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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Mike, so Miss Willesford was definitely moving in the best of Lydney's social circles !</p>
<p>This Marriage is included within this Peerage site.<br />
<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p14431.htm">http://www.thepeerage.com/p14431.htm</a></p>
<p>As might be expected Charlotte Bathurst has been covered within this prior post<br />
<a href="http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=3755">www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=3755</a></p>
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The 1891 census for Miss Willesford and Mrs Charlotte Willesford, &quot;niece &amp; sister&quot; of Mr Charles Bathurst at his Lydney Park residence, does indeed suggest a fine home;</p>
<p>Given Name Surname Relationship Gender Age Estimated Birth Year Birth City or District Birth County Birth Country<br />
Charles Bathurst Head Male 54 1837 Barwick in Elmet Yorkshire England<br />
Mary G Bathurst Daughter Female 24 1867  London England<br />
Charles Bathurst Son Male 23 1868  London England<br />
Arthur H Bathurst Son Male 18 1873  London England<br />
Charlotte Willesford Sister Female 60 1831 Barwick in Elmet Yorkshire England<br />
Mary S Willesford Niece Female 20 1871  London England<br />
Viseount Domaraile Visitor Male 24 1867 Scotton Lincolnshire England<br />
Claude Schuster Visitor Male 21 1870 Pendleton Lancashire England<br />
Francis S Cokarpre Visitor Male 19 1872 Putney Surrey England<br />
Margaret A Binglle Visitor Female 26 1865 Edinboro  <br />
Frances L Peter Visitor Female 16 1875 Portishead Somerset England<br />
Helen Galbraith Servant Female 38 1853 Edinboro  <br />
Annie M Collins Servant Female 28 1863 Easdon Royal Wiltshire England<br />
Agnes Wareham Servant Female 26 1865 Moxtinee Berkshire England<br />
Sarah Hickley Servant Female 26 1865 Cottam in the Elmo Staffordshire England<br />
Etter S Dayne Servant Female 18 1873 Redgrave Suffolk England<br />
Evelyn Glass Servant Female 20 1871 Hanley Staffordshire England<br />
Edith L Liot Servant Female 17 1874 Farnham Royal Buckinghamshire England<br />
Mary N Best Servant Female 16 1875 Bramshaw Hampshire England<br />
Thomas Everall Servant Male 20 1871 Minstreley Shropshire England<br />
Arthur J Black Servant Male 16 1875 Toronto  Canada<br />
John Fowler Servant Male 46 1845 Macclesfield Cheshire England</p>
<p>Prior to this, <br />
1871, Ivedon House, Awliscombe, Devon;<br />
Given Name Surname Relationship Age Estimated Birth Year Gender Birth City Birth County Birth Country<br />
F T Bedford Willesford Head 63 1808 Male Tavistock Devon England<br />
Charlotte Willesford Wife 40 1831 Female Barwick in Elmet Yorkshire England<br />
Mary  Willesford Daughter 8 Months 1870 Female Terrace Hyde Park Cambridgeshire England<br />
Elizth Patch Servant 34 1837 Female Ottery St Mary Devon England<br />
Ellen Hill Servant 18 1853 Female Tavistock Devon England<br />
Sarah James Servant 15 1856 Female Lydney Gloucestershire England<br />
Eliza Briggs Servant 40 1831 Female Southwark London England</p>
<p>and still there in 1881;<br />
Given Name Surname Relationship to Head Marital Status Age Estimated Birth Year Gender Occupation Birth City Birth County Birth Country<br />
Francis Thos. Bedford Willesford Head Married 73 1808 Male Vicar Of Awliscombe Tavistock  <br />
Charlotte Willesford Wife Married 50 1831 Female  Barwick Rectory Leeds Yorkshire England<br />
Mary Sophia Willesford Daughter  10 1871 Female Scholar London, London Middlesex England<br />
Enid Hayton Boarder  8 1873 Female Scholar Shildon Durham England<br />
Susan Nicholson   20 1861 Female Governess Birkenhead Chester  <br />
Jane Banks Servant  22 1859 Female Cook Sydney Gloucestershire England<br />
Lucy Ann Bush Servant  24 1857 Female Parlour Maid Whimple  <br />
Georgina Male Servant  24 1857 Female Housemaid Shepton Beauchamp</p>
<p>Ivesdon House looks another fine old house in beautiful surroundings, <a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-87006-ivedon-house-awliscombe-devon">http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-87006-ivedon-house-awliscombe-devon</a><br />
<a href="http://www.awliscombeparishcouncil.co.uk/local_information/history.html">http://www.awliscombeparishcouncil.co.uk/local_information/history.html</a></p>
<p><br />
Miss Willesford eventually becomes Mrs Parker;</p>
<p>1911, &quot;Hurstleigh&quot;, Witton Villas, Falmouth;<br />
Name Relation to Head Birth Date Age Gender Marital Status Years Married Occupation Birth Place Address<br />
John Lesley Parker Head 1874 37 Male Married  Clergy Man Abergavenny, Monmouthshire<br />
Mary Sophia Parker Wife 1871 40 Female Married 4  London, England <br />
Charlotte Amelia Parker Daughter 1908 3 Female    London, England<br />
Charlotte Willesford Mother-in-law 1831 80 Female Widowed 12  Barwick, Yorkshire<br />
Daisy Ellen Martin Servant 1885 26 Female Single  Cook Hastings, Sussex<br />
Sabina Williams Servant 1878 33 Female Single  Parlourmaid Silverwell, Cornwall<br />
Clara Boynes Hicks Servant 1893 18 Female Single  Nurse Falmouth, Cornwall</p>
<p>From FreeBMD, in another fine address; <br />
Surname  First name(s)    District  Vol  Page <br />
Marriages Mar 1907   (&gt;99%)<br />
PARKER  John Lesley    Kensington  1a 240 <br />
Willesford  Mary Sophia    Kensington  1a 240 <br />
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Surname  First name(s)    District  Vol  Page<br />
Births Jun 1908   (&gt;99%)<br />
Parker  Charlotte Amelia    Mt. Bosworth  7a 504<br />
(Market Bosworth is in Leicestershire, not &quot;London&quot;)</p>
<p>Surname  First name(s)  Mother  District  Vol  Page <br />
Births Jun 1912   (&gt;99%)<br />
Parker  Catharine M  Willesford  Falmouth  5c 261</p>
<p><br />
I think Mary and her mother both lived the rest of their days in Cornwall;</p>
<p>Surname   Given Name   Age   District   Volume   Page   Transcriber  <br />
Deaths Dec 1930<br />
Parker Mary S. 61 Liskeard 5c 59 vickiuk</p>
<p>Surname  First name(s)  Age  District  Vol  Page <br />
Deaths Dec 1921   (&gt;99%)<br />
Willesford  Charlotte  91  Falmouth  5c 178</p>
<p>Surname  First name(s)  Spouse  District  Vol  Page <br />
Marriages Sep 1930   (&gt;99%)<br />
Parker  Charlotte A  Spencer  Plymouth  5b 673<br />
Spencer  Almeric A W  Parker  Plymouth  5b 673</p>
<p>Googling this unusual name suggests Spencer was an &quot;old soldier&quot;, perhaps ?<br />
<a href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27406/page/939/data.pdf">https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27406/page/939/data.pdf</a><br />
<a href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27645/page/941/data.pdf">https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27645/page/941/data.pdf</a></p>
<p>Marriages Dec 1940   (&gt;99%)<br />
Parker  Catherine M  Royle  Liskeard  5c 163<br />
Royle  Malcolm D B  Parker  Liskeard  5c 163</p>
<p>I cannot find John Lesley Parker's death, but he is listed in the 1939 Kelly's Directory as Rev'd at  Lanteglos Vicarage, Fowey, Cornwall; midway between Falmouth &amp; Liskeard (above).<br />
Also as an arrival at Southampton on 24th Jan 1950, on a ship from Mozambique.</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is why the Vicar of Awliscombe was there,</p>
<p>Record_ID: 20472<br />
Entry_Number: 467<br />
Year: 1869<br />
Month: Sep<br />
Day: 8<br />
Grooms_Surname: WILLESFORD<br />
Grooms_Forenames: Francis Thomas Bedford<br />
Grooms_Age: Of full age<br />
Groom_Condition: Bachelor<br />
Grooms_Occupation: Clerk<br />
Grooms_Residence: Awliscombe Devonshire<br />
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: WILLESFORD<br />
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Francis<br />
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Engineer<br />
Brides_Surname: BATHURST<br />
Brides_Forenames: Charlotte<br />
Brides_Age: Of full age<br />
Brides_Condition: Spinster<br />
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]<br />
Brides_Residence: Lydney Park<br />
Brides_Fathers_Surname: BATHURST<br />
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: William H<br />
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Clerk<br />
Licence_or_Banns: Licence<br />
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]<br />
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign<br />
Witness_1: W A Bathurst<br />
Witness_2: Charles Bathurst<br />
Other_Witnesses: John Clarke<br />
Officiating_Minister: William A Bathurst<br />
Event: Marriage<br />
Memoranda: <br />
Notes: <br />
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/15<br />
Page_Number: 234<br />
Parish_Chapel: Lydney</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And this entry from GR 1901 Census, Lydney, <strong>Highfield,</strong></p>
<p>Charlotte WILLESFORD, Head, Wid, 70, Living on own means, b. Yorks, Burwick in ?<br />
Mary S. WILLESFORD, Dau, Un, 30, B. London, Cambridge Terrace</p>
<p>Plus 2 servants</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Crikey Mike that was quick !.</p>
<p>Thanks very much, looks like yet another fundamental spelling error on my part, oops !</p>
<p>Does seem a heck of a commute !</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, there is this one. Don't know how it relates though, or what they were doing in Lydney at the time.</p>
<p>Record_ID 40131<br />
Entry_Number 1365<br />
Year 1870<br />
Month Aug<br />
Day 30<br />
Parents_Surname WILLESFORD<br />
Child_Forenames Mary Sophia<br />
Fathers_Forenames Francis Thomas Bedford<br />
Mothers_Forenames Charlotte<br />
Mothers_Surname <br />
Residence Ivedon Awliscombe Honiton Devon<br />
Occupation Vicar of Awliscombe<br />
Officiating_Minister F.T.Bedford Willesford Vicar of Awliscombe<br />
Event Baptism<br />
Memoranda <br />
Notes <br />
Register_Reference PFC209 IN 1/5<br />
Page_Number 171<br />
Parish_Chapel Lydney</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While searching &quot;Lydney&quot; within the Welsh newspapers site I found the following article which I wanted to share as it relates good news for a change. However, despite my best efforts searching this site's PRs, GlosBMD, FreeBMD and Ancestry, I cannot seem to find any people within Lydney, or even the Forest, of the Willisford surname ?!. <br />
Please can other more gifted forum members put me out of my misery, am I missing an obvious spelling variation, or what ?.  Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>From the Cardiff Evening News, 10th March 1900 </p>
<p><span style="color:#006;">&quot;HONOURS FOR A LYDNEY LADY. <br />
Early in January, when the principal stream in Lydney. Gloucestershire, was in fall flood, owing to heavy rain, <strong>Miss Willisford, of Highfield</strong>, was attracted by the cries of a group of little children. Proceeding towards them, she learned that a three-year-old boy, named Fawney, had fallen into the stream. Miss Wil1isford at once ran alongside the water until she came up to the drowning child, and then plunged into the stream and brought the child safely to bank. On Thursday evening a meeting was held in the National School, when Miss Willisford was presented by the vicar of the parish (the Rev. J. C. O. Besant), on behalf of the Royal Humane Society, with the society's certificate in recognition of her brave deed.&quot;</span></p>
<p><a href="http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3374013/ART185/lydney%20willisford">http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3374013/ART185/lydney%20willisford</a></p>
<p><br />
Five years earlier the newspapers reported a Mrs Willisford was prominent at the annual meeting of the Lydney Cottage Hospital, &quot;.... was held on Wednesday, Mr G. B. Keiling presiding. Among others present were Mrs Willisford, Miss Bathurst, and Miss Tarleton (the Park), Mrs Keiling, Mrs Woodruff,...&quot; etc etc.<br />
see <a href="http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=42828">http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=42828</a></p>
<p><br />
A few years before that, </p>
<p>Cardiff Times, 22nd April 1893</p>
<p><span style="color:#006;">&quot;LYDNEY. <br />
PRESENTATION TO MRS AND MISSES TROLLOPE. <br />
Mrs Willisford and Miss Bathurst, Lydney park, on behalf of the inhabitants of Lydney, proceeded to Cheltenham on Tuesday, where they presented Mrs and Misses Trollope with a purse containing 84 sovereigns. The purse was the special offering of Mr H. P. Turner. It is understood that aportion of this sum will be set aside for a memorial brass, to be placed in St. Mary's Parish Church at Lydney, in memory of the Rev. J. J. Trollope, who was vicar of the parish for 20 years, and who died at the beginning of the year. The matter was carried out by the churchwardens, Messrs A. W. Harrison and F. S. Hockaday. The scholars in the Misses Trollope's Sunday-school classes also presented their teachers with an Oxford Bible each, and the teachers themselves also made a present in the shape of a valuable timepiece, accompanying it being a neatly-framed address with the names of the subscribers. These gifts were presented by Miss Keeling. The death of the late vicar, which is now followed by the loss to the parish of Mrs Trollope and her daughters, is much regretted by all classes of society, the young ladies having identified themselves with all useful parish institutions.&quot;</span></p>
<p><a href="http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3429850/ART145/lydney%20willisford">http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3429850/ART145/lydney%20willisford</a></p>
<p><br />
And finally,</p>
<p>Cardiff Evening Express, 12th February 1894</p>
<p><span style="color:#006;">&quot;Technical Instruction at Lydney. <br />
The annual meeting of the Lydney Technical Institute was held on Saturday, Captain Marling in the chair. - The hon. secretary's report and the financial statement was adopted. The total income was £582 13s, and there was a balance to carry forward of £ 116 5s lld. - It was stated that £1,700 was required to provide the needed accommodation for the science and art classes, towards which the county council had promised £3OO, the tin-plate workers at Lydney £100, and the proprietors of the mills (Messrs. Rd. Thomas and Co)., also, £100; Mrs. Willisford, £100 and Captain Marling, Mr. Bathurst, and &quot;Anonymous,&quot; £50 each. — Mr. N. W. Colchester Wemyss gave away the prizes (121) to the successful students.&quot;</span></p>
<p><a href="http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3242095/ART89/lydney%20willisford">http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3242095/ART89/lydney%20willisford</a></p>
<p><br />
The Willisfords were seemingly quite prominent in Lydney affairs for some years, yet still seem to have eluded the Census, I hope I'm wrong and they can be found. Re their aforementioned address, does anyone know of &quot;Highfield&quot;, Lydney ?. </p>
<p>Is it a &quot;posh&quot; part of town ? Was it the home of a well-to-do family, such as Mother and Daughter Willisford ?<br />
Maybe yes, if it's this rather attractive-sounding Listed Building ? <span style="color:#600;"></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#600;">&quot;Detached dwelling. c1820. Good sandstone ashlar over plinth and with eaves band, box eaves to low pitched hipped welsh slate roof, 4 stacks at eaves with moulded cappings, all in ashlar. Two storeys, 3-windowed, 12-pane sashes with stone cills, plain sandstone lintols, central 6-panel door under slightly pointed 4-centre arch and decorative fanlight. Some modern extensions, but a very elegant facade set at an angle to the road.&quot;</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-354466-highfield-lydney-gloucestershire">http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-354466-highfield-lydney-gloucestershire</a></p>
<p>Also see here <a href="http://forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?mode=thread&amp;id=19717">http://forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?mode=thread&amp;id=19717</a></p>
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