Community
Community Orchard
Members have planted in late September 2022, a crab apple tree in the Orchard as part of the Queens canopy of trees.
Community Memorial Garden
2019 - Some members of our WI and the community have got together to improve an area of garden in front of the church. They have now cleared it and are in the process of planting.
2022 - A lot has happened during the past 3 years, clearing and planting being the main improvements until the metal fencing has been renewed this spring with help from a Gardening club donation.
2023 - Continued care and maintenance has taken place over the past year.
Mompesson Cross:
We have been involved in this monument that is just outside of the village since the early 1980's.
It is surrounded by railings that was erected by Lord Savile in the 1890's on the site of an Ash Tree where the, Rev. William Mompesson had preached when he first came to the village from Eyam, in Derbyshire. Mompesson is well known regarding the 'plague village' but perhaps not so well known was that he came to Nottinghamshire from Eyam. He preached in the open air at Pulpit Ash as he had done at Eyam, some say it was because the villages were frightened of the plague but it is more than likely because the church was in disrepair.
By 1980 the cross couldn't be seen and the railings were damaged beyond repair so Eakring WI undertook to restore the cross, and keep it all in good condition. Money was duly raised for new railings, a new Ash Tree was planted and the area has been kept clear on an annual basis and the railings repainted by members when necessary. If you come to Eakring it is on the outskirts of the village along Tenters Lane. For further Reference, Derek Walker, an Eakring Historian, has written a book about Mompesson called:Our Good Brother. The Life and Times of William Mompesson. It is available at the Southwell Minster Shop.
In April 2016 a Dedication Ceremony took place at Mompesson Cross, of an information board which gives historic details about William Mompesson, for the site. The board given by Eakring WI was to celebrate the WI Centenary. The WI helps to maintain the site for the village.
