Beyond 2000

Metfield celebrated the millennium in a number of ways:

In the darkness of the evening of Friday 31 December 1999, villagers lit their own registered beacon to see in the new millennium.
A group of residents created The Family Millennium Wood, planting one tree for each family living in the parish in the year 2000.
A millennium map, beautifully designed and recording the surnames of families living in the village at the time, was given to each household.
A time capsule was buried by village children in the churchyard by the base of the tower, filled with items supplied by the girl guides.
A local writer, Frances Donnelly, was commissioned to write a millennium play for performance by local talent in the village hall.