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Forest of Dean Social History
  • About
  • Blog
    • A Visitation to Ruardean
    • Forest of Dean Women Take the Lead by Phil Jones
    • Dispute over Gale Bounderies
    • No End to Tragedy
  • Books
    • We Will Eat Grass
    • Slaughter Pit
    • The Forest of Dean Miners’ Riot of 1831
    • God’s Beautiful Sunshine: The 1921 Miners’ Lockout in the Forest of Dean
    • Coal On One Hand, Men On The Other: The Forest of Dean Miners’ Association and the First World War 1910 – 1922
    • The Forest of Dean Colliers 1788 – 1888
    • Walter Virgo and the Blakeney Gang: The struggle against enclosure in the Forest of Dean in the latter part of the nineteenth century
    • Warren James and the Dean Forest Riots
    • The Life And Times Of Warren James: Free Miner From The Forest Of Dean
    • In Contempt of All Authority
  • Personal
    • An account of my trip to South Yorkshire Coalfield during the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike.
  • Articles
    • Forest of Dean Miners and World War Two
    • Blowing up the Fire Engine
    • Poor Law Relief and Miners’ Lockouts
    • The Coleford Socialists
    • Class Struggle in the Garw Valley 1893-1922: The Role of John Williams
    • Resident Forester
    • The Murder of John Gethin
    • PITY THE POOR BUTTYMAN: The Butty System in the Forest of Dean 1921-1938
    • As Sylvie Was Walking
    • A Place Called Noxon
  • Forest of Dean Miners’ Association
    • Surnames from A to F
      • Ambrose Adams
      • Harry Barton
      • Frederick Allan Beverstock
      • William Bradley
      • Thomas Brain
      • Tim Brain
      • Albert Brookes
      • Paul Brown
      • William Butt
      • Walter Ernest Cooke
      • Harold Craddock
      • William Henry Ellway
      • Philip Elton
      • Thomas Etheridge
      • Margaret Jane Evans
      • Charles Fletcher
    • Surnames from H to J
      • John Harper
      • Birt B Hinton
      • Amos James (Jack) Harris
      • Seefried Leonard (Len) Harris
      • Albert Hoare
      • William Hoare
      • Jesse Hodges (Snr)
      • Jesse Hodges (Jnr)
      • Joseph Holder
      • Reuben James
      • William David Jenkins
      • George Thomas Dyer Jenkins
      • Horace Jones
    • Surnames J to P
      • Raymond S Jones
      • Richard Kear
      • Charles Lees
      • Charles Luker
      • Mr Cinderford – Wallace Jones
      • Charles Mason
      • Frank Matthews
      • Albert Meek
      • Jesse Miles
      • Harry Morgan
      • David Organ
      • John William Partridge
      • Martin Perkins
    • Surname P-Z
      • Thomas Phillips
      • Holton Douglas (Elton) Reeks
      • Thomas Phillips
      • Holton Douglas (Elton) Reeks
      • Enos Cooper Taylor
      • Albert Wilding
      • William Wilkins
  • Crime
    • Boxer
    • Reginald Godfrey Crockett
  • People
    • The Need for Tolerance (Frank Ashmead)
    • Harry Barton
    • Mr Cinderford – Wallace Jones
    • Hannah James
    • Richard Benfield
    • Charles Fletcher: Gypsy, Orphan, Forest of Dean Miner and Socialist
    • Minnie Allen
    • William Ayland who Trailed his Coat
    • Tom Liddington
    • Granny Kent
    • John (Jack) Williams
    • Charlie Mason
  • Talks
    • God’s Beautiful Sunshine
  • Forest of Dean Transported Convicts
    • Transported Convicts (1789-1826)
      • Peter Payne
      • Thomas Dalley
      • Richard Aston
      • Samuel Niblett
      • Sophia Robins
      • Amos Meek
      • John Wathen
      • John Boxall
      • George Wright
      • John Mayo
      • Berrow Hawkins
      • Richard Sadler (alias Cox)
      • John Cecil
      • Robert Jones
      • William Harris (1)
    • Transported Convicts (1826-1831)
      • Robert Hyett
      • Thomas James
      • John Baglin
      • John Cutler
      • Oliver Woore
      • George Reeks
      • John Boucher
      • John Lowe
      • Henry Price
      • William Henry Williams
      • Samuel Dobbs
      • Thomas Lewis
      • Richard Williams
    • Transported Convicts (1831-1833)
      • Warren James
      • John Harris (alias Poisefoot)
      • John Parry
      • Edward Baldwyn
      • Thomas Harris
      • John Dee
      • William Hulin
      • Richard Jones
      • John Webb
      • Francis Reeks
      • Charles Williams
    • Transported Convicts (1833-1835)
      • Richard Dew
      • Stephen Evans
      • Richard Marston
      • James Mapps
      • Charles Vaughan
      • William Creese
      • Elizabeth Hale
      • James Lewis
      • William Selwyn
      • James Young
    • Transported Convicts (1835-1839)
      • William Evans (1)
      • James Hayman
      • William Harris (2)
      • Edward Bevan
      • Thomas Prosser
      • Uriah Prout
      • Thomas Edmunds
    • Transported Convicts (1839-1841)
      • William Drew
      • Thomas Jeynes
      • John Ambury
      • Christopher Edmunds
    • Transported Convicts (1841-1845)
      • Samuel Jones
      • William Cowmeadow
      • Elijah Elton
      • John Hewlett
      • William Evans (2)
  • The National Union of Railwaymen
    • James Leonard Jones
    • James Collins Birt
    • Arthur Holder
    • Edwin Rennolds
    • William Harry Parsloe
    • James Edward Holford
    • William Darters
    • William Stanley Wintle
  • About
  • Blog
    • A Visitation to Ruardean
    • Forest of Dean Women Take the Lead by Phil Jones
    • Dispute over Gale Bounderies
    • No End to Tragedy
  • Books
    • We Will Eat Grass
    • Slaughter Pit
    • The Forest of Dean Miners’ Riot of 1831
    • God’s Beautiful Sunshine: The 1921 Miners’ Lockout in the Forest of Dean
    • Coal On One Hand, Men On The Other: The Forest of Dean Miners’ Association and the First World War 1910 – 1922
    • The Forest of Dean Colliers 1788 – 1888
    • Walter Virgo and the Blakeney Gang: The struggle against enclosure in the Forest of Dean in the latter part of the nineteenth century
    • Warren James and the Dean Forest Riots
    • The Life And Times Of Warren James: Free Miner From The Forest Of Dean
    • In Contempt of All Authority
  • Personal
    • An account of my trip to South Yorkshire Coalfield during the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike.
  • Articles
    • Forest of Dean Miners and World War Two
    • Blowing up the Fire Engine
    • Poor Law Relief and Miners’ Lockouts
    • The Coleford Socialists
    • Class Struggle in the Garw Valley 1893-1922: The Role of John Williams
    • Resident Forester
    • The Murder of John Gethin
    • PITY THE POOR BUTTYMAN: The Butty System in the Forest of Dean 1921-1938
    • As Sylvie Was Walking
    • A Place Called Noxon
  • Forest of Dean Miners’ Association
    • Surnames from A to F
      • Ambrose Adams
      • Harry Barton
      • Frederick Allan Beverstock
      • William Bradley
      • Thomas Brain
      • Tim Brain
      • Albert Brookes
      • Paul Brown
      • William Butt
      • Walter Ernest Cooke
      • Harold Craddock
      • William Henry Ellway
      • Philip Elton
      • Thomas Etheridge
      • Margaret Jane Evans
      • Charles Fletcher
    • Surnames from H to J
      • John Harper
      • Birt B Hinton
      • Amos James (Jack) Harris
      • Seefried Leonard (Len) Harris
      • Albert Hoare
      • William Hoare
      • Jesse Hodges (Snr)
      • Jesse Hodges (Jnr)
      • Joseph Holder
      • Reuben James
      • William David Jenkins
      • George Thomas Dyer Jenkins
      • Horace Jones
    • Surnames J to P
      • Raymond S Jones
      • Richard Kear
      • Charles Lees
      • Charles Luker
      • Mr Cinderford – Wallace Jones
      • Charles Mason
      • Frank Matthews
      • Albert Meek
      • Jesse Miles
      • Harry Morgan
      • David Organ
      • John William Partridge
      • Martin Perkins
    • Surname P-Z
      • Thomas Phillips
      • Holton Douglas (Elton) Reeks
      • Thomas Phillips
      • Holton Douglas (Elton) Reeks
      • Enos Cooper Taylor
      • Albert Wilding
      • William Wilkins
  • Crime
    • Boxer
    • Reginald Godfrey Crockett
  • People
    • The Need for Tolerance (Frank Ashmead)
    • Harry Barton
    • Mr Cinderford – Wallace Jones
    • Hannah James
    • Richard Benfield
    • Charles Fletcher: Gypsy, Orphan, Forest of Dean Miner and Socialist
    • Minnie Allen
    • William Ayland who Trailed his Coat
    • Tom Liddington
    • Granny Kent
    • John (Jack) Williams
    • Charlie Mason
  • Talks
    • God’s Beautiful Sunshine
  • Forest of Dean Transported Convicts
    • Transported Convicts (1789-1826)
      • Peter Payne
      • Thomas Dalley
      • Richard Aston
      • Samuel Niblett
      • Sophia Robins
      • Amos Meek
      • John Wathen
      • John Boxall
      • George Wright
      • John Mayo
      • Berrow Hawkins
      • Richard Sadler (alias Cox)
      • John Cecil
      • Robert Jones
      • William Harris (1)
    • Transported Convicts (1826-1831)
      • Robert Hyett
      • Thomas James
      • John Baglin
      • John Cutler
      • Oliver Woore
      • George Reeks
      • John Boucher
      • John Lowe
      • Henry Price
      • William Henry Williams
      • Samuel Dobbs
      • Thomas Lewis
      • Richard Williams
    • Transported Convicts (1831-1833)
      • Warren James
      • John Harris (alias Poisefoot)
      • John Parry
      • Edward Baldwyn
      • Thomas Harris
      • John Dee
      • William Hulin
      • Richard Jones
      • John Webb
      • Francis Reeks
      • Charles Williams
    • Transported Convicts (1833-1835)
      • Richard Dew
      • Stephen Evans
      • Richard Marston
      • James Mapps
      • Charles Vaughan
      • William Creese
      • Elizabeth Hale
      • James Lewis
      • William Selwyn
      • James Young
    • Transported Convicts (1835-1839)
      • William Evans (1)
      • James Hayman
      • William Harris (2)
      • Edward Bevan
      • Thomas Prosser
      • Uriah Prout
      • Thomas Edmunds
    • Transported Convicts (1839-1841)
      • William Drew
      • Thomas Jeynes
      • John Ambury
      • Christopher Edmunds
    • Transported Convicts (1841-1845)
      • Samuel Jones
      • William Cowmeadow
      • Elijah Elton
      • John Hewlett
      • William Evans (2)
  • The National Union of Railwaymen
    • James Leonard Jones
    • James Collins Birt
    • Arthur Holder
    • Edwin Rennolds
    • William Harry Parsloe
    • James Edward Holford
    • William Darters
    • William Stanley Wintle

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