Mayors Of Ludlow

Mayor of Ludlow 2017 - 2021

Councillor Tim Gill

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Deputy Mayor of Ludlow 2019/21 - Councillor Robin Pote

Deputy Mayor of Ludlow 2017/19 - Councillor Colin Sheward 

Mayor's charity for 2017/18 - Ludlow Citizen's Advice Bureau

Mayor's charity 2018/19 - Ludlow Young Health

Mayor's Charity 2019/21 - Ludlow Food Bank and Pricklebum's Hedgehog Rescue

 

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Mayor's Events 2017/21

Mayor's Charity Market - 31st August 2017
Pudding Evening - 11th November 2017
Thai Curry Evening - 16th January 2018
Northern Soul & Motown - 27th Jan 2018
Northern Soul & Motown - 17th Feb 2018
Mayor Charity Sponsored Swim - 3rd March 2018
Mayor's Charity Dinner & Dance - 17th Mar 2018
Mayor's Charity Promise Auction - 27th April 2018
Mayor's Chairty Soul & Motown Evening 1st Dec 2018
Thai Curry Evening - 5th March 2019
Dance Evening - 9th March 2019
Mayor's Charity Quiz Night - 21st March 2019
Mayor's Charity Market - 29th August 2019
Mayor's Charity Motown & Northern Soul Evening - 28th September 2019
Mayor's Charity Thai Evening - 28th January 2020
Mayor's Charity Dance Evening - 8th February 2020
Mayor's Charity Quiz Night - 25th March 2020 - cancelled due to COVID-19
Mayor's Charity Band Night - 18th April 2020 - cancelled due to COVID-19

Mayor of Ludlow 2014 - 2017

Councillor Paul Draper

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Deputy Mayor of Ludlow 2014/16 - Councillor Paul Kemp 

Deputy Mayor of Ludlow 2016/17 - Councillor Colin Sheward 

Mayor's charity for 2014/15 - Home Start Ludlow

Mayor's charity for 2015/16 - The Ludlow Hosptal League of Friends

Mayor's charity for 2016/17 - The Ludlow Foyer

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Mayor's Events 2014/2017

Northern Soul and Motown Evening - 6th September 2014
Night Out - 4th October 2014
Variety Night - 13th December 2014
Black Tie Event - 14th March 2015
Cheese and Wine Evening - 19th
September 2015
Motown Evening - 21st November 2015
Band Evening - 23rd January 2016
Black Tie Event - 19th March 2016
Motown Evening - 24th September 2016
Motown Evening - 28th January 2017
Black Tie Event - 4th March 2017
Quiz Night - 2nd April 2017

Mayor of Ludlow 2013 - 2014

Councillor Jim Smithers

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Deputy Mayor 2013/14 - Councillor Paul Draper

Mayor's charities for 2013/14 - The Community First Responders Ludlow and the Royal British Legion Ludlow Branch

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Mayor's Events 13/14

Mayor's Charity Quiz and Raffle - 18th August 2013

Mayor's Halloween Party Night and Raffle - 1st November 2013 

Charity Race Night - 29th November 2013 Cancelled

Mayor's Charity Easter Dance - 18th May 2014

Mayor of Ludlow 2012 - 2013

Councillor Tony Pound

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Deputy Mayor of Ludlow 2012/13 - Councillor Vivienne Parry

Mayor's charity for 2012/13 - Ludlow Royal Voluntary Service, Ludlow Day Away Club and South Shropshire Citizen's Advice Centre

 

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Mayor's Events 12/13

Food Festival Car Park - 8th & 9th September 2012
Dance and Buffet - 10th August 2012
Christmas Dance and Buffet - 14th December 2012
Service to commemorate the end of the Falklands War - 17th June 2012

Mayor of Ludlow 2010 - 2012

Councillor John Aitken

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Deputy Mayor of Ludlow 2010/11 - Councillor Amanda Pope

Deputy Mayor of Ludlow 2011/12 - Councillor Jeffrey Wilcox

Mayor's Charity 2010/11 - Ludlow Carers Group

Mayor's Charity 2011/12 - Ludlow Foyer 

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Mayor's Events 10/12

Tractor Girls - 5th July 2010
Coffee Morning - 23rd July 2010
Youth Festival - 24th July 2010
Chairman of Friends of Whitcliffe Retirement Party - 3rd August 2010
Magic Market - 14th August 2010
Food Festival - September 2010
Food Festival Car Park - September 2010
Hope House Fun Run - 5th December 2010
Le Ferte Mace Visit - 17th-31st May 2011
Supper, Soup, Sausages, Song and Fun - 25th November 2011
Rockspring Childrens's Christmas Party - 14th December 2011
Linney Riverside Park Opening - 30th March 2012

Mayor of Ludlow 2009 - 2010

Councillor Martin Taylor-Smith

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Deputy Mayor of Ludlow 2009/2010 - Councillor Derek Davies

Mayor's charity for 2009/10 - Working Together (£5945.30)

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Mayor's Events 09/10

Tea Dance - 19th July 2009
Spring Food Festival - 8th & 9th May 2010
Fairtrade Town Guide Launch - 25th February 2010 
Visit from the Mayor of San Pietro - September 2009
Rotary Club Presentation - 2009
Visit from the Mayor of Vann, Turkey - 24th November 2009
Ludlow in Bloom - 7th July 2009
Food Festival - 11th-13th September 2009
Youth Festival - 25th July 2009

Mayor of Ludlow 2008 - 2009

Councillor Jim Newbold

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Deputy Mayor of Ludlow 2008/09 - Councillor Derek Davies

Mayor's charity for 2008/09 - Age Concern

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Mayor's Events 08/09

Harvest Seniors Party - 6th October 2008
Mayor's Charity Dance and Buffet - 6th March 2009 

Mayor of Ludlow 2007 - 2008

Councillor Marie Glaze

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Deputy Mayor of Ludlow 2007/08 - Councillor Jim Smithers

Mayor's charity for 2007/08 - Brownies, Guides and Scouts

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Mayor's Events 07/08

Ceremony of Civic & Charters Awards
Cricket Club Biggest Community Cricket Event - 11th & 12th April 2008
Mayfair Sunday Service - 4th May 2008
Opening of the Straw House - 24th May 2007

Mayor of Ludlow 2003 - 2007

Councillor Graeme Kidd

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Deputy Mayor of Ludlow for 2003/04 - Councillor Marie Glaze

Deputy Mayor of Ludlow for 2004/05 - Councillor Terry Burgoyne

Deputy Mayor for 2005/06 - Councillor Jim Smithers

Deputy Mayor for 2006/07 - Councillor Roger Ward 

Mayor's charity for 2004/05 - First Responders

Mayor's charity for 2005/07 - Town Walls Trust

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Mayor's Events 03/07

Ludlow Festival Civic Reception -
26th June 2006 prior to the performance of a Midsummer Night's Dream

60th Anniversary of the End of World War 2 Celebrations - 21st August 2005

Mayor's Carol Service - 14th December 2003

Ludlow Festival Civic Reception - 23rd June 2003

Ludlow Festival Civic Reception  - 28th June 2004

Mayor of Ludlow 2001 - 2003

 

 

 

 

 

Councillor Rose Jones

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Deputy Mayor of Ludlow 2001/03- Councillor Graham Earney

Mayor's charity for 2001/03 - Devoted to the creation of the Babies Memorial Area in Henley Road Cemetery, Ludlow

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Mayor's Events 01/03

World Peace Flame - 20th September 2001

Mayor of Ludlow 2000 - 2001

 

 

 

 

 

Councillor Richard Phillips

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Deputy Mayor of Ludlow for 2000/01 - Councillor Rose Jones 

Mayor's Charities for 2000/01 - Five local charities for the disabled

 

Mayor of Ludlow 1999 - 2000

Councillor Rose Jones

 

Deputy Mayor Ludlow for 1999/00

Mayor's Charities for 1999/00 - Ludlow Hospital Maternity Unit and the creation of Babies Memorial Area in Ludlow Cemetery

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Mayor of Ludlow 1997 - 1999

Councillor Alan Middleton

 

Deputy Mayor of Ludlow 1997/99 - Councillor Rose Jones

Mayor's Charity for 1997/98 - The appeal by the Scout and Guides Movement for new premises

Mayor's Charities for 1997/98 - The appeal by the Scout and Guides Movement for new premises and the Rheumatism and Arthritis Council

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1995 - 1997

Councillor Owen Elias

 

Deputy Mayor of Ludlow 1996/97 - Councillor A Middleton

Deputy Mayor of Ludlow 1995/96 - Councillor J Morris

Mayor's Charity for 1997/98 - The appeal by the Scout and Guides Movement for new premises

Mayor's Charity for 1996/97 - The Nightingale Nursing Fund

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Mayor of Ludlow 1994 - 1995

Councillor Gloria A Miles

 

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1994/95 - Councillor M Coxill

Mayor's Charities for 1994/95 - Ludlow Hospital Maternity Unit (£1419) and the Air Ambulance (£1419)

Mayor's Events 94/95

Royal Welsh Fusiliers March through Ludlow -  26th November 1995

V.J. Day Commemoration and Celebrations - 20th August 1995

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1993 - 1994

Councillor Graham Wilson-Lloyd

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1993/94 - Councillor Mrs G Miles

Mayor's Charity for 1993/94 - DEBRA, a charity to aid skin blistered children (£1700)

Mayor's Events 93/94

Opening of Ludlow Assembly Rooms

Public Consultation on the proposed Castle Square Enhancement Scheme

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1992 - 1993

Councillor Jenny Ann Smallman

(Councillor Smallman came 4th place in the B.B.C.’s Brain of Britain competition)

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1992/93 - Councillor G Willson-Lloyd

Mayor's Charitys for 1992/93 - Ludlow Assembly Rooms Project

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Mayor of Ludlow 1991 - 1992

Councillor Alan Middleton

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1991/92 - Councillor J Smallman

Mayor's Charity for 1991/92 - Ludlow's children's charities

 Mayor of Ludlow 1990 - 1991

Councillor Shirley Phillips

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1990/91 - Alan Middleton

Mayor's Charity for 1990/91 - Red Cross

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1989 - 1990

Councillor John WS Morris

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1989/90 - Shirley Phillips

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Mayor of Ludlow 1988 - 1989

Councillor David Lloyd

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1988/89 - Councillor JWS Morris

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Mayor of Ludlow 1987 - 1988

Councillor BW Houghton

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1987/88 -

 

Mayor of Ludlow 1985 - 1987

Councillor Ralph Gill

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Mayor of Ludlow 1983 - 1985

Councillor Dylis Poole

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1983/84 - Councillor Darrell Reece-Green

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1984/85 - Councillor G Jones

Mayor's Charity for 1983/85 - To raise money for a lifting attachment for a bus to enable bedridden hospital patients to be taken out into the countryside

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Mayor of Ludlow 1982 - 1983

Councillor Dylis Poole

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1982/83 - Councillor Ronald GT Wall

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1982/83 - Councillor Dylis Poole

Mayor's Charity for 1982/83 - Ludlow Red Cross

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Mayor of Ludlow 1981 - 1982

Councillor Martin Speight

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Mayor of Ludlow 1980 - 1981

Councillor R Gill

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 Mayor of Ludlow 1979 - 1980

Councillor June Beeching

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1978 - 1979

Councillor John Trevor

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Mayor of Ludlow 1977 - 1978

Councillor JH Bateman

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1977/78 - Councillor JT Went

Mayor's Events

24th May 1978 presented a Jubliee Certificate of Merit to Councillor Hyde
3rd March 1978 - Mayor's Civic Ball, Ludlow Town Hall

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Mayor of Ludlow 1975 - 1977

Councillor (AE) Ernest Garner

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1975/77 - Councillor JH Bateman

 

Mayor of Ludlow 1972 - 1975

Councillor George H Jones

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1972/75 - Councillor AE Garner

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Mayor of Ludlow 1970 - 1972

Councillor William T.Hyde

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1970/72 - Councillor GH Jones

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Mayor of Ludlow 1968 - 1970

Councillor David T.E Lloyd

Deputy Mayor Ludlow 1968/70 - Councillor WT Hyde

Photo Credit - Andy Heer

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Mayor of Ludlow 1965 - 1968

Councillor William J Price

Deputy Mayor of Ludlow 1965/68 - Councillor J Davies

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Mayor of Ludlow 1963 - 1965

Councillor Gladys M Potter

Awarded Freedom of the Borough

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Mayor of Ludlow 1961 - 1963

Councillor G.E.Clifford

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Mayor of Ludlow 1961

Councillor Sidney C Price

Baker

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1960 - 1961 

Councillor Reginald C.V Wakeman

Died in office
Member of St John's Ambulance Brigade

 

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Mayor of Ludlow 1959 - 1960

Councillor Leonard Holden

 

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1957 - 1959

Councillor John G Davies

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1954 - 1957

Councillor Sidney C Price - Baker

Opening of Ludlow Swimming Baths, Linney - Photo credit: Glyn Price

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Mayor of Ludlow 1952 - 1954

Councillor James H Machin

Police Superintendant

Mayor of Ludlow 1949 - 1952

Councillor Henry J Little

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Mayor of Ludlow 1947 - 1949

Councillor William James Brown

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1946 - 1947

Councillor Harry Williams

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Mayor of Ludlow 1945 - 1946

Councillor Thomas B Yarow

Resigned in 1968 presented with a pipe and lighter.

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1943 - 1945

Councillor Leonard Y Johnson

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1942 - 1943

Councillor William J Brown

Opening of Ludlow Swimming Baths, Linney - Photo credit: Glyn Price

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Mayor of Ludlow 1940 - 1942

Councillor George T Bennett

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Mayor of Ludlow 1939 - 1940

Councillor Violet L Packer

School Teacher

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Mayor of Ludlow 1938 - 1939

Councillor Albert Gatehouse

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1937 - 1938

Councillor William J Brown

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1936 - 1937 

Councillor William S Stephens

Deputy Mayor of Ludlow 1936/37 - Councillor Richard Poyner

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1934 - 1936

Councillor Thomas J Bryan

Deputy Mayor 1934/36

Mayor of ludlow  1932 - 1934

Councillor William Parsonage 

Turf Accountant whose horse Forbra won the Grand National in 1932.

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Mayor of ludlow 1930 - 1932

Councillor Richard Poyner

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Mayor of ludlow 1925 - 1930

Councillor John Palmer

Retired School Master

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Mayor of ludlow 1923 - 1925

Councillor Edward H Rickards

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Mayor of ludlow 1921 - 1923

Councillor Ernest W Bodenham

Draper

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Mayor of ludlow 1917 - 1921

Councillor Edward Sheldon

1919 Mayor Edward Sheldon welcome home WW1 soldiers Photo credit: Ralph Beardmore

Landlord of the Pheasant Inn (Top of Old Street)
Longest serving Mayor of 6 years

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1913 - 1917

Councillor Samuel H Valentine

Grocer, Broad Street
On Tuesday, August 14th 1914 the Town Crier of Ludlow Richard Morgan paraded the streets in full regalia calling upon our town's people to gather outside the Old Town Hall in Castle Square. The subsequent crowd of some three thousand listened on as the Mayor of Ludlow Councillor Samuel Valentine officially announced the declaration of war from the Town Hall's balcony. The 10.13am train the following day was packed with men heading off to the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry depot in Shrewsbury; the platform was crowded with mothers, wives and children waving farewell.

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1911 - 1913

Councillor Ernest T Evans

Draper Shop Keeper

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Mayor of Ludlow 1907 - 1911

Councillor George Woodhouse

Chemist

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1906 - 1907

Councillor Ernest W Bodenham

Draper

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1905 - 1906

Councillor Benjamin Weale

Builder and Methodist Preacher
His acceptance of office was conditional that the Corporation and town officials accompanied him to his own place of worship, which was done with uncommon heartiness and unanimity.

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Mayor of Ludlow 1904 - 1905

Councillor Henry Lloyd

Maltster

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1902 - 1904

Councillor Edward Sheldon

Landlord of the Phesant Inn (Top of Old Street)

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1901 - 1902

Councillor Thomas H Atherden

Banker

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1900 - 1901

Councillor William G Chubb

Draper

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1899 - 1900

Councillor Robert Marston 

Solicitor

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1898 - 1899

Councillor Gaius Smith

Grocer

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Mayor of Ludlow 1896 - 1898

Councillor Thomas H Atheden

Bank Manager

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1893 - 1895

Councillor Thomas Roberts

Director of Clee Hill Granite Company

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1892 - 1893

Councillor William C Tyrrell

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Mayor of Ludlow 1891 - 1892

Councillor William T Besell

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1889 - 1891

Councillor John Valentine

Grocer 3-5 Broad Street

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1888 - 1889

Councillor Henry Lloyd

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1887 - 1888

Councillor Thomas Morris

Photo Credit: Barry Jennings

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1886 - 1887

Councillor Henry T Weyman

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1884 - 1886

Councillor Joe E Brooks

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1883 - 1884

Councillor Thomas Sheppard

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1882 - 1883

Councillor John Crosse

Founder of the Ludlow Advertiser at 18 King St 

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1881 - 1882

Councillor John Valentine

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Mayor of Ludlow 1879 - 1881

Councillor Thomas Roberts

Director of Clee Hill Granite Company

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1878 - 1879

Councillor Heber Rickards

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1877 - 1878

Councillor Ernest J Davies

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Mayor of Ludlow 1876 - 1877

Councillor Heber Rickards

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1875 - 1876

Councillor William T Bessill

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1874 - 1875

Councillor John Adney

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1873 - 1874

Councillor Thomas Sheppard

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1872-1873

Councillor Samuel Watkins

Photo credit: Ludlow Library & Museum Resource Centre

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MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1870 - 1872

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1869 - 1870

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1868 - 1869

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1867 - 1868

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1866 - 1867

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1865 - 1866

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1864 - 1865

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1863 - 1864

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1862 - 1863

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1861 - 1862

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1860 - 1861

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1858 - 1860

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1857 - 1858

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1856 - 1857

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1855 - 1856

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1853 - 1855

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1852 - 1853

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1851 - 1852

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1850 - 1851

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1849 - 1850

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1848 - 1849

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1847 - 1848

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1846 - 1847

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1845 - 1846

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1844 - 1845

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1843 - 1844

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1842 - 1843

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1841 - 1842

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1840 - 1841

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1839 - 1840

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1838 - 1839

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1837 - 1838

MAYOR OF LUDLOW 1835 - 1837