Abinghall (Abenhall)(Abbenhall) House (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Monday, June 09, 2014, 15:51 (3821 days ago) @ ChrisL

Hi Chris,
warm welcome on a very warm day (I'm in West London) to this great forum and website !. Did you know you can search them both ?. Searching the forum gives many mentions of Abenhall House such as this one.

http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=32356

This thread includes a link to the British History website, which is a very informative site indeed and always rewards careful searching, it may even mention some of the names you have. More detail including mentions of papermaker Joseph Lloyd and his son Joseph http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23253
Also a Phillip Lloyd http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Gunn%27s_Mill
The 1879 Kelly's Directory (and no doubt other Editions too) list the Lloyds.
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/index.php/resources/kelly-s-directory-1879/36-abinghall
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbennett/abenhall1876.htm

This site mentions a Smith family who were employed by Joseph Lloyd & family at Gun's Mill for sixty years.
http://www.reocities.com/pookyface/CatherineDrew.html
Also some mentions here, the GSIA may be well worth your contacting.
http://www.gsia.org.uk/general-index.php#g
http://risk.english-heritage.org.uk/register.aspx?id=46843&rt=1&pn=3&st=a&a...
http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-354139-mill-at-gun-s-mills-littledean-glouceste

So it seems that research wrt Gunn's Mill is more easily available than that of Abenhall House itself ?. However I have no doubt that someone will have already researched the House and perhaps published their findings, altho maybe not easily accessible for you; that said so far I cannot find any mentions online, or any references within the Gloucestershire Public Library catalogue ?

Searching the rest of this FoD site gives, for example, these Memorial Transcripts for Abenhall church, you may well find some of your names there ?.
http://forest-of-dean.net/index.php/resources/memorial-inscriptions/13-memorial-inscrip...

Aside from the PRs database this site contains a huge amount of old photos, old documents such as Wills & Inquests etc, e-books, newspaper cuttings and articles and so forth. A good start might be to browse from the "Resources" section on top menubar, eg the c1850 books by Henry Nicholls.
http://forest-of-dean.net/index.php/resources/ebooks

A general websearch gives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=040-d4869#0
https://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I189500&tree=Welsh

Searching Gloucesterhsire Archives gives some hits such as these, altho given your location perhaps not ideal ?
http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archiv...

I suggest you contact the Dean Heritage Museum, itself located in a restored mill, hopefully they can help you. http://www.deanheritagecentre.com/museum/deanheritagemuseum.htm

atb Jeff

PS I've just reread your post and have realised you mention "Abenhall House as being part of Gun's Mill". I wonder if you are therefore talking of a different and less "important" house than I've been thinking of; I was thinking about THE Abinghall/Abenhall MANOR House which dates back to the 1300s or so and was demolished abt 1850 - see British History site above. Clearly Gun's Mill could have been within, or even part of, that Abenhall House's manor/grounds, but not viceversa. Sorry if I've got the wrong end of the stick. Please could you clarify your meaning, thanks.

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