On Saturday 9th September 2000, the Parish's Millennium Capsule was buried.

The capsule was a Parish Council project for the millennium.

This capsule contains photographs of almost all of the dwellings and inhabitants of the Parish together with various other memorabilia contributed by the Parishioners. It even contains a copy of this website on CD.

The capsule is buried on Widecombe Village Green under a large granite boulder. The boulder carries the inscription that the capsule is to remain buried for 100 years, at which point it can be opened, inspected and further material inserted. It is then to be resealed for another 100 years, and the process is then to be repeated, hopefully for 1000 years.

The burial was accompanied by a short ceremony and followed by tea at the Green Cafe on the Village Green. Almost 200 people attended the ceremony.

The Widecombe Church Bells, which had only just been re-hung were rung officially for the first time after their restoration.

Some photographs of the ceremony are shown below. As usual, please click on any photograph for a larger version.

	Waiting for the Ceremony to start
	Delicate manoeuvres to remove the boulder ready for insertion of the capsule
	More manoeuvres
	The Blessing
	The capsule ready to go into its hole
	In it goes!
	More delicate manoeuvres to get the boulder back in position