Parish Council History

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This is a picture of the Annual Meeting Minute Book. Inside the first A.G.M. was held on the 4th December 1894, in St. Thomas's schoolroom.


The following points give a short overview of how this Parish Council has evolved.
  • The parish meeting venues:
    • St. Thomas's schoolroom (the original school, was on the site where the Stockton Heath Medical Centre now stands).
    • National School, church room.
    • Hall's Cafe (first used in 1909).
    • The Council School (first used in 1919).
  • Stockton Heath was part of the parish of Appleton until 1897.
  • Members of the Council were elected annually, until 1901 when Councillors were then elected every three years.
  • Nomination papers for the election were handed in at the AGM and a show of hands was taken to elect members until 1937.
  • First female Parish Councillor was Mrs Annie Robinson who was first elected in 1928.