another Charles

1881
Charles THORNE Head M Male 34 Forest Of Dean, Gloucester, England Commission Agent
Emily THORNE Wife M Female 29 Forest Of Dean, Gloucester, England
Alice BIRT Adopted (Daur) Female 9 Handsworth, York, England Scholar

1871
Charles Thorne abt 1846 Newland, Gloucestershire, England Head Shelton Staffordshire
Emily Thorne abt 1851 Newland, Gloucestershire, England Wife Shelton Staffordshire
Melinda Thorne abt 1858 Newland, Gloucestershire, England Sister Shelton Staffordshire

1861
Charles Thorne abt 1846 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean Gloucestershire
Eva Thorne abt 1860 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean Gloucestershire
James Thorne abt 1852 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean Gloucestershire
John Thorne abt 1822 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head West Dean Gloucestershire
John Thorne abt 1849 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean Gloucestershire
Melinda Thorne abt 1858 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean Gloucestershire
Sarah Thorne abt 1821 Sollers Hope, Herefordshire, England Wife West Dean Gloucestershire

1851 West Dean
THORN John 29 Sawyer West Dean
Sarah 30 Sallers Hope ?
Charles 5 Scholar West Dean
John 2 Scholar West Dean
BALL Louisa Niece 1 West Dean

This one is intriguing, I wish they knew how old they were. He was definitly B1850 so he should be 31 in 1881.

The 1850 birth record is the one, as ALL the other ones on this post, my confirmed cousins.
I have often wondered how Ancestry.Com would respond to suggested corrections to their transcriptions. I have seen the originals and know how hard it is to arrive at the correct transcription.
It is Thorn(e) and the birthplace for John Thorne is Stogumber in Somerset.

Anyone like to make a local comment about "Bullo Pill?"
I know that St Peter's Church in Newnham is not far from the banks of the Severn.
I agree with the "Under the Cliffs" interpretation, that seems to be used locally along the banks of the Severn.

Thank you all for the big effort.

Hi Kujen, and a warm welcome to the forum.
Thanks for your great post, and finally solving this puzzle after all these years. Sadly it seems that Russell is no longer active on this forum (his username being displayed black, not blue) - but hopefully he will still see your post in due course.

I've just tried finding more records for Charles Thorne using the FamilySearch site as it included USA records, I wonder if this might possibly be him ?.

1870 Census, New York City, ward 18.
Name Gender Age Race Birth Year (Estimated) Birthplace Page Number
Charles Thorn 22 1848 England 16 Grocer
Catherine Thorn 35 1835 Maryland 16 Keeping House

Full image here but sadly no more info: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DWTS-ZSS?i=943&cc=1438024

Also,

California County Naturalizations
Name Charles Thorne, England
Event Type Naturalization
Event Date July 10th, 1912
Event Place San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

Full image here: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-956G-9KQK?i=344&cc=1402856

There is also this New York Passenger List for the SS Alsatia dated September 1880 which includes

Name Event Type Event Date Event Place Gender Age Birth Year (Estimated) Birthplace Ship Name
Mr Thorne Immigration 1880 New York City, New York, United States Male 33 1847 England Alsatia
Mrs Thorne Immigration 1880 New York City, New York, United States Female 30 1850 England Alsatia
Infant Thorne Immigration 1880 New York City, New York, United States

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-R99Q-82?i=509&cc=1849782

But whether this is our man isn't certain....

Thank you most kindly for this information. I have checked all information available and it all seems to confirm this is the same person. Newnham and his occupation as a Tanner was the clincher.This is a big find for me, a brick wall has fallen.