Chideock Parish Council
CLAPPS MEAD FIELD AND PLAY AREA
Clapp's Mead Playing Field, Mill Lane, Chideock, was gifted to the Parish Council on 8th February 1938 in memory of Annie C Grafton by her husband Walter P Grafton and their children Eric A Grafton and Rowena Grafton.
The bequest conveys Clapp's Mead to the Parish Council to hold in fee simple as public ground under the Recreation Grounds Act 1859 to be used in perpetuity as a Playing Field and Recreation Ground for the benefit of the inhabitants of the parish, subject to a schedule of 23 further trusts and conditions.
Conditions specified in the 1938 Conveyance
The Parish Council pays for the grass to be cut, with the work being carried out by Bridport Town Council's Lengthsman.
The Parish Council also pays Bridport Town Council for clearing the brook on the southern boundary and the ditch on the northern boundary.
The equipment in the play area has been purchased by the Parish Council with the aid of grants. Aging equipment is being replaced as funding allows.
Further Conditions-&-Obligations-of-the-Grafton-Bequest
The most recent report received from Playground Inspections Ltd is listed below (Oct 2024), this report has yet to be examined and reviewed by councillors, at which time a plan for rejuvenation will be written and implemented.