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Family of Fowler
Not a memory but an historical fact. I have traced my family back to Leigh circa 1750. The patriarch was Anthony Fowler, a carpenter from Bishops Cleeve. He married Mary Attwood of Bishops Cleeve in 1749. They had 10 children, all born and christened in Leigh. They were Giles (1750-1752), Mary (1752-1752), Richard (1753), Sarah (1755), Mary (again 1756-1756), Elizabeth (1758-1758), Jane (1759), William (1761), John (1763) and my ancester Charles Attwood Fowler (1767).
I am keen to receive any information about this family. Any mention in old documentation relating to where they may have lived in Leigh and any work Anthony or any of the others may have carried out in the area.
Thank you
Contributed by n kelly
Gloucestershire memories
Family of Fowler
Not a memory but an historical fact. I have traced my family back to Leigh circa 1750. The patriarch was Anthony Fowler, a carpenter from Bishops Cleeve. He married Mary Attwood of Bishops Cleeve in 1749. They had 10 children, all born and christened in Leigh. They were Giles (1750-1752), Mary (1752-1752), Richard (1753), Sarah (1755), Mary (again 1756-1756), Elizabeth (1758-1758), Jane (1759), William (1761), John (1763) and my ancester Charles Attwood Fowler (1767).
I am keen to receive any information about this family. Any mention in old documentation relating to where they may have lived in Leigh and any work Anthony or any of the others may have carried out in the area.
Thank you
A memory of Leigh contributed by n kelly
Allen & Bros Grocers
My grandfather William Allen and grandmother Florence Allen ran Allen & Bros Grocers during the Second World War, with William's brother Carradine Allen. They lived in Oldbury House with their daughter (my mother) and my great aunt, Lydia Dennis. After my grandfather died in 1958 the family moved to Priors Park where they stayed until the death of Lydia in 1990. While looking up the family tree I have found that my grandfather was born at The Crescent in Tewkesbury and his family all came from Tewkesbury and around. Myself and my siblings spent a lot of our childhoods in Tewkesbury at Priors Park and have fond memories of walking into town through Conigree Lane, where the parrot in the primary ...read more here
A memory of Tewkesbury contributed by Ruth Isher
Family History
While investigating my family history I discovered that my great great grandfather Elisha Brownjohn had been employed as the miller at the Abbey Mill, Tewkesbury during the 1830's and 1840's. Several of his children, including my great grandfather John where born in the Mill Cottage, also to be seen in the photograph. I was thrilled to see this old photograph of the mill which I visited last summer
A memory of Tewkesbury contributed by chris hampton
Extracts From Leigh & Gloucestershire books
The tiny hamlet of Leigh lies on the east bank of the River Severn, perched on land just high enough to raise it from the
floodplain, a few miles north-west of Cheltenham. Although this half-timbered building is called Cyder Press Farm to this
day, the great stones in the foreground are actually those of a cider mill. In days gone by village communities worked
together come September time to collect apples for cider making and pears for perry.
An extract from from"Gloucestershire Living Memories".
Gloucester has the gravitas befitting
a city that has been an important crossing point
on the Severn since time long gone, and has
played a significant role in the drama of British
history for more than two millennia. Cheltenham,
on the other hand, would probably still be the
single-street market town it used to be, had not its
meteoric development as a fashionable spa been
kick-started when George III and the royal house-
hold came to stay in the late 18th century.
Natural beauty, rich history, elegant towns
and picture book villages: by whatever criteria
we apply, Gloucestershire is glorious. Britain’s
longest river reaches maturity here as it mean-
ders to meet the sea. Most of the Cotswolds, the
UK’s largest designated Area of Outstanding
Natural Beauty, rests within the county bound-
ary. Then to add further contrast there is the
Royal Forest of Dean, which embraces over 100
square miles of ancient woodland.
What is particular about Gloucestershire is that
it offers so much variation in landscape. Uplands
such as Cleeve Common spread beyond the
Cotswold escarpment. Slimbridge - home to the
Wildfowl Trust - and other wetlands are found
along the Severn.
An extract from from"Gloucestershire Living Memories".
And finally the river winds its way into the city. The cathedral stands proud above Gloucester, overseeing the city's affairs, overseeing the past, and overseeing the future.
An extract from from"Gloucester Photographic Memories".
This photograph shows a picturesque gateway at Longford’s Lake. The lake was created in 1806 as a reservoir to feed the large nearby cloth mill run by the Playne family.
An extract from from"Gloucester Photographic Memories".
This boathouse in the Swiss Chalet style was once one of three boathouses at Longford’s Lake.
An extract from from"Gloucester Photographic Memories".