Staff Sergeant Jack Barton, R.E.M.E. (1943-1947)
WILLIAM JOHN BARTON, Leading Artisan Staff Sergeant in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (1943-1947) William John Barton was born on 24th June 1916 and was baptised on 6th … 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
Arthur John and Anne Noad of Slimbridge and Gossington
NOAD FAMILY OF WEST KINGTON AND SLIMBRIDGE James Noad I (1717-1792) and Ann (1721-1801) of West Kington, Wilts | Isaac Noad (1762-1832) and Hester Buckle (1767-1829) Labourer and Pauper of … Continue reading
Noad Family of Slimbridge
NOAD FAMILY OF WEST KINGTON AND SLIMBRIDGE James Noad I (1717-1792) and Ann (1721-1801) of West Kington, Wilts | Isaac Noad (1762-1832) and Hester Buckle (1767-1829) Labourer and Pauper of … Continue reading
Barton Family of the Forge, Slimbridge, Part I
BARTON FAMILY OF THE FORGE, SLIMBRIDGE, PART I John and Sarah Barton and their children PEDIGREE Robert Barton (1604(?)-1663) and Susannah Holway (-1684) Yeoman of Thornbury | John Barton … Continue reading
Henry Woodward (1795c-1873), Yeoman of Hill
WOODWARD FAMILY John Hutten and Mary Andrews of Almondsbury | Mary Hutten (1700-1762) and Seager Woodward I (-1739?) of Olveston and Almondsbury | Seager Woodward II (1735-1773?) and Jane … Continue reading
Marian Barton, Memories of Slimbridge, Birmingham and Worcester
MARIAN FLORENCE BARTON (1914-2008) Reminiscences of Slimbridge, Gloucestershire (written on 2nd February 2003) I was born on 4th February 1914 at Slimbridge in the house next door to ‘The Forge’, the … Continue reading
