WOODWARD and WATKINS - More intrigue (General)
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=853#p853
and
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=1079#p1079
William BLATCHFORD (born about 1853) married Mary WATKINS at the Register Office at Westbury on Severn in 1877, the father of William was Giles BLATCHFORD.
Indeed you seem to have roots crossing from the Bristol and Somerset coal fields...
< Writhlington collieries :-