Melsonby Parish Council

The Results are in! They are included at the bottom of this page.

Melsonby Parish Village Show has, sadly, had to be cancelled this year. However, the Village Show Committee are going ahead with a new style Photography Class for 2025.

Entries will be displayed in St James the Great Church, from Saturday 12th to Friday 25th July, and everyone in the village, plus anyone from Melsonby School or any other village organisation, can enter.
You will see some amazing photos during this time, you will also be able to judge the different Categories by voting for your favourite in each one. Yes, that’s right – you’re the Judges! Votes can be made in the Church, until 11 a.m. on Friday 25th July and the results will be announced at the end of the Coffee Morning on that day.
Entries will be free for everyone this year! Entry Forms and photographs just need to be handed to Lynda Watts at 16 East Rd, Melsonby by 9 p.m. on Thursday 10th July. Digital copies are also being requested, as we intend to produce a 2026 Village Calendar – more details later.

Should you have questions please speak to any of our committee members.
The winners of the Adult and Children’s Classes will each be presented with a Trophy. There will also be a Trophy for the photograph that gets the most votes overall.

There is a category for everyone. Please view and download the attached for more information.

The results are in:

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone for taking part in what was a very successful event.

Adult Class

F1 St James the Great Church Melsonby      1st prize Rachel Vart    

2nd Phil Martin           3rd Jess Fleming

F2 The Sky                                                      1st Prize Trevor Lane  

2nd Phil Martin           3rd Anne Powis

F3 A Melsonby Village Scene/ Event              1st Phil Martin            

 2nd Sue Lee Stokoe   3rd Richard Vart

F4 In Motion                                                  1st Terry Sutton          

2nd Trevor Lane         3rd Rachael Vart

F5 Black and White                                      1st Phil Martin                

2nd Paul Elliott           3rd Julie Vickerman

Junior Class 8 years and under                                 

F6 Melsonby                                                    1st Phoebe Parkinson  

2nd Amelie Grundy     3rd Evie Parkinson

F7 Toys/games                                                 1st Evie Parkinson and Freddie Parkinson  

2nd Phoebe Parkinson  3rd Amelie Grundy

Junior Class 9 years and Over                         

F8 Melsonby                                                    1st Tillie Jackson and Charlie Vart    

2nd Aiden Jackson   3rd Melody Henderson

F9 Toys/games                                                1st Lily Ryan  

2nd Charlie Vart  3rd Chad Denten   

Over all Adult winner trophy      Phil Martin

Over all Childrens winner          Phoebe Parkinson

Most voted photo Phoebe Parkinson                                            

The village has been entered into the Rotary Club of Richmond’s annual “Best Kept Village” competition. The judging will take place between 28th June and 13th July 2025. We would encourage residents to join in and support this competition. The judging criteria is available to view and download below.

Location:  High Row, Melsonby CP, Melsonby

Description of works:  Road closure for Yorkshire Water to repair a leaking water supply pipe     

The Restriction will be in place for a period of 5 days between 31st March 2025 and 4th April 2025

The Road Restriction and any associated traffic management can be viewed using this URL link https://one.network/?tm=142841252

Regard

North Yorkshire Council

The Parish Council raised concerns regarding the repair work to the potholes on Swire Way entrance. Please see the response below from NYC Highways:

I refer to your e-mail of 11th March 2025 regarding the above.

I can confirm that the work carried out at the above was used with a well proven permanent cold-lay repair material which I have no doubt will last for a very good period of time. Repairs of this nature may not look nice when first done but the Council occasionally has to undertake this type of repair for obvious safety concerns.

The way that the material was placed by one of my Highways Officers may seem crude but was in fact done so in accordance with the product guidelines. Melsonby is regularly inspected and I will ensure that this particular location is monitored. If you do see some early failure then please let me know.

If some pothole areas are felt to have been missed it may well be because they do not meet the actionable depth limit.

I trust that the above helps.

Kind regards

Steve Barker

Maintenance Manager