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Frank Finch Motorbike Trialling
Frank was said to be a 'great character'

Alison Gardiner picking daffodils in her garden
The Gardiner Family with particular reference to the family of Thomas Gardiner (1803 - 1851) and Dinah nee Gardiner (1801 - 1852).

The Gardiners in this parish can be traced back to the early sixteen hundreds when Huguenot weavers fled the Low…

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In 1842 Jesse and Jane Gardiner and their four sons emigrated from Bisley to Australind in Australia as part of a colonial settlement scheme run by the 'Western Australian Company'. They settled and flourished. Their numerous descendants produced the…

George Hale and his Wife Emily Susan (nee Meecham) outside of the Old Mill House.
History group Note on George Hale and his wife Emily (Nee Minchin) In the 1871 census we find George Hale aged 28, engine driver (born Cirencester) with Emily his wife aged 29, and four children: Georgina 8 born in Bisley, Elizabeth 6 born in…

Tea in the Garden at Daneway - Mrs Halliday, Miss Maud Halliday, ? , ? , ? ,Fred Halliday, ? , Doris Halliday
Halliday's Mill in the valley at Chalford appears to have gotten its name from a succession of Hallidays (John, Thomas, Samuel) who operated it from mid 16th to mid 18th century. Linking the Oakridge Hallidays to these Mill Owners has not so far been…

Samuel Hayden was a labourer from Waterlane.
Samuel Hayden was a labourer from Waterlane. In the 1869 Enclosure map plot 387 (now Middlefield) was awarded to Robert Hayden (His Father?) and then in 1886 awarded to Samuel Hayden of Waterlane, labourer for £3.6.0Documents 2 and 3 are the Family…

Mrs Hill who later married Mr George (Cecil) Rhodes in London
Mrs Hill who later married Mr George (Cecil) Rhodes in London
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