Date:1950
Description:Constance Evelyn Meakin (nee Paddock, 1875-1966) was the second woman to serve as a member of Staffordshire County Council and was a County Councillor for 37 years from 1920. She was also a member of stone Urban District Council. She was well known for her work in support of nursing, health visiting and hospital provision in Staffordshire. She was born at Hartwell Hall, Barlaston in 1875 and was the daughter of George Frederick Paddock, a solicitor, and Matilda Esther Paddock. In 1908 she married James Lionel Meakin of pottery manufacturers J & G Meakin and they moved to at the Laurels on Mount Road, Stone. When James' widowed mother, Mrs Emily Meakin died in 1924 they moved to Darlaston Hall. In 1951 the Meakin family sold Darlaston Hall and Constance, by then a widow, moved to Pyebirch Manor near Eccleshall where she died, aged 91, in 1966.
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A carte-de-visite studio portrait of James Meakin (1830-1885), director of the pottery ...
Standing (left to right): Hilda Meakin, Cyril Meakin, Mrs James Meakin, John Ridgway, ...
Mrs Emily Meakin pictured walking her dog in the grounds of her home, Darlaston ...
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Constance Evelyn Meakin (nee Paddock, 1875-1966) was the second woman to serve as a member of Staffordshire ...
Constance Evelyn Meakin (nee Paddock, 1875-1966) was born at Hartwell Hall, Barlaston in 1875 and was ...
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Source: Staffordshire County Record Office
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