Baschurch Parish Council

About us

Cllr Patricia Budgen 01939 260207

I was brought up on a farm in North Wales. At 19 I spent 15 months working my way round the world, including flying as a member of an aerobatic team in New Zealand. My parents hoped that travel would quell my sense of adventure! On returning home I worked in London and was married in 1970. We moved, in 1976 together with our two children then aged 4 ½ and 18 months to Baschurch. Not an area that was strange to us as my mother had previously lived at Boreatton House and my father had, until he sold it, a farm at Wykey. Our son was educated in Shropshire and our daughter went initially to the playgroup in Baschurch, in those days it was in the Methodist Hall, there was no village hall. My husband opened a Peugeot Dealership in Shrewsbury in 1978 which he sold in 1990.

I have been involved in various charities in Shropshire but principally in The British Red Cross Society with whom I did 25 years active voluntary service. I was a Trustee of the Branch for a number of years, worked as a first aider at public events, lead the International Message and Tracing Service for the County, chaired the Fund Raising Committee for a number of years and was Deputy President, representing the Branch at Regional Level, playing a key role in the re-organisation of the Branch. Until sustaining a bad injury I was a keen rider and am interested in all country sports. I love gardening, travelling and am a Church goer. I care passionately about what happens both in the countryside and our local community and have had the privilege of serving on the Parish Council for 10 years.

Cllr Russell Thomas 07974715880

Cllr Robert Jones 01939 262875

Cllr Matt Feline 01939 260532 (Vice-Chairman)

Cllr Simon Hey

Cllr Carole Weller 07703 985826.

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Cllr Gerry Tomlins 01939 260892

My husband and I have lived here in Baschurch since 1980 and renovated/rebuilt the house ourselves. We have three daughters and i work from home as a seamstress making and altering wedding/bridesmaid dresses as well as all sorts of other sewing requirements. I have an interest in photography and I am keen on photograph editing. I walk, cycle and read (not all at the same time!). I am interested in local history and the environment hence my joining the Parish Council, which I am beginning to enjoy but feel I have hardly touched the surface! There is so much more to it than meets Joe Public’s eye.

Cllr John Lloyd 01939 260336


I have lived in Baschurch all my life and and presently live on The Wheatlands. For many years I was a retained Fireman at Baschurch Fire Station. I joined the Parish Council in May 1995 for the Baschurch Ward and was Chairman between 2005 and 2007.

Cllr Mrs Wendy Lowdon 01939 260424

I moved into Baschurch Parish in 1988 when my husband commenced work as a General Practitioner at Prescott Surgery. We lived for several years in Adcote Mill Cottage and then moved to The Drumbles, near Birch Park Farm, in 1991 where we have lived ever since. 

I was born in Melbourne, Victoria, a fifth generation Australian. I attended the Australian National University, trained as an English and History teacher and worked in rural schools in Victoria. Once I moved to the United Kingdom, I taught in a number of schools in the County but mainly at Adcote School and at Shrewsbury Girls School. During the 1990s and the early 2000s, I was involved in various clubs and local organisations including being treasurer of Baschurch Village Hall, a councillor with Baschurch Parish Council and Parent Governor for Corbet School serving for several years in each instance. Until recently, local concerns gave way to supporting our elderly parents and mine were in Australia. 

I am pleased to be able to be involved as a councillor for Baschurch Parish Council once more. I will strive, with the rest of the councillors, to support the best elements of our community and work hard to gain improvements in the rest.

Cllr David Sharpe 01939 260833



Cllr Andy Woodthorpe 07801 034053 (Chairman)

Cllr Nigel Hancocks 07907 736022

Mrs Anne Howls (Clerk to the Parish Council) 01939 260442

Mrs Anne Howls who has lived in Stanwardine-in-the-Fields for the past 30 years joined Baschurch Parish Council in 2001. She obtained the AQA Certificate in Local Council Administration with Distinction in August 2004. A retired Police Officer she continues to enjoy working with the local communities as she did during her Police Career.

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