About the Site
Welcome to our site celebrating the life and work of Brian Torode, a man who was much loved, and is greatly missed, following his unexpected short illness and subsequent death in … Continue reading
Let’s have your memories!
Brian’s former friends and colleagues are invited to leave comments about their memories of him. If you wish to, please also email any photographs or video that we can include on … Continue reading
Eulogy
This is the text of the Eulogy given by Brian’s great friend, Richard Barton, at Brian’s funeral on Wednesday 19th March 2014 at Saint Stephen’s Church, Cheltenham: Banjour, (banzhoor) (Good Day) … Continue reading
A Slimbridge Romance – The Love Letters of Percy and Florence Barton (1910-1913)
LETTERS FROM PERCY BARTON TO FLORENCE NOAD These letters form a fascinating ‘diary’ of everyday events in the Village of Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, during the years leading up to the First … Continue reading
John Middleton – Victorian Provincial Architect
ISBN 978-953-99762-5-3 (2008) Publisher: Accent d.o.o., Zagreb, Croatia A few new copies of this book are still available at £15.00 each (plus postage and package). For more details please email … Continue reading
‘Convert, Scholar, Bishop’ by Giles Mercer
I can only commend this excellent and beautifully published biography of William Brownlow produced by Dr. Giles Mercer back in 2016. Before he was received into full communion with the … Continue reading
Walter Norton alias Santley alias Wynne
WALTER NORTON alias SANTLEY alias WYNNE FROM BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, TO LLANELLY, CARMARTHENSHIRE, VIA LONDON, RHYL AND ABERYSTWYTH On 7th September 1911 James John Parrish, a thirty-nine-year-old Master Billposter, married an … Continue reading
We will remember them …
Uncles of Brian Torode who died during the First World War and one who died, long beforehand, during the Napoleonic Wars: Pierre Francois Salmon (1787-1808) Pierre Francois Salmon died in 1808 … Continue reading
Wilson Family of Thornbury
Wilson Family of Thornbury (?) Thomas Wilson and Ann Gamer | Thomas Wilson (1731-) and Mary Price (1728-) Yeoman, Farmer, Grazier of Morton, Thornbury, Gloucestershire | Joseph Wilson (1768-1820) … Continue reading
Terrett Engineers of Kingswood Part II
THE TERRETT FAMILY William Terrett (1785-1812) and Susannah Dunn (1781-1843) Labourer of Wotton-under-Edge | Daniel Terrett (1809-1876) and Hannah Palser (1807-1879) Millwright and Engineer of Wotton-under-Edge and Kingswood | … Continue reading
Barton Family of the Forge, Slimbridge, Part II
BARTON FAMILY OF THE FORGE, SLIMBRIDGE, PART II The sixty-one Grandchildren of John and Sarah Barton: Eight children of Mary (nee Barton) and Joseph Alfred Woodward Five children of … Continue reading
Rowland Wyatt (1871-1958), builder of Kingswood
Samuel Wyatt, labourer of Sinwell, Wotton-under-Edge and Anne | Rowland Wyatt I, mason of Sinwell and Elizabeth Evans | Rowland Wyatt II, builder of Kingswood Rowland Wyatt, builder of Kingswood, … Continue reading
