Can anyone recall Annie Fletcher or Norman Thomas in the Forest of Dean ? They married as so I am told in Parkend in the 1930s. Norman worked for the Meredith family farmers at Ross on Wye and and at Mitchel Troy farm near the convent.Then went on with them to Waterperry in Oxfordshire.I am also looking for information on Ted Fletcher I believe he lived in field shelter near the Vine Tree pub at Ross on Wye. An information would be good.My mum had a brother called Douglas Fletcher and I believe he was born in Parkend and the families were travellers.If anyone can help on where they would have been sited in Parkend please let me know to step back in history.I am now in Parkend myself to trace my family tree.But I am at a standstill.

Can anyone tell me where the Gypsy/Travellers parked up at Parkend in 1920s-30s ?

I cant help myself - in the woods :-)

there are a few replies in this forum where I have identified ( roughly) where the encampments tended to be - i.e. near Horsepool Bottom

Moseley Green was also a favoured area (nr Parkend)
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=20263

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/895203

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Name: Douglas A Fletcher
Mother's Maiden Surname: Davies
Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1938
Registration district: F of Dean
Registration county: Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 417

Name: Douglas A Fletcher
Spouse :Patricia A Jones
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1962
Registration district: Forest of Dean
Registration county (inferred): Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 7b
Page Number: 936

a brother ?

Name: Terence O Fletcher
Mother's Maiden Surname: Davies
Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1941
Registration district: F of Dean
Registration county: Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 630

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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>