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  Etchingham Parish Council Officers
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Clerk to the Council: Mr K. M. Thomas
Meads, Oxenbridge Lane,
Etchingham,
East Sussex,
TN19 7AA
E-mail KenEtchPC@aol.com
Telephone No. (01580)-819330
Chairman: Mrs Mary E. Varrall
Vice-Chairman: Mrs S. J. Parker
Councillors:
Mrs H. R. Brophy
Mr G. E. S. Hearn
Mr D. Holloway
Mrs C. Morton
Miss S. Mumford
Mr G.E.S. Hearn is also the Rother District Councillor
Mr A.J.Barnes is the East Sussex County Councillor
Village Hall Booking Secretary is Mrs Carole Jacobs (01580)-819404
Village Hall Caretaker is Mr V. Catt
Finance, Planning and General Purposes Committee:
(dealing with the financial aspects, discussing the amount of money needed for the Precept each year, and all the planning applications.)
All councillors
Village Hall Committee:
(oversees the running of the Village Hall)
Chairman is Cllr G.E.S.Hearn, Cllr Parker, Cllr Mumford and two Co-opted members.
Environment Committee:
(discusses the many aspects of the highways and road safety, the footpaths, stiles and other environmental issues, including the Pond)
Chairman is Cllr Holloway, Cllr Brophy, Cllr Morton and two Co-opted members.
Parish Tree Warden:
Mrs H. Brophy
School Govenor for Etchingham C of E Primary School:
Mrs M. E. Varrall
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Etchingham Parish Council Minutes
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Etchingham Parish Council Meeting Dates
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Held in the Village Hall. At 7.30 p.m. the public may ask questions for 15 minutes. The
meeting commences at 7.45 p.m. where the business on the Agenda is dealt with.
The Parish Council meets on the third Thursday of each month except for August and December
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Etchingham Parish Council General Information
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History
The Local Government Act of 1894 created the most local of government units - the Parish Councils. Etchingham can be proud to have been part of this Local Government structure ever since its first Parish Council was elected at a Parish Meeting in December 1894.
The Parish Meeting was convened by the Overseers and held in the Etchingham Schoolhouse on Tuesday December 4th 1894 at 7 o'clock. There was a large attendance and Thomas Russell of Haremere was called upon to preside. A quarter of an hour was given for the nomination papers of those wishing to be Parish Councìllors, to be received. Fourteen Nomination Papers were handed in but as the number of Councillors was limited to seven, the Chairman asked for a show of hands for the support for each candidate. A Poll was then demanded and the election was arranged for Monday l7th December.
The ñrst meeting of the Council took place on Saturday January 5th 1895 at 6 o'clock p.m. All seven elected Councillors were present. Mr. G.F.Gregory, Dr. Eley, Mr. W.C.Russell, and Messrs Cox, Sands, Ellis and Chandler.
The frst business was to elect a Provisional Chaírman. Dr Eley was proposed and seconded and he then Chaired the meeting , to elect the Chairman. Mr Gregory was proposed and seconded and duly elected as the first Chairman of Etchingham Parish Council. Mr Cox was elected as Clerk to the Council.
During its long history the Parish Council has discussed very wide rangíng issues. In its first meeting the problem of cess-pool discharge, the request for a second Rural District Councillor, and the payment of three shillings (15p today!) for the use of the Schoolroom for their meetings.
Over the years immediate problems related to the roads and the footpaths, and the railway, have all featured in the Council's agenda. At the present time the Council is still very much concerned with problems related to the Highway, footpaths and planning issues for it keeps a careful check on the state of footpaths and stiles and tries to introduce measures to stap traffic from speedìng through the village and other aspects of road safety. It looks at all planning applications and sends its comments to the District Council. It is linked with other local councils through the Rother Association of Local Councils and is a member of the Sussex Association of Local Councils, which is, in turn linked to the National Association of Local Councils.
After a village meeting in 1996 an Advisory Committee was set up to explore the feasibility of building a new Village Hall. On receiving its Report, a Questionnaire/Referendum was delivered to every household in the Parish in June 1998. Of 575 voting forms distributed, 391 were returned, and of these 89% voted that a new hall should be built and 77% that it should be on the Willows site. The Etchingham Trust for Sports & Recreation has now bcen set up with Charity status being gained in Summer 1999. It is hoped the building will be completed sometime in 2001. The names of the Trustees can be obtained if required, from the Parish Clerk, Mr K.M.Thomas at The Etchingham Stores 01580 819289 or 819657.
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