Thanks for your help again, much appreciated! There is so much history just in this one road, I shall be researching forever I think!

Laura

Contacting you off-line - as I know one of your neighbours in Millend - who took my husband and I all around the area - and knows a lot of history - even has a little ornament with Awre Parish Coat of Arms on it. Remember him telling us about an Old Mill that had stood there, hence the name.

1881 Census, Millend

Charles E WHITE, Head - Unmarried, 19 - Miller employing 8 men 1 boy, born Glos. Awre
Augusta M WHITE, Sister, 17 - Housekeeper
Arthur WHITE, Brother - 16 - Assistant Miller
Oliver R WHITE, brother 5 Scholar
Robert A WHITE - brother 3
George WHITE - 3 (twins)

and Millend, my x Grandad, next door

William WICKENDEN - Mar 39 - Butcher & Dealer, born Rendcomb + his family (1901 Census at Nibley Mill, Blakeney )

- His work log over a ten year period, has him killing local animals for people inc.pigs for the Merlin Bros , and transporting goods around for local folk (hay/dung/anything in fact inc a Fowls House from Nibley for HOWELL - got 2 pence for that - and taking the Rev A D PRINGLE around - 1 horse and waggon - 1 day - 7s) - with his shire horses and helping lay the roads around Blakeney - collecting stone for Bullo/oak trees etc. e.g. 1891, for Workeman & Co. 509 Oak Trees, 5068 feet at twopence halfpenny a foot - 1891 Awre Local Board Stone - 50 yards at 2/3 etc etc

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Blakeney, Kellys 1879

Talks about a Steam Flour Mill, belong to Stephen WHITE

http://www.forest-of-dean.net/kellys/Blakeney_1879.htm

Kelly's 1870 - Post Office Directory - Blakeney (Commercial)

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbennett/awre1870.htm

WHITE Stephen Adolphus Miller & Corn Merchant Steam Mills
WICKENDEN William John - Butcher

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Looking at the 1861 census, there are a 4 Flour Miller Servants + their families living in Millers - Mill Row, Blakeney -

Richard STANLEY - 33, from Worcester*, Alfred PREEN, 36 from Kingstanley, Isaac CURTIS, 31, from Sapperton, and William BENNETT - 33 from Wexford.

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FOD records, baptism at Blakeney - 11 December 1859

Ernest Richard STANLEY, parents Richard (Miller) & Hannah

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