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Newspaper articles - Transfer of Blackminster from Offenham to Badsey
Saturday 21 September 1946 – Blackminster’s rift with Offenham
Saturday 28 September 1946 – Meeting of Badsey Parish Council to consider transfer of Blackminster
Saturday 7 December 1946 – Offenham Cannot Afford to Lose Blackminster
Saturday 11 January 1947 – Blackminster residents petition to transfer to Badsey
Saturday 25 January 1947 – Offenham Parish Meeting to discuss transfer of Blackminster
Saturday 4 October 1947 – County Council Enquiry held at Blackminster
Saturday 1 November 1947 – part transfer of Blackminster to Badsey proposed
Saturday 8 November 1947 – County Council approves recommendation for transfer
Tuesday 4 January 1949 – witty commentary from a London newspaper concerning the dispute
Friday 7 January 1949 – Blackminster gets its order for transfer to Badsey
Friday 21 January 1949 – Offenham Parish Council decides not to oppose the transfer
Friday 1 April 1949 – Blackminster becomes a ward of Badsey parish
Thursday 12 May 1949 – Stanley Bunting elected to the Blackminster Ward of Badsey Parish Council
