December 1894

4th December 1894

These are the first minutes of the first ever meeting of Old Marston Parish Council. Then it was simply known as Marston Parish Council and covered what was at the time the whole of Marston. The Parish Council was created as a result of the Local Government Act of 1894. The minutes were recorded in a minutes book, handwritten and not typed. More records will be published on this website soon.

The first parish meeting for the Parish was held in the eveninig of the 4th day of December 1894 after due notices published by the Overseers Messrs A. C. Hills and Richard Smith.
Mr A. C. Hills explained the business of the meeting and proposed Mr H. W. Broughton be chairman, this was seconded by Mr A. Evans and supported by Mr F. Sims and no other person being proposed, Mr Broughton was declared unanimously elected.
The Chair was taken at seven o'clock.
The Chairman having asked for Nomination Papers, thirteen were handed in.
At twenty-five minutes past seven the Chairman having examined the nomination papers and declared them valid proceeded to state to the meeting the names of the Candidates in alphabetical order of their surnames as follows:

Mark Carter
Alfred Evans
Edwin Haynes
George Haynes
Joseph Haynes
Alfred Clark Hills
Charles Ingram
Reverend Charles Morris
William Roberts
Frank Sims
Benjamin Cooley Smith
Richard Smith
David White

and having done this informed the meeting that any elector who wished to do so was entitled to ask questions of the candidates.
None of the candidates having withdrawn, and the names of the candidates having been put the meeting seperately to the meeting by the chairman, he declared the show of hands in favour of each candidate to be:

Carter 23
Evans 34
Haynes Edwin 17
Haynes George 30
Haynes Joseph 15
Hills A. C. 19
Ingram 21
Morris Rev 32
Roberts 39
Sims 33
Smith Ben 8
Smith Richard 20
White David 28

A poll was demanded by Mr Edwin Haynes and not being withdrawn the meeting was closed with a note of thanks to the Chairman.
In the morning of December 5th the Chairman delivered at the office of Mr J. W. Mallam the Returning Officer a statement in writing under his hand of the names of the candidates inn respect of whom the poll was to the taken with the nomination paper of each candidate ????????? and also sent proper notice to each candidate that he had been nominated and that a poll has been demanded.

(signed) H. W. Broughton
Chairman

Mark Carter
Alfred Evans
George Haynes
Alfred Clark Hills
William Roberts
Frank Sims
David White