This free booklet is a brief account of the first hundred years of Timsbury Parish Council and is drawn from the Minute Books in which the Parish Clerks have carefully recorded Council business since its formation in 1894. It was researched and written by Mrs Veronica Packham and illustrates clearly the work of the Council over the hundred years as well as providing an insight into the decision affecting the local history of Timsbury.
You can get a free copy of the booklet any time from the Parish Clerk – contact.
You can read chapters about about the work the Council for each period as follows:
| 1894-1914 | 1914-1939 | 1939-1955 | 1955-1970 | 1970-1980 | 1980-1994 |
The accounts are reproduced from ‘Timsbury Parish Council 1894-1994’ by kind permission of the Council and the author Mrs Veronica Packham.
Chairmen of the Parish Council
1894 Charles Adams Kemble
1896 Alfred Greenland
1898 Leigh Thomas Rendell
1901 Henry Cox
1918 Francis Samuel Young
1919 John Edwin Bird
1922 Alebert Henry Lewis
1925 Clifford Thomas Ruddock
1937 Arthur Frederick James Sims
1938 Clifford Thomas Ruddock
1953 Roland Anthony Pickford
1970 Arthur Stanley Moon
1992 Eric Howard Potter
2006 Ann Veronica Packham
2019 Josie Pownall
Clerks
1894 David Bridges
1895 Henry Fear
1912 Joseph Cox
1918 Henry Cox
1924 Oliver Janes
1951 Frederick Sims
1955 Eric Brimble
1990 Derek Hillyard
2011 Ben Thurston
2012 Kirstie Rachel Green
2016 Chris Gittins
2021 Angela Wilson – current
Previous Chairman Veronica Packham and Clerk Chris Gittins
Current Chairman Josie Pownall and Clerk Angela Wilson
