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Hi Angie, Found your message when I googled "Winniatt" which is my maiden name, perhaps we are distantly related!

Thank you for your message we will try to circulate your request in our parish magazine in the hope that someone may have some more information

Hi I wonder if anyone can help me. I am
researching my husbands family who lived in Berry Hill. John James married Ann Gwilliam in 1851 they had 3 children John Sampson, Alfred, & Urusla.John had been a Royal Marine before he married and died a month after his daughteer Urusla died. His wife Ann then Married a William Chamberlain.Ann ran a grocer shop in Weston for a time before she remarried.John Sampson James married Ada Maria Cooper in 1851. I hope there may be some relatives still in the area,or someone may have known of the family. Johns father was Richard a Mason by trade.

Thanks for that info, I would be grateful if ever you see them to mention my interest. Thankyou

In a quick reply to your question about Lodges in Weston under Penyard. I do not know historically but there is a family of that name currently living at The Rudge Farm

I have recently traced my ancestors, mostly to the forest of dean however there seems to be a mention of Lodges in W u P around 1570 and earlier.
If any local historians have come across the name I would be grateful to hear about it.
Many thanks