A few months back I finished reading a good book I'd generously bought my mother for Christmas.... well I didn't want it to disappoint her..
"Gloucestershire Between the Wars" by Arthur Stanley Bullock, bought to my attention by this review in the Longhope Village website.
http://www.longhopevillage.co.uk/news/Index.aspx?cmd=view&id=10

My mother was born & bred in 1930s Longhope and her family were all very active within the close local community; the village school, All Saint's Church, Constance's sawmills, cricket & football teams, the silver band, landlord of the Nags Head pub, and so on. Hence we both found the first chapters of this book exceptionally interesting describing Arthur's childhood in the village, with all the above being mentioned albeit from an earlier generation. He recalls his piano lessons with Miss Ivy Wright, just as my mother learnt from her elderly Aunt Ivy thirty years later; Arthur's father George working as a woodturner at the mill, conducting the band & captaining the cricket team, all just as my grandfather did as if in his footsteps. I'd hoped the book would bring back nice memories for my mother, but really didnt realise it would be so very close to home, all rather spooky to get such a vivid impression of both their lives.

"I could hardly have chosen a better village to be born in than Longhope", he writes, with great love of the events and people within his small but busy village; 6 shops, smithy, 2 bakers, post office, coal merchant, 4 pubs, choral society, tennis club, etc etc.
My mother echoed his opinion, no doubt with mixed emotions, having recently buried her only surviving sibling in All Saints churchyard alongside my grandparents.

The author was fortunate enough to earn a scholarship to secondary school in Gloucester, before serving with the Army in France in 1918. After the war his technical work took him to South Wales then a long career with Listers albeit in their Dursley HQ, not their Cinderford factory so perhaps not as relevant to the Forest, but still very interesting.

I thoroughly commend this book to anyone interested in Edwardian Gloucestershire life, especially Longhope. It's a shame the County Library only holds a few copies, and none in the Forest or Longhope districts:
http://prism.talis.com/gloucestershire/items/896743?query=gloucestershire+wars&resu...

Record_ID: 136540
Entry_Number: 1218
Year: 1911
Month: Mar
Day: 26
Parents_Surname: BULLOCK
Child_Forenames: Arthur Stanley
Fathers_Forenames: George
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah Margaret
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Hill View Nupend Longhope
Occupation: Woodturner
Officiating_Minister: George Barr M A Rector
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Born 11 Aug 1899
Notes:
Register_Reference:
Page_Number: 153
Parish_Chapel: Longhope
Soundex: B420

Arthur was the last of seven children, and I see from this site's PRs there were at least eight George Bullocks in Longhope going back to 1763. Prior threads suggest there are still Bullocks in Longhope, I do hope so.

There are copies still on sale at Gloucestershire Family History Society office at The Gloucester Archives in Alvin Street, I bought one this week! By post from them too. (Arthur S BULLOCK an uncle of a friend of mine in Longhope, and yes, there are still relatives I believe) I am trying to find a link to William Henry CHALCRAFT, mother Mary BULLOCK, living in Longhope in 1916, and commemorated on Longhope War Memorial (incorrectly inscribed as William CHALCROFT)
Other BULLOCKs on Blaisdon War Memorial are Owen Abraham BULLOCK and John BULLOCK.

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Year: 1791
Month: Mar
Day: 27
Parents_Surname: BULLOCK
Child_Forenames: Charles
Fathers_Forenames: George
Mothers_Forenames: Deborah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation: Poor
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Son of
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 54
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn

1817 BULLOCK Mary Ann Charles Hannah Longhope Tanner Longhope
1818 BULLOCK Timothy Charles Hannah Longhope Tanner Longhope
1820 BULLOCK Betsy Charles Hannah Longhope Tanner Longhope
1833 BULLOCK George Charles Hannah Longhope Tanner Longhope
1836 BULLOCK Marianne Charles Hannah Longhope Tanner Longhope
1842 BULLOCK John Charles Hannah Longhope Labourer Longhope

Year: 1828
Month: Mar
Day: 9
Parents_Surname: BULLOCK
Child_Forenames: Charles
Fathers_Forenames: Charles
Mothers_Forenames: Hannah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Longhope
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: Edm[un]d Probyn M.A. Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P206 IN 1/4
Page_Number: 44
Parish_Chapel: Longhope

1841
Charles Bullock abt 1791 Gloucestershire, England Lower and Upper Longhope, Gloucestershire
Hannah Bullock abt 1801 Gloucestershire, England Lower and Upper Longhope, Gloucestershire
Timothy Bullock abt 1821 Gloucestershire, England Lower and Upper Longhope, Gloucestershire
Betsey Bullock abt 1826 Gloucestershire, England Lower and Upper Longhope, Gloucestershire
Eliza Bullock abt 1826 Gloucestershire, England Lower and Upper Longhope, Gloucestershire
Hannah Bullock abt 1826 Gloucestershire, England Lower and Upper Longhope, Gloucestershire
Charles Bullock abt 1828 Gloucestershire, England Lower and Upper Longhope, Gloucestershire
Henry Bullock abt 1831 Gloucestershire, England Lower and Upper Longhope, Gloucestershire
George Bullock abt 1834 Gloucestershire, England Lower and Upper Longhope, Gloucestershire
Maria Bullock abt 1836 Gloucestershire, England Lower and Upper Longhope, Gloucestershire

1871 Longhope
Charles Bullock 43
Anne Bullock 36
Emily Bullock 15
William Bullock 13
Mary Bullock 9

Name:Mary Bullock
Name: William Robert Chalcraft
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1889
Registration district: Westbury on Severn
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 303

1901
William Chalcraft abt 1859 Sundridge, Kent, England Head Sundridge, Kent
Mary Chalcraft abt 1862 Langbone, Gloucestershire, England Wife Sundridge, Kent
William Chalcraft abt 1891 Brasted, Kent, England Son Sundridge, Kent
Edith Chalcraft y abt 1893 Sundridge, Kent, England Daughter Sundridge, Kent
D?? Chalcraft abt 1896 Sundridge, Kent, England Son Sundridge, Kent
Kathleen Chalcraft abt 1897 Sundridge, Kent, England Daughter Sundridge, Kent
Jessee Chalcraft abt 1898 Brasted, Kent, England Son Sundridge, Kent
Minnie Chalcraft abt 1900 Sundridge, Kent, England Daughter Sundridge, Kent

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

1851
Joseph Bullock abt 1827 Longhope, Gloucestershire, England Servant Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire

George 1862/3 - parentage ?? I wonder if a base child is lurking here ??

1871 longhope
Joseph Bullock 44 lodger
George Bullock 8 son (?)

1881
Josse Bullock abt 1829 Longhope Lodger (Head) (Lodger) Longhope, Gloucestershire
George Bullock abt 1863 Longhope Lodger Longhope, Gloucestershire

Name: Arthur Stanley Bullock
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1899
Registration district: Westbury on Severn
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 284

1901
George Bullock abt 1863 Longhope, Gloucestershire, England Head Longhope, Gloucestershire
Sarah M Bullock abt 1859 Ireland Wife Longhope, Gloucestershire
George W Bullock abt 1889 Longhope, Gloucestershire, England Son Longhope, Gloucestershire
Florence M Bullock abt 1890 Longhope, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Longhope, Gloucestershire
Suey M Bullock abt 1892 Longhope, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Longhope, Gloucestershire
Ruth Bullock abt 1894 Longhope, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Longhope, Gloucestershire
Arthur S Bullock abt 1900 Longhope, Gloucestershire, England Son Longhope, Gloucestershire

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

Although the Bullock children were regular churchgoers according to the book, their Baptisms were a little late judging by this site's PRs;

136223 1887 BULLOCK Alice Margaret, George & Sarah Margaret, Longhope Woodturner Longhope
136264 1889 BULLOCK George Wallace, George & Sarah Margaret, Longhope Woodturner Longhope
136517 1909 BULLOCK Ruth, George Sarah & Margaret, Hill View Latchen, Longhope Woodturner Longhope
136540 1911 BULLOCK Arthur Stanley, George & Sarah Margaret,Hill View Nupend, Longhope Woodturner Longhope

Sadly I don't have the book to hand, and my laptop with the relevant scans is currently drying out... so I don't have the dates, but there was another child Jack who sadly died within a week or two of birth.

EDIT: Having wrungout the laptop, according to the book the Bullock children birthdates are:

Alice Margaret 1.6.1887
George Wallace 4.12.1888
FLORENCE MABEL 21.2.1890
LUCY MILDRED 8.10.1891
Ruth Jane 7.1.1894
Jack, no date given, lived less than 24 hours.
Arthur Stanley 11.8.1897.

Longhope War Memorial

http://www.ww2museums.com/article/17709/War-Memorial-Longhope.htm

The Longhope Village Website, has a searchable 1851/1861/1881 census - lots of BULLOCKS

http://www.longhopevillage.co.uk/

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William Henry CHALCRAFT is on the 1911 census at 17 Cadogan Gardens, London S.W. working as a Footman for Thomas William SNAGGE (from Dublin, who was Judge of the County Court) and his family.

William's war record is well documented on Ancestry inc. - residence on enlistment: 51 Berkeley ? London W - the possessions belonging to him etc, 1 disc, 1 razor, 1 purse, 5 coins, 1 Le...... + Letters and Photos. (embarked, posted 28 May 1916 to the front - died 22 July 1916)

All his family are mentioned + their addresses - and a young lady (Miss Florence Cumberland, 78 Upper Berkeley Street Postman Square W) who was sent his Victory Medal.

All very sad reading.

Name: William Henry CHALCRAFT, birth place, Brasted, Kent, residence: Mayfair, Middx - death date, 22 July 1916 - France & Flanders, Enlistment Location: Paddington, Middx. Rank: Rifleman, Regiment, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) - 2nd Battalion, Number S/15880 - Killed in Action.

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Owen Abraham BULLOCK was the son of Charles & Helen BULLOCK age 3 months on the 1891 census

Name: Owen BULLOCK, birthplace, Longhope, Glos, death date: 15 September 1916 - France & Flanders, Private, King's Owen (Yorkshire Light Infantry) - 6th Battalion, No: 23181, Killed in Action, Western European Theatre, formerly 26011, Dragoons Of The Line

Looking at the net, Dragoons of the Line, were mounted Infantry, and there was a base at Newport, Monmouthshire.

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John BULLOCK, birth place, Longhope Glos, residence: Blaisdon, Glos, death date: 24 April 1918, France & Flanders, Enlistment Location: Bristol, Glos. Private, Queen's Owen (Royal West Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion, Number: G/24543, killed in action, Western European Theatre

Looking at the 1901 census for a John BULLOCK, living in Blaisdon, born Longhope. John age 9 is the son of Charles (age 52, born Longhope) & Martha BULLOCK

Thank you for all the info, there were that many BULLOCKS...
Yes I have William CHALCRAFT'S service records and it is heartbreaking. What a waste of life.

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=38929

Thanks for being reminded to revisit this thread, it's gratifying to see mention of the Sundridge Chalcrafts; my own more recent & independent research into my Longhope aunt's family surprised us to find her husband's line are of Sussex/Kent origins rather than the expected Tirley Glos.
The link is Edith Mary Chalcraft b1893, her mother Mary was born in Longhope (aka "Langbone !", in the 1901 Census, as per Slowhands' post above). The 1911 Census correctly shows:

1911 Census, 6 Room Residence, Sundridge Kent.

William Chalcraft Head abt 1859 52 Male Married 22yrs Gardener Domestic, Sundridge Kent
Mary Chalcraft Wife abt 1862 49 Female Married 22yrs Dress Maker, Longhope Gloucestershire
Edith Chalcraft Daughter abt 1893 18 Female Single, Sundridge Kent
Dick Chalcraft Son abt 1896 15 Male Single, Sundridge Kent
Kathleen Chalcraft Daughter abt 1897 14 Female, Sundridge Kent
Jublee Chalcraft Son abt 1898 13 Male school, Brasted Kent
Minnie Chalcraft Daughter abt 1900 11 Female school, Sundridge Kent
Robert Chalcraft Son abt 1902 9 Male, Sundridge, Kent
Lily Chalcraft Daughter abt 1906 5 Female, Sundridge Kent
Gwendoline Chalcraft Daughter abt 1907 4 Female, Sundridge, Kent

Belated but gratefull thanks to MPG for the Chalcraft military research, at time of posting I hadn't realised it's significance to my own family.

PS Yes, this Census is correct wrt the name of the son born abt 1898. His full name was Jubilee George Chalcraft born August 1897, during Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Year. I suspect he was known as George.

Hi Jeff, I am Arthur Stanley Bullock's granddaughter and so knew him well! I am so pleased that you found the book useful and interesting. My sister Rachel got it published after Gramp's death, and she now lives on the edge of Stroud. There are other Bullock descendants still living in Longhope and its vicinity. I am trying to trace the Bullock line further back, but can currently only get back as far as Thomas Bullock born 1797 in Westbury-on-Severn. if anyone has any information on the Bullocks going farther back I would love to hear from you!

I am trying to trace the Bullock line further back, but can currently only get back as far as Thomas Bullock born 1797 in Westbury-on-Severn. if anyone has any information on the Bullocks going farther back I would love to hear from you!

Hi and thanks for your post, hard to bullieve this was six years ago ! Please extend our thanks and best wishes to your sister, I have a few cousins on my mum's Longhope Wright side who also now live around Stroud despite their parents living their final years near Longhope. Jo Spencer who also contributed to this thread still lives in Longhope as far as I'm aware.
Also a warm welcome to the forum and website, if you use the various drop-down menus off the top banner you'll see the site contains a huge amount of interesting information, so hopefully you will find something of interest altho sadly Longhope hasn't had too many mentions on this site. This is in addition to the huge PRs database, and of course this forum which is a useful source of reference in itself, as you've already found.

You mention taking your line back to "Thomas Bullock born 1797 in Westbury-on-Severn". Is this date from a Parish Record, or an estimate based on a Census record or similar ?
I've just looked in the PRs and the nearest match I can easily find (ie without looking for spelling variations etc) is this one, can this be the same Thomas ?
If it is then the parent's names should be useful for extending your tree.
http://forest-of-dean.net/joomla/index.php/resources/parish-records

Record_ID: 553995
Entry_Number: 1999
Year: 1796
Month: Jul
Day: 10
Parents_Surname: BULLOCK
Child_Forenames: Thomas
Fathers_Forenames: George
Mothers_Forenames: Deborah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Son of
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 63
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: B420

Using the Advanced Search feature can quickly find more Baptisms to these parents, the individual PRs contain a little more info but the essentials are as follows:
http://forest-of-dean.net/joomla/index.php/advanced-search

Year Surname Child Forenames Fathers & Mothers Forenames Mothers Surname Residence Occupation Parish Chapel
1780 BULLOCK Anne. George & Deborah. Westbury on Severn
1785 BULLOCK George. George & Deborah. Westbury on Severn
1788 BULLOCK Jonathan. George & Deborah. Westbury on Severn
1791 BULLOCK Charles. George & Deborah. Poor. Westbury on Severn
1793 BULLOCK Deborah. George & Deborah. Poor. Westbury on Severn
1796 BULLOCK Thomas. George & Deborah. Westbury on Severn
1799 BULLOCK Mary. George & Deborah. Westbury on Severn

Can also find this Marriage Record,

Record_ID: 206818
Entry_Number: 317
Year: 1779
Month: Oct
Day: 20
Grooms_Surname: BULLOCK
Grooms_Forenames: George
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition: Batchelor
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: Of this Parish
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: COOK
Brides_Forenames: Deborah
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Of this Parish
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: They Both Marked
Witness_1: Ann Mayo
Witness_2: William Mayo
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: J Morse Curate
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/4
Page_Number: 92
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex_Groom: B420
Soundex_Bride: C200

And I'm sure we can find further records, marriages and burials, for these children. The PRs include at least 374 BULLOCKs in Westbury going back to at least 1581, about a century before any Longhope records. I wonder if the Longhope Bullocks originate from Westbury ?

Thanks again, Jeff.

Record_ID: 553995
Entry_Number: 1999
Year: 1796
Month: Jul
Day: 10
Parents_Surname: BULLOCK
Child_Forenames: Thomas
Fathers_Forenames: George
Mothers_Forenames: Deborah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Son of
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 63
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: B420

Year Surname Child Forenames Fathers & Mothers Forenames Mothers Surname Residence Occupation Parish Chapel
1780 BULLOCK Anne. George & Deborah. Westbury on Severn
1785 BULLOCK George. George & Deborah. Westbury on Severn
1788 BULLOCK Jonathan. George & Deborah. Westbury on Severn
1791 BULLOCK Charles. George & Deborah. Poor. Westbury on Severn
1793 BULLOCK Deborah. George & Deborah. Poor. Westbury on Severn
1796 BULLOCK Thomas. George & Deborah. Westbury on Severn
1799 BULLOCK Mary. George & Deborah. Westbury on Severn

Havn't yet searched them on the 1841 etc Census, but I wonder if this is Thomas's marriage ?.

Record_ID: 207317
Entry_Number: 119
Year: 1826
Month: Oct
Day: 24
Grooms_Surname: BULLOCK
Grooms_Forenames: Thomas
Grooms_Age: [Not stated]
Groom_Condition: [Not stated]
Grooms_Occupation: [Not stated]
Grooms_Residence: Of this Parish
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: [Not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: [Not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: [Not stated]
Brides_Surname: SMITH
Brides_Forenames: Elizabeth
Brides_Age: [Not stated]
Brides_Condition: [Not stated]
Brides_Occupation: [Not stated]
Brides_Residence: Of this Parish
Brides_Fathers_Surname: [Not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: [Not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: [Not stated]
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [Not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: They both marked
Witness_1: Mark of George Bullock
Witness_2: Mark of Hannah Bullock
Other_Witnesses: William Clarke
Officiating_Minister: William Crawley Curate
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 40
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex_Groom: B420
Soundex_Bride: S530

Is witness George his father, or more likely his brother ?
Who's Hannah ?

Maybe ???

Record_ID: 207200
Entry_Number: 1
Year: 1813
Month: Mar
Day: 14
Grooms_Surname: BULLOCK
Grooms_Forenames: George
Grooms_Age: [Not stated]
Groom_Condition: Batchelor
Grooms_Occupation: [Not stated]
Grooms_Residence: Of this Parish
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: [Not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: [Not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: [Not stated]
Brides_Surname: BEARD
Brides_Forenames: Hannah
Brides_Age: [Not stated]
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [Not stated]
Brides_Residence: Of this Parish
Brides_Fathers_Surname: [Not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: [Not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: [Not stated]
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [Not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: They both marked
Witness_1: Mark of John Bullock
Witness_2: Mark of Deborah Bullock
Other_Witnesses: Anth[ony] Bennett
Officiating_Minister: Rich[ard] Wetherell Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 1
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex_Groom: B420
Soundex_Bride: B630

If this is his older brother, then suggests father George has died. John MAY be brother Jonathan b1786.

There are several George Bullocks in W-o-S PRs, no obvious Burial Records in PRs. Luckily just the one Deborah in Burial records,

Record_ID: 384390
Entry_Number: 439
Year: 1827
Month: Oct
Day: 3
Surname: BULLOCK
Forenames: Deborah
Residence: Westbury
Age_at_death: 74
Officiating_Minister: William Crawley Curate
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/8
Page_No: 55
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: B420

So born abt 1753, a good fit given her marriage and children's births.

From Familysearch;

1841 Rodley,Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Thomas Bullock M 35-39 Gloucestershire
Betty Bullock F 35-39 Gloucestershire
Hannah Bullock F 10 Gloucestershire
Thomas Bullock M 6 Gloucestershire
Joseph Bullock M 5 Gloucestershire

1851 Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Thomas Bullock Head M 54 Ag Lab. Westbury, Gloucestershire
Betty Bullock Wife F 50 Westbury, Gloucestershire
Hannah Bullock Daughter F 20 Westbury, Gloucestershire
Thomas Bullock Son M 16 Westbury, Gloucestershire
Joseph Bullock Son M 14 Westbury, Gloucestershire

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1841 Bolloe, Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
George Bullock M 50-54 Gloucestershire
Hannah Bullock F 50-54 Gloucestershire
Hannah Wood F 10 Gloucestershire