Whittington family has associations with the Primitive Methodist Church
Lower Ruardean Hill also known as Sandy Bank.
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Name: Ruby F Virgo
Mother's Maiden Surname: Jones
Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1926
Registration district: Westbury S
Registration county: Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 436

Name: Ruby F Virgo
Spouse :John E Whittington
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1948
Registration district: Forest of Dean
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 7b
Page Number: 827

WHITTINGTON John Edward

VIRGO Ruby Florence

Forest of Dean
Forest of Dean Register Office

1948
Reg 15
Entry 86

Name: Roy J Whittington
Mother's Maiden Surname: Virgo
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1948
Registration district: Forest of Dean
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 7b
Page Number: 553

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Name: Ann Whittington
Mother's Maiden Surname: Virgo
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1958
Registration district: Gloucester City
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 7b
Page Number: 702