Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Names: Rook(e), Hancox, Tomlinson, Phelps, Brookfield and Tu https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/ Connecting Forest of Dean Researchers World-Wide en Names: Rook(e), Hancox, Tomlinson, Phelps, Brookfield and Tu (reply) Of interest to those researching family names in title.

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=9894 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=9894 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:39:43 +0000 Generalrookancestrybest From Coleford to Sheffield: Mushet's 6 good men! It may be of interests for those researching the families: Rook(e), Hancox, Tomlinson, Phelps, Brookfield and Turton that these are the names of the men who Mushet moved from the Forest of Dean to Sheffield to work in a steel works called Samuel Osborn/Osborn Mushet. My ancestor was Thomas Rook, who was a blacksmith and he, along with: George Hancox, George Tomlinson, William Phelps, Jim Brookfield and Louis Joseph Turton were all considered to be highly skilled and were moved to Sheffield some time during the 1870s.

The names of these 6 men are recorded in a book "The Story of the Mushets" by Fred M Osborn (1952)on page 34.

It may also be of interest to know that Samuel Osborn's is situated either on or adjoining Coleford Road in Sheffield!

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=9829 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=9829 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:07:09 +0000 Generalrookancestrybest