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Andy - The Village Idiot, or TVI.
Attempting to be the first man to visit all 10,474 civil parishes of England.
Come, join the adventure!
Saturday – MADELEY
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Madeley’s name is Anglo Saxon, and derives from Mada – a female personal name. Most of its history is centred around the road that runs through it. Almost everything of note was, and in some cases still is, on the A525
MADELEY: Newcastle under Lyme Parish #1 of 11
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December 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Friday – WOORE
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Woore is 100% a Shropshire village, but this place thinks it’s in Cheshire. It used to have a racecourse located to the South of the village in a hamlet called Dorrington Lane. It was served by a railway station at Pipe Gate
WOORE: Shropshire Parish #5 of 201
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December 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Thursday – NORTON IN HALES
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The most important man in the history of Norton in Hales was the Reverend Frank Silver. On our walk here we’ll encounter The Brading Stone, which you wouldn’t want to be anywhere near on a Shrove Tuesday.
NORTON IN HALES: Shropshire Parish #4 of 201
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December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Wednesday – ADDERLEY
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Today on TVI we’re in Adderley. In the older part of the village, there’s a green, upon which you can find a cross. That would have been well known to people that passed through Adderley from Nantwich to the Midlands.
ADDERLEY: Shropshire Parish #3 of 201
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December 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Tuesday – MORETON SAY
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Moreton Say has three main landmarks in the village. They are a school, a village hall and a church. Robert Clive, the 1st Baron Clive, was alternatively known as "Clive of India". He was born in the parish at Styche Hall
MORETON SAY: Shropshire Parish #2 of 201
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December 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Monday – SUTTON UPON TERN
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Welcome everyone to the county of Shropshire for the very first time on TVI! We’re beginning the county in the countryside to the South of the lovely town of Market Drayton, and first up on our list is Sutton upon Tern
SUTTON UPON TERN: Shropshire Parish #1 of 201
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December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Sunday – WILLINGTON
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For the last time this year, lets go walking in South Derbyshire. Today we’re in Willington. The biggest change to the local landscape came along in the 1950s and 1960s when the huge cooling towers of the power stations were built
WILLINGTON: South Derbyshire Parish #30 of 50
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November 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Saturday – FINDERN
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Today on TVI we come to Findern, a picturesque and quaint little village full of charm and character, just South of Derby. This used to be the home of Reg Parnell, an F1 racing driver – and the former Conservative MP Edwina Currie
FINDERN: South Derbyshire Parish #29 of 50
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November 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Friday – HOUGHAM
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Hougham was the seat of several families, dating back to at least the Norman Conquest, if not before. Hugh, the Bishop of Lincoln, had interests out here. On today’s walk we’ll pass through the manor house he was tied to.
HOUGHAM: South Kesteven Parish #34 of 83
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November 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thursday – MARSTON
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Marston is a nice little village, laid out in an almost perfect square. There are several landmarks here which bear relevance to the mighty Thorold family – the same mob that occupied Syston Park Hall as we learned yesterday.
MARSTON: South Kesteven Parish #33 of 83
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November 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Wednesday – SYSTON
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Syston can be split into two areas. You have the village itself, which is little more than a cluster of buildings around the church. Syston Park used to contain a grand mansion, built in 1775. It was the seat of the Thorold baronets
SYSTON: South Kesteven Parish #32 of 83
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November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Tuesday – BARKSTON
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For a long time the two parishes of Barkston and Syston have been like conjoined twins. With Barkston up first, we’ve got most of the main bits and bobs to cover here. Barkston has a church, a school, a pub and a petrol station
BARKSTON: South Kesteven Parish #31 of 83
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November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Monday – HONINGTON
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Honington lies just north of the junction between the A153 and the A607. To the South and east of it all there’s a perfectly preserved batch of earthworks, commonly known as the Camp or the Honington Hill Fort.
HONINGTON: South Kesteven Parish #30 of 83
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November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
OUT FOR A DRIVE 100

To celebrate the 100th Out For a Drive, I take you on a lengthy trip!

In this video, which is almost THREE HOURS LONG, I drive through all 31 parishes of Rotherham...and I even chuck in Killamarsh (North East Derbyshire) as a bonus!

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Out for a Drive - #100 - ALL 31 PARISHES OF ROTHERHAM (+Killamarsh) IN ONE DRIVE, November 21st 2025
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November 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Sunday – STENSON FIELDS
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This is Stenson Fields. Its a semi-rural suburban housing development, which originated in Derby, before spilling over the district boundary. The parish is contiguous with Sinfin, but Stenson Fields has become its own community
STENSON FIELDS: South Derbyshire Parish #28 of 50
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November 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Saturday – TWYFORD AND STENSON
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Today we’re in Twyford and Stenson, which is located just to the south of Derby on the Trent and Mersey Canal. The 'Stenson Bubble' is a sound. It’s made by the actual bubbles that you can see in the canal here!
TWYFORD AND STENSON: South Derbyshire Parish #27 of 50
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November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Friday – WIGSTON PARVA
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We’ve mentioned the long lost town of Venonae a few times. That was just one of the Roman settlements around here. Wigston Parva is just to the North of the A5, and the experts reckon here, stood an early military fort for the area
WIGSTON PARVA: Blaby Parish #10 of 24
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November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Thursday – SHARNFORD
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Sharnford is located four miles away from Hinckley, and 7 away from Lutterworth, so its kind of in middle of everywhere. The Soar Brook passes through this village and you used to be able to cross it using a ford.
SHARNFORD: Blaby Parish #9 of 24
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November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Wednesday – ASTON FLAMVILLE
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Aston Flamville is known for three things. First, there’s a pretty little church here which contains some bog oak from Sapcote. Second there’s an equally attractive dovecote on Lychgate Lane, and thirdly, Aston Flamville Manor.
ASTON FLAMVILLE: Blaby Parish #8 of 24
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November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Tuesday – SAPCOTE
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Anciently, this was known as Sapecote, and some believe that meant “Soap Village”. Bill Maynard, who portrayed Claude Greengrass in the ITV show Heartbeat once lived here. When he did, he was also able to create another character...
SAPCOTE: Blaby Parish #7 of 24
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November 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Monday – ELMESTHORPE
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Elmesthorpe has moved over the past 1,000 years. The Black Death killed off a lot of the population and for almost 500 years afterwards, it almost didn’t exist. In the mid 19th century it started to grow again thanks to the railways
ELMESTHORPE: Blaby Parish 6 of 24
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November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Sunday – STAVELEY
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Perhaps Staveley’s greatest asset its superb Yorkshire Trust wetland site, which occupies a former sand and gravel quarry. The nature reserve is a huge attraction in these parts, regularly bringing birdwatchers to the village.
STAVELEY: Harrogate Parish #78 of 139
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November 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
FYI

The South Cambridgeshire run I did on Friday was during the heaviest burst of Storm Claudia the county got. Some of the audio where i'm speaking to the camera isn't very good.

I would hope you can appreciate the fact I was willing to walk around in the rain 👍
November 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Saturday – MARTON CUM GRAFTON
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Marton and Grafton sit some 98 feet apart in terms of elevation, despite being just half a mile apart. The villages have both been associated with celebrities. TV actor Neil Morrissey was once at the helm of the Punch Bowl
MARTON CUM GRAFTON: Harrogate Parish #77 of 139
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November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Friday – STRETTON BASKERVILLE
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Stretton Baskerville was completely abandoned and there are two ideas as to why. Whatever the truth it became the perfect place for criminals and thieves to hide, and that’s how it came to be linked with notorious highwaymen
STRETTON BASKERVILLE: Rugby Parish #9 of 41
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November 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM