Northleach, High Street c.1965

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I am very interested in Northleach because my family connections, the Mustoes and Larners, go back several hundred years there and certainly in the case of the Larners back to the 1600's. Both families were shepherds and agricultural labourers. This was a very close knit community and as an example of that my great grandparents, Thomas Larner and Elizabeth Mustoe were first cousins. (Her father and his ...see more

Earlier this year I visited Northleach my husband's Ancesters hail from there. His great great Grandfather William Hewer alias Radbourn bought Leygore farm in 1832, a farm of 800 acres according to records, at that time . It was farmed after his death by his son George and wife Elizabeth (nee Garne) They had 13 children, all survived to adulthood. As I walked around the village ...see more

I have no personal memories but my family history shows me that the HART familiy lived and worked in the nearby villages and some were born in North and East Leach. I am curious as to life in a bygone English village. Also about the 'wool' industry, which eventually declined - Arlington Mill - would have been the place of work for many of our forebears - and one address I have is of Manor Cottages, most ...see more

My great-great-great grandad was vicar of Northleach church in the late 1700s until 1816. His name was Thomas wilkinson. I visited Northleach earlier this year and I love it. It was interesting chatting to the owners of the Red Lion which one of Thomas's sons was landlord of for a time in the 1800s.