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History of Timsbury Parish Council

Last updated: 15/03/2026

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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.

Parish Council Board

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

2024 K C Bradley – current

Clerks to the Parish Council

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

Timsbury Parish Clerk Contract signing VP and CG June 2016

Current Clerk: Angela Wilson

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