The Coronation Cup

The Coronation Cup is Shillingstone’s community award, presented annually to recognise the achievements of people who regularly volunteer and selflessly work to improve and enhance the lives of others in our village.

If you know of a worthy individual, be they someone in voluntary service, maybe they represent a village organisation, the Church, a charity worker, a teacher or assistant, a caregiver, a council worker, a postal worker, a shop worker, etc. then why not put their name forward for much-deserved recognition by our community?

An award has been presented annually by the Parish Council since 1978 to recognise the contribution made by member(s) of the community to village life and was initially named the 'Baldock Cup', however in 2001 the decision was made to rename it to the 'Jubilee' cup. With the sad death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022 we decided last year to retire the Jubilee Cup and introduce a new version of the award to recognise the investiture of the new King, Charles III onto the throne. We commissioned a brand new Cup handcrafted out of Acacia wood by one of our own talented craftsman in the village, Alan Long, who very kindly donated it to Shillingstone Village.

To be eligible to win the cup you must be:

  1. A resident of Shillingstone
  2. Not have won the award in the proceeding 5 years
  3. Must be nominated by a resident of Shillingstone who is aged over 16 years
  4. The award is for actions undertaken since 1st January through to the closing date; consideration will be made for actions undertaken after the date the cup was last awarded.
  5. Nominations must be received before midnight on the closing date identified below.
  6. A proposer can only vote once. i.e. one person one vote.
    N.B. Any suspected duplicates will all be removed from the count.
  7. Each eligible voter in your household, based on the criteria above, can cast a vote.
  8. Please remember to set out the main reasons why you think the nominee deserves the award,i.e. voluntary action/contribution to our village community.

N.B. It is important that you give as much detail as possible about what your nominee(s) achieved in order to make them stand out.

All eligible nominations will be put forward together with the number of nominations received for any given nominee to identify the winner of the award.

Previous Years Winners


Cup Winners 1970's
Cup Winners 1970's
Cup Winners 1980's
Cup Winners 1980's
Cup Winners 1990's
Cup Winners 1990's
Cup Winners 2000's
Cup Winners 2000's
Cup Winners 2010's
Cup Winners 2010's
Cup Winners 2020's
Cup Winners 2020's

Shillingstone Coronation Cup 2024 - How to Vote

You can make your nomination/vote by one of the methods below:

  1. Fill in the nomination slip(s) circulated on the leaflet included in the December 2024 edition of the Shillingstone Parish Magazine and deposit in one of the ballot boxes located at Shillingstone Garage, The Old Ox Inn or the Co-op.
    You can download and print-off additional slips by clicking the link below...

    2. Download Ballot Paper

  2. Via E-Mail by clicking the link below - make sure to include both the nominee's and your name, address & contact details as well as a clear explanation as to why you believe they deserve the award

    3. E-Mail Coronation Cup Nomination

  3. Fill in the embedded form below to submit your nomination electronically - please submit only one vote per person!

All personal data entered through your responses will only be used to verify that both the nominee and the proposer (you) are residents of Shillingstone Village. All data collected as part of this election will be held securely until the winner has been announced, whereupon it will be deleted.

This years Winner of the Coronation Cup will be announced during the Carols at the Pub event at the Old Ox Inn on Wednesday 18th December at 6:30pm