Your Parish Council

Parish Councils were set up under the Local Government Act 1894 and the first Parish Meeting for Berkswich was held on 4th December 1894 in the National School Rooms to elect 7 Parish Councillors . The councillors held their first Parish Council Meeting on 17th December 1894. Captain Levett of Milford Hall was elected Chairman with Mr Chetwynd as his deputy. Mr Edwin Collier was appointed Clerk and Collector of Poor Rates for the Parish at a salary of £4 per year. In March of the following year the First Annual Parish Meeting was held in the Village School with 20 member of the public in attendance. At that time the parish stretched from Radford Bank to the Cank Thorn on Cannock Chase. Over the years the boundaries have changed and the Parish, from April 2003, now just covers the Villages of Walton & Milford.

Should you be interested in the History of the Parish Council, the minutes from 1894 - 1944 are deposited in the County Record Office. Ref. D674/1 (1894 - 1923) & Ref D674/2 (1923 - 1944)

Aims & Objectives of the Parish Council

Elections are held every four years and the Councillors listed below were elected on 3rd May, 2007

Ian Malcolm Ernest BEARNE Chairman Greystone Cottage, 176, Main Road, Milford, ST17 0UN Tel 614752
Roy Brian BENNETT 16 Old Croft Road, Walton on the Hill, ST17 0LS
John Stuart FRANCIS Chase View 200/202 Main Road, Milford, ST17 0UN Tel. 665490
Susan FRANCIS Chase View 200/202 Main Road, Milford, ST17 0UN Tel. 665490
Geraldine Mary GRAYSON 78 Old Croft Road, Walton on the Hill, ST17 0NL Tel 661959
Beryl HOLT Vice-Chairman 53 Old Croft Road, Walton on the Hill, ST17 0NL Tel 665834
Robert Edwin JENKINS 10 Elm Avenue, Walton on the Hill, ST17 0NA Tel 662408
Herbert Thomas MARTIN 1 Brocton Lane, Walton on the Hill, ST17 0NW Tel 660651
Robert Francis MORTON Eastfield, Kitlings Lane, Walton, ST17 0LE Tel 664613
James George REMON 29 Cedar Way, Walton on the Hill, ST17 0LY Tel 664820

Borough Councillors for the Milford Ward

Trevor John Reeves

303 Eccleshall Road, Stafford, ST16 1PE

Tel. 601222

Francis Albert Finlay

Knollwood, 5 Bracken View, Brocton, Stafford, ST17 0TF

Tel. 664531

Our County Councillor

Leonard Bloomer,

3 The Paddock, Seighford, Stafford, ST18 9PJ

Tel. 01785 282332 e-mail leonard.bloomer@staffordshire.gov.uk

Clerk to the Parish Council

Liz Harrington Jones

6 The Crescent, Walton on the Hill, Stafford,ST17 0JZ

Tel. 01785 663198

e-mail lizharringtonjones@hotmail.co.uk

Do you want to get involved?

If you feel that you would like to get involved with the Parish Council please contact the Parish Clerk. We are always interested in hearing from people who are prepared to serve on the Council, the Village Hall Committee, or help with the Best Kept Village etc.

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