Names in John Oakey's 'Reminiscences of Winchcombe' [JAO] 1940

This information has been compiled exclusively by John Fox from the above publication

Abbreviation:  LTA = "Land Tax Assessment"

Name	Comments	Trade	Address Dates
ADLARD, Edward	JAO.p9; Mr Edward Adlard demolished 6 cottages		Churchlands
ADLARD, Frank	JAO.p.9; Mr Frank Adlard's lawn 1901 Parish Mag: return from Boer War		Churchlands
ARUNDEL Mrs	1850s: 6d per horse JAO:p.4: where Drinking trough was		Toll Cottage, Gretton Rd(1850s)
COLEMAN	JAO:p.21; 1860s	Constable
COOPER Charles	JAO:p.13; 1870s?	Publican	George Hotel
COURT Ann	JAO:p.8-Unicorn Inn?
COURT Caroline	JAO:p.8-Unicorn inn?
COURT Richard	JAO:p.8 -Unicorn Inn?	Innkeeper	Glos St
COURT Thomas	JAO:p.8-Unicorn Inn?
COX George	JAO:p.7:late 1930s.	Doctor	Abbey Terrace (Stone House?)
COX William	1860's: Winchcombe's last Low Bailiff JAO:p.6:late 1860s. Lloyds Bank House?	Doctor	11 High Street
CUNNINGHAM Clement Augustus	1854-60:taught JAO at Kings & Townsends School, Abbey Terrace	Schoolmaster
EDWARDS Nathaniel	Ag Lab in 1871; Gen Lab in 1881. JAO:p.12; 1860s Nath Edwards mowing Postlip	Gen Lab
FINCH Esther	JAO:p.8 "a villa"
FINCH John	JAO:p.8 "a villa"	Farmer
FINCH Mary	JAO:p.8 "a villa"
HALL John	Hosted Annual Social Supper JAO:p.5: bought & demolished Tythe Court,1847	Publican	Plasterers Arms
HALL John	JAO:p.14; 1860s, baker of Gloucester Street	Master baker
HARDING Elizabeth	JAO:p.8 "a villa"
HARDING James	JAO:p.6:bakery on site of Wesleyan Chapel/Guide hall	Baker	High Street 1860s
HARVEY John Ridout Rev	Vicar: 1834-1871. JAO:p.18	Vicar	The Old Vicarage
HASLUM William	JAO:p.7;1870s? kept stonemasons shop & lime house	Stonemason	Abbey Terrace(Stone House?)
HICKS Charles	JAO:p.8 "a villa"
HOLIDAY	JAO:p.9 "a farm...Holiday's bull"		Corner Cupboard 1850s
HOLLIDAY Mary	JAO:p.8 "a villa"
HOLLIDAY Thomas	JAO:p.8 "a villa"	Farmer
HORLICK Miss	JAO:p.7:house next to (Lloyds) 'a grotto'		Bleby House?
HUMPHRIES Robert	JAO:p.4:'carried his moke thru Toll Gates'	Labourer
HUNT Thomas	JAO:p.8:bottom west [of street]	Skin Dealer	Vineyard Street
JACKSON William	JAO:p.14; covered spring waggon to Cheltenham
JONES Anthony	JAO:p.19; grandfather to JAO		1800s-1870s?
JONES Thomas	JAO:p.14; two horse bus to Cheltenham
JUGGINS Thomas	JAO:p.8 "a villa"
LANE William	JAO:p.5:1850s- kept shop at Cross	Grocer
MAJOR William	JAO:p10. lived in cottage to west of Balloon House	Ag Lab
MASON Richard	1865 ?Present at Annual Social Supper, Plasterers Arms JAO:p.5: 'built The Bell, 1862'
MILLS, Squire	JAO:p.18; 1860s, kept a pack of harriers		Corndean Hall
NEWMAN	son = Conway JAO:p.6:1850s	Doctor	Lloyds Bank House
NEWMAN Conway	Father= Dr Newman JAO:p.6:1860s	Doctor	Lloyds Bank House
OAKEY John A	JAO: 'Reminiscences of Winchcombe'	Mason	190? = Balloon House 1847 - 1940
OKEY John	Grandfather of JAO	Mason	North Street -1851
PARDINGTON Charles	JAO:p.23; a character, had a quarry on Cleeve Hill Amateur Detective	Quarryman	Greet Road -1864
PEARSON Mrs	JAO:p.13; 1870s? walked to Cheltenham, often daily
PITTAWAY Thomas	JAO:p.7;1860s, old cottage west of Plasterers Arms	Papermaker	Abbey Terrace
POWDERHIL John	JAO:p.10,22; Josiah Powderhill LTA21: 119= 3 tenements, 7/8d; owner= John Howman		End Cottage west of Balloon House
RICHARDSON Mrs	JAO:p.13; 1870s? walked to Cheltenham, often daily
ROWLAND Joseph	JAO:p.17; flagcarrier at Whit parade
SHOTTEN Amy	JAO:p.8:"old house"
SHOTTEN Ann	JAO:p.8:"old house"
SHOTTEN Elizabeth	JAO:p.8:"old house"
SHOTTEN James	JAO:p.8:"old house"
SHOTTEN John	JAO:p.8:"old house"
SHOTTEN Joseph	JAO:p.8:"old house"	Stonemason
SHOTTEN Martha	JAO:p.8:"old house"
SHOTTEN Matilda	JAO:p.8:"old house"
SHOTTEN Richard	JAO:p.8:"old house"	Ag Lab
SIMMONS Mary Anne	JAO:p.5: Old Post Office	Postmistress	North Street 1869-1890
SKINNER Caleb	JAO:p.24: opposite the workhouse		1835
SKINNER Charlotte	JAO:p.24: opposite the workhouse		1831
SKINNER Hannah	JAO:p.24: opposite the workhouse		1801
SKINNER Isaac	JAO:p.24: opposite the workhouse [Rabbit Box House]	Hawker	1806
SKINNER Isaac	JAO:p.24: opposite the workhouse	Ag Lab	1828
SMITH George	JAO:p.13; carried bread to Cheltenham on his moke	Baker?
SMITH Thomas	JAO:p.12; Thomas Saltman Smith, also farmed Postlip The Account Books of Thomas Smith, Ireley Farm, Hailes		Ireley Farm
SMITH William	JAO:p.22; benefactor, big house near Gasworks 1865 Presided at Annual Social Supper, Plasterers Arms		The Farm
SWINBURNE Thomas Ward	1870s: Swinburne Family were staunch Congregationalists JAO:p.5:'built Chapel in Gretton Rd'		Corndean Hall
TOVEY Amy	JAO:p.10: opposite Corner Cupboard		1789
TOVEY Caroline	JAO:p.15
TOVEY George	JAO:p.30; visit to London, 1884	Mould Maker
TOVEY James	JAO:p.10: opposite Corner Cupboard	Butcher, Master	1829
TOVEY John	Wire working trade; dandys/weavers[papermill trade] JAO: Mill, Castle St (run for generations)	Master Weaver	opposite Corner Cupboard 1794
TOVEY John	JAO:p.10: opposite Corner Cupboard	Musician	1825
TOVEY Rebecca	JAO:p.15; daughter to William Tovey, helped at school		1780 -
TOVEY Sarah	JAO:p.10: opposite Corner Cupboard		Glos St
TOVEY William	JAO:p.15: taught John in 1850s age 90, in Glos Str LTA21: 21= 2 tenements; School=cottage[John Major,1935]	Schoolmaster	1760 - 1855
TOVEY William	JAO:p.10: opposite Corner Cupboard	Weaver
TRENFIELD Denis	Sold part for road widening,1835. Dismantled Smallbread Hall JAO:p.8: 1860s,lived Jacobean House	Solicitor	Abbey Grounds
TROTMAN William	JAO:p.6: 1870- burgled by David Johns LTA21: 47= house; 2/8d		High Street
WALKER James	JAO:p.7: School	Schoolmaster	Smith-Wood house
WHITE John	JAO:p9. John White lived in cottage against Vicarage wall.	Ag Lab
WILLIS Sam	JAO:p.6 & 20:1860s	Grist Miller	Castle Street
WOODWARD	JAO:p10. lived in cottage to west of Balloon House

COUNT OF Names: 82

[This information was kindly contributed by John Fox in April 1998]