert Baden-Powell ,
915-492: A wood, and its church (St. Thomas's). Some areas of woodland at Willesley are owned by the Woodland Trust . These areas were surveyed in 2001 for evidence of ancient woodland. The survey showed that there was a continuity of managed woodland cover for at least 200 years. Still, there was no direct evidence of any continuity of cover since 1600. The site did not therefore qualify as ancient woodland . Ashby Canal ran along
976-528: Is a competitive event over 65 or 35 kilometers without an overnight camp, although teams must be equipped to bivouac if the conditions are severe enough to warrant it. It was first held as a Rover Scout event in 1957, but is now open to other teams of experienced hill walkers and fell runners . The Kinder Extreme and the Kinder Challenge are a series of walks run annually as a hillwalking challenge for any member of Scouting and Girlguiding from across
1037-412: Is believed to extend from the county's history with fox hunting. Leicestershire Scouts run a number of county level activity teams to develop leadership skills in these activities and to allow a broad range of young people a chance to experience these adventurous activities. There are clubs for caving , mountain biking , rifle shooting , water activities (in particular sailing and canoeing ) and
1098-517: Is divided into nine Scout Districts : The 1st Nottingham (YMCA) Scout Group is notable within the county as one of the founding troops of 1908. The county's badge, worn on the uniform of any member in the county, depicts a large tree similar in appearance to the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest . There are six student associations at various universities in the region, each of which is affiliated to
1159-1016: Is divided into wards, which are ancient and very long-standing sub-divisions of the city. The Council of the Isles of Scilly is also a sui generis unitary authority, and has five wards, each returning either 1 or (in the case of St Mary's ) 12 councillors to the Council of the Isles of Scilly. Civil parishes in England are sometimes divided into wards for elections to the parish council (or town / city council ). They need not bear any relation to wards or electoral divisions at district level, but often do. The four most northerly ancient counties of England – Cumberland , Westmorland , County Durham and Northumberland – were historically divided into administrative units called wards instead of hundreds or wapentakes , as in other counties. Wards were areas originally organised for military purposes, each centred on
1220-419: Is listed among the large number of manors that are owned directly by Henry de Ferrers and its value was assessed as twenty shillings TRE and sixteen shillings in 1086. There was once a stately home here called Willesley Hall built of red brick. The hall stood in a park of 155 acres (0.63 km). The village has always been small. The population remained around the figure of 60 from 1805 to 1881. Little of
1281-590: Is positioned on the edge of the Peak District National Park in Chesterfield and run by Chesterfield Scout District. The site has 4 acres (16,000 m ) of sloping woodland with open camping areas, served by a purpose built ablution block, which has hot water and coin-operated showers. The site also has two wooden buildings, the Les Burt Hut and John Perry Hut, which serve as an indoor activity hall and
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#17328515772911342-491: Is supposedly due to mining subsidence in the early 1980s. The mining rights to Oakthorpe Colliery see http://www.willesleywood.co.uk will have belonged to the Willesley estate probably until nationalisation in 1946 (confirmation needed). The first compensation record for mining subsidence was in this area in 1635. At the 2021 census, the ward profile population was 2,147. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of
1403-536: Is the Scout Association County covering the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire . Its county office is based in Linby and is also responsible for Hoveringham Activity Centre. The county is led by a volunteer management team with a County Commissioner, as of December 2021 Steven Tupper, four deputies, trustees and additional volunteers as well as some paid staff to support the operations of the county. The County
1464-587: The Local Government (Boundaries) (NI) Order 1972 (No. 131) and DEAs were first created by the Local Government (District Electoral Areas) Regulations 1973 (No.94) Leicestershire Scout County (The Scout Association) Scouting activities can be found throughout the English region of the East Midlands . The largest number of Scouts and volunteer leaders in the region is linked to the Scout Association of
1525-599: The Peak District National Park and vary in facilities on offer. These include Bell's Box in Hathersage , a ten bed bunkhouse owned by the 79th Sheffield Scout Group; Boarfold Scout Campsite in Charlesworth , a wooded site accompanying a 2-acre (8,100 m ) open field run by Tameside South Scout District in Greater Manchester East County with a 24-bed indoor accommodation suite; Gradback Scout Camp in
1586-483: The Student Scout and Guide Organisation (SSAGO). These are De Montfort University Guides and Scouts (DeMUGS) covering De Montfort University , Derby University Guides and Scouts (DUGS) covering the University of Derby , Students of Leicester Universities Guides and Scouts (SLUGS) covering the University of Leicester , Lincoln University Guides and Scouts (LUGS) covering the University of Lincoln , SCOGUI covering
1647-416: The University of Loughborough and Nottingham SSAGO (SNoGS) covering the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University . Previously the Leicestershire universities shared a SSAGO club and a club used to exist at the University of Northampton Derbyshire has several campsites and activity centres run by and open to Scouts and other youth groups. Many of these are located within or near to
1708-412: The electoral ward is the unit used by Welsh principal councils , while the electoral division is the unit used by English county councils and some unitary authorities . Each ward/division has an average electorate of about 5,500 people, but ward population counts can vary substantially. As of 2021 there are 8,694 electoral wards/divisions in the UK. An average area of wards or electoral divisions in
1769-637: The single transferable vote , most wards elect either three or four councillors. Starting from the 2022 Scottish local elections , the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 , allows electoral wards to have between one and five councillors. Districts in Northern Ireland are divided into electoral areas, with each electing between five and seven councillors by single transferable vote. These are themselves sub-divided into wards, but these wards have no official function. Post-1973 wards were first created by
1830-432: The 14th century with a tower added in 1845. The glass is modern heraldic but with some older glass too. Monuments in the church include one dated 1505 to John and Maria Abney, another to George and Ellen Abney dated 1571 and a Lt. General Sir Charles Hastings ' black and white marble tomb who died in 1823. [Note: The 1571 date listed above was Ellen's death. George died in 1577.] The parish register started in 1677. In
1891-509: The 19th century, the church could seat 100 after its seats and pulpit were replaced in 1883 by the Earl of Loudoun. The Earls of Loudoun inherited the manor of Willesley after the Second Baronet died without children. The hall fell derelict and was bought by Leicestershire Scout district in 1952 along with a small area of land. The hall was demolished and the land became a Scout campsite, however,
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1952-499: The 36-bed Farmhouse and the 16-bed Cottage. The campsite is ideally situated for most Peak District activities including climbing, walking and caving and is a much used stopover point for Scout and Duke of Edinburgh's Award expeditions, as well as longer troop or patrol camps. The site organise the Border Hike, a 8-14 mile hike across the borders of the three counties for Scouts, Explorer Scouts and Guides. Spitewinter Scout Campsite
2013-459: The 40-bed Bemrose Centre, the 44-bed Larch Hall and 10-bed Cameron Lair. In addition there is the Heather Lodge indoor hall and an indoor activity barn. The site offers a number of activities including abseiling, archery, an assault course, climbing wall, mountain bikes, orienteering and shooting. Gradbach is a 48-acre (190,000 m ) greenfield site located near the village of Flash ,
2074-462: The Drum Hill Campsite, Spring Bank Camp is an annual activity camp for Cubs, Scouts, Brownies and Guides from both Derbyshire and across the UK. It includes a range of adventurous activities for approximately 1,500 young people and is well known for their evening challenges and competitions in addition to craft village. Leicestershire Scout County is the Scout Association county covering
2135-681: The Founder of Scouting , wrote part of Scouting for Boys at the Izaak Walton Hotel in Ilam close to Dovedale in Derbyshire. Scouts in Derbyshire marked the centenary of Scouting in August 2007 at Sunrise ceremonies renewing their Scout Promise and included gatherings in Derby Market Place where 700 Scouts attended and screen Scout-made videos on the big screen there. The county's badge, worn on
2196-580: The South bank of the River Trent run by Long Eaton Scout District, accessed by boat and which provides water activities. Drum Hill Scout Camp is a 80-acre (320,000 m ) site located in Little Eaton owned by Derbyshire Scouts and run for the benefit of young people since 1927. The site has three open areas for camping, large enough to hold 1,000 campers, and additional buildings for residential accommodation:
2257-685: The UK's highest village between Leek and Buxton . It is located within the Peak District National Park and is on the border between Derbyshire and Staffordshire and close to the border of Cheshire . The site is technically in Staffordshire but has historical ties to Derbyshire Scouting since the site was purchased for the Buxton Scout Association c.1950. As well as large camping areas split over 20 camping sites, there are two indoor accommodation buildings available for hire,
2318-519: The United Kingdom is 28.109 km (10.853 sq mi). The London boroughs , metropolitan boroughs and non-metropolitan districts (including most unitary authorities ) are divided into wards for local elections. However, county council elections (as well as those for several unitary councils which were formerly county councils, such as the Isle of Wight and Shropshire Councils ) instead use
2379-526: The United Kingdom, while there is also a presence of traditional Scouting groups, such as the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association . The Scout Association administers the region through five Scout Counties, overseen by a regional commissioner, which largely follow the boundaries of the ceremonial counties they exist within although in Lincolnshire the former Humberside county is still used. There are also
2440-584: The activities also take place. Northamptonshire Scout County is a Scout County of the Scout Association in the United Kingdom , covering the county of Northamptonshire . The county is led by a volunteer management team with a County Commissioner and a Chair of the Trustees at its head and supported by a series of other volunteers including three deputies. As of December 2021, the County Commissioner
2501-703: The administrative County of Derbyshire in England . The town of Glossop in the far North West of the county is not included in the Derbyshire Scout county but in the Greater Manchester East county instead. The county is led by a volunteer management team with a County Commissioner at its head, as of April 2021 Sue Harris, and supported by four deputies covering the core parts of the county: development, programme, support and training. There are also additional volunteer managers, assistant county commissioners and
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2562-456: The administrative County of Leicestershire . The county is led by a volunteer management team with a County Commissioner at its head, as of April 2021 Carol Black, and supported by four deputies and additional assistants to cover the different areas of the programme. The County is split into ten districts: The 1st Market Harborough Scout Group is notable within the county as one of the founding troops of 1908. Scouts in Leicestershire celebrated
2623-719: The area including the Four Inns Walk and Kinder walking challenges in the Peak District, the Peak Camp and the Spring Bank camp. The Four Inns is a fell race/hiking event held annually over the high moorlands of the Northern Peak District organised by Derbyshire Scout County. It takes place mainly in Derbyshire (though it starts in Yorkshire and, near the end, makes a short detour into Cheshire ), in northern England . It
2684-531: The centenary of Scouts in 2007 with the events accompanied by a drive to demonstrate the Scouts' inclusivity and encourage especially girls and Muslims to join. The county's badge, worn on the uniform of any member in the county, depicts a fox running to the left above a wooden log. The fox is an enduring symbol of Leicestershire, appearing in the logo and coat of arms for Leicestershire County Council , Leicestershire County Cricket Club and Leicester City F.C. and
2745-450: The coat of arms of the former Northamptonshire County Council and in the imagery of Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service although none have the light green chief. The county houses a number of activity clubs and groups including a Northampton Scout Amateur Radio Group which was formed in 1981 and regularly takes part in events such as Jamboree on the Air . Nottinghamshire Scout County
2806-503: The counties. This includes support for growth in the County which saw the county win a national Scouting award in 2017 for growing membership by 12.5% over three years with 5,746 youth members and 2,129 volunteer leaders. The County is split into ten districts: The county's badge, worn on the uniform of any member in the county, depicts the coat of arms of the City of Lincoln , a fleur-de-lis on
2867-417: The country. Both walks are organised annually in the autumn and start and finish at Chapel-en-le-Frith . The Kinder Extreme walk has been running since 1967 on a 30 kilometre circular route that includes the peak of Kinder Scout and is open to older Scouts, Guides, Explorers and Scout Network. The Kinder Challenge is a smaller 16 kilometre circular route including some open landscape of the Peak District which
2928-422: The hall required seven attempts before it gave way to explosives. Further land was later bought by the Scouts, with other areas becoming a fishing lake or adding to the golf facilities. Willesley Campsite is located one mile (1.6 km) south west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It occupies 14 acres (57,000 m) of the old Willesley Hall estate (part of the original gatehouse is still visible). The campsite has fields,
2989-890: The hall, after Sir Charles Abney Hastings died without children, was his younger brother, Frank , a veteran of the Battle of Trafalgar . Unfortunately, he died prematurely fighting for the Greeks and was buried in Zante . Willesley Hall was also used as the name of a steam locomotive in the Hall class by the Great Western Railway . In 1897 the counties of Leicestershire and Derbyshire corrected their boundaries to remove enclaves. Part of Appleby Magna , Chilcote , Measham , Oakthorpe and part of Donisthorpe , Stretton en le Field were transferred to Leicestershire. The ancient parish of Willesley became
3050-474: The latter targeted at younger members such as Cub Scouts. Lincolnshire Scout County is the Scout Association county covering the administrative counties of Rutland and much of Lincolnshire . The county is led by a volunteer management team with a County Commissioner at its head, since 1 November 2020 this has been Amy Gilbert. The county is run from an office in Lincoln which provides support for Scouting in
3111-501: The local Scout District in 1952 along with a small area of land. Further land was later bought by the Scouts, with other areas becoming a fishing lake and a golf course . It occupies 14 acres (57,000 m ) of the old Willesley Hall and estate from which part of the original gatehouse is still visible. The site, among many features, has its own church. Holwell Pastures is a field campsite north of Melton Mowbray and managed by Melton District. Lincoln Scout Association District has
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#17328515772913172-666: The manor remains today, although the church and Willesley Lake both remain. Willesley Lake Willesley Lake is within the 155-acre park of the Former Willesley Hall. It is a serpentine design and was constructed as a fishing and boating lake to allow the water level to be controlled for power generation for the Hall. It is designated as a ‘Site of Ecological Interest’, feeding into the River Mease (a special area of conservation and SSSI). The 24-acre fishing lake set in 16 acres of woodland provides an excellent fishery today, having
3233-487: The same number of electors, and each elect three councillors. In local authorities with mixed urban and rural areas, the number of councillors may vary from one to three, depending on the size of the electorate. Where civil parishes exist, a ward can be adjacent with a civil parish or consist of groups of civil parishes. Larger civil parishes (such as Shrewsbury ) can be divided into two or more wards. The City of London has its own sui generis form of local government and
3294-509: The southern side of the old estate and was used for moving coal and other minerals (limestone) from the area. A large basin was created at the south edge of the estate alongside the Oakthorpe Colliery from where tramways ran up through Ashby to Ticknall and along the route now of the A42. Mining took place in this area from the 1600s and the lake in the lower part of Willesley Wood near Oakthorpe
3355-587: The summer. In 2005 the well at Whitwell had a theme acknowledging Peak 2005, Derbyshire's International Scout and Guide Camp at Chatsworth Park and in 2009 all of the wells in Chapel-en-le-Frith shared a common Scouting and Scout Badges theme to celebrate 100 years of Scouting in Chapel-en-le-Frith. Derbyshire Scouts run a number of events for their Scouts. These include Activation , an annual activity day for Cubs, Scouts and Explorers; Big Shoot ,
3416-435: The term electoral division . In non-metropolitan county areas with both wards (used for district council elections) and electoral divisions (used for county council elections), the boundaries of the two types of divisions may sometimes not coincide, but more often the county electoral divisions will be made up of one or more complete wards. In urban areas, the wards within a local authority area typically each contain roughly
3477-737: The uniform of any member in the county, depicts a ram on a dark background. The Ram is a long-standing emblem of the city of Derby , initially through The Derby Ram folk tale, and the ram also forms part of the coat of arms of Derbyshire through a role as a bearer. The county has a strong focus on activities and events and has county level clubs for activities including adventurous activities (archery, biking, fencing, bushcraft, rifle shooting, caving, hillwalking and climbing), water sports (paddle sports, diving and sailing), event support (first aid and communications) and teams in less conventional areas to run archaeology and creative sessions. Derbyshire villages are unusual in holding Well dressings during
3538-400: The upper Dane Valley and Spitewinter Scout Camp near Chesterfield . Outside of the Peak District, there are other sites run by districts to enable Scout Groups to camp easily and practice outdoor skills including Scarcliffe Scout Campsite , formerly Birch Hill Plantation in Bolsover which is a 1-acre (4,000 m ) grassland site that can camp up to 120 people and Trent Lock , a site on
3599-426: The ward was: The religious composition of the ward at the 2021 Census was recorded as: Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level, represented by one or more councillors . The ward is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and district councils,
3660-412: Was Dean Smith and the Chair was Karen Tonks. The County is split into six districts: The county's badge, worn on the uniform of any member in the county, depicts a red Lancastrian rose on a white shield with a light green chief containing two white Yorkist roses . The white and red roses along with the white field of the shield is common to some other organisations in the county and can be found on
3721-585: Was launched in 2008 for Scouts, Guides and Explorer Scouts. The Peak International Scout and Guide Camp is a joint event from both Derbyshire Scouts and Girlguiding Derbyshire. It was first held in 1974 and since 1980 has been held every five years in the summer at the Chatsworth House estate. It is open to Scouts and Guides from across the world and contains activities aimed at these core age ranges with some activities for older sections Explorers and Rangers. The most recent event to run, Peak 2015, catered to 4,500 young people and 1,500 volunteer staff. Held at
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