YATE, ENGINE COMMON, IRON ACTON & HORTON - Links (Gloucestershire, England) Top: St James Church, Iron Acton Bottom: St Mary's Church, Yate Courtesy of John Wilkes You will find a large collection of photos of the Cotswolds and most of Gloucestershire on his web site - The Gloucestershire Photo Library: http://www.john.wilkes.dial.pipex.com/xglos.shtml Links to people researching families in YATE, NIBLEY, ENGINE COMMON, IRON ACTON & HORTON and surrounds Note: let me know of change of email address, please give your "snail" address incase you stop using the internet - it does happen If you have ANY interests in SURNAMES in this Parish PLEASE contact me, so that you will be added to this list GENUKI PAGES: YATE IRON ACTON HORTON SURNAMES LISTED BELOW: BALL, BALLARD, BEAVER, BIRT, BUTLER, CULLIMORE, DENNING, DREW, FLETCHER, FORD, GALE, HAWKINS, KEELING, LANCHBURY, LONG, MAINSTONE, MARRETT, NOWELL, PULLIN, REED, TOWNSEND, WALL, WATKINS Adrian John Ballard of Bristol, UK Ballard Family History Queries Ballardgen @blueyonder.co.uk "A COLLECTION OF BALLARD's" Web Site http://members.tripod.co.uk/ AdrianBallard/index.html BALLARD UK FORUM http://forums.delphi.com/ Ballardgen WANTED, UK BALLARD'S ANY TIME ANY PLACE Graham Williams, Richmond WALL married Alice TOWNSEND, Daughter of Robert and Alice TOWNSEND of Yate, in 1807. Their family was born in Rangeworthy and lived in that area and Iron Acton. Acording to the 1851 census Alice was living with her daughter Elizabeth at Rangeworthy. Alice died around 1854 in Iron Acton. Elizabeth was married to Thomas DREW who was the son of Robert DREW and Hannah FORD. Elizabeth's Sister Sarah married Ambrose PULLIN before they all moved to Australia. gtw1 @ozemail.com.au Rosemary Duckford, I am researching WALL families who came from Iron Acton UK  to AUSTRALIA please email me if interested quack @arcom.com.au Mrs Kathy Jones, I am researching all the FLETCHER family, all dates, Yate.  Kathyalsace @btinternet.com Churchville, Commercial Street, Pengam, Blackwood, Gwent, NP 12 3UA UK May Lanchbury, Researching the LANCHBURY family all dates. mayndave @bigpond.net.au 5 Kildare Place, Beldon 6027, W.Australia ListMum for LANCHBURY-L@rootsweb.com David Hardwick, I am researching miners in the parishes of Cromhall, Rangeworthy & Yate but also generally in South Gloucestershire. Names I am particularly interested in are LONG, KEELING and NOWELL david @dhardwick.co.uk 1 Heathend Cottages, Cromhall, W-U-E Glos Gl12 8AS England G. Richardson, I am researching the above for my brother in Law - K.L. Mainstone. I have traced back to Isaac MAINSTONE as per 1851 Census - age 31. Isaac's son John is my brother in laws great grandfather Grahame.Richardson @btopenworld.com Church Farm House, Main Street, Stillington, YORK YO61 1JS Michael Gadd, I am researching the BUTLER, GALE and REED families in Horton.  I have transcripts of the Wills of John Reed, land surveyor, of Horton and other villages and of Daniel Williams whose son Daniel married Amelia REED (niece of John). mikegadd @bigfoot.com Loxley Village, Warwickshire, England Francis Hardy-Birt, reseaching the MARRETT and BIRT families from 1780 - 1800 from Iron Acton. fhbirt@tpg.com.au Dennis Reed, My grandfather, Edwin TOWNSEND, son of Mary (nee Short) and George TOWNSEND was born in Iron Acton in 1885 and also my grandmother, Emily (nee CULLIMORE) whose mother was Emily (nee DENNING) and father, Anthony CULLIMORE. She was born in 1885 also. They later came down to Wales and had ten children. mair.denreed @0800dial.com Monknash, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan. Michelle Norris, I'm looking for information on my g.great-grandfather Isaac HAWKINS born 1846 in Old Sodbury. His parents are William HAWKINS born abt.1815 in Horton and Emma BALL born abt. 1818 in Yate. Other children of William and Emma are: Henry born abt. 1842 in Old Sodbury, Hannah Maria born abt 1844 in Old Sodbury, Emma Jane born abt. 1849 and Charles born abt. 1851in Old Sodbury. mechell66 @dslextreme.com Christine Nash, researching Edith Virtue WATKINS, born 1894 Poole Farm, Iron Acton - daughter of William Henry WATKINS and Elizabeth WATKINS (possibly nee BEAVER). Edith had threee sisters - Elsie born 1893, Florence born 1896, Ida born 1903. I know the girls went to school in Iron Acton. I visited the village in 1997 when I was making a 'pilgramage' back to England, but couldn't find much information. I'd be very interested in hearing from anyone with "WATKINS" information.  lwnash @pl.net New Zealand RETURN TO INDEX