Are you related?

Any of your readers with the family names of Dickenson, Halliday, Hogg, Mansell, Ostrehan, Partridge, Scrivens, Sollars (or Sollis), Twining (or Twinning) or Workman may be interested to know that they could have a connection with the charming village of Sheepscombe, on the edge of the English Cotswolds.

Our research into parish records of births, marriages and deaths here has revealed several mentions of these more unusual names, together with the relatively common Smith, Green and West families.

Any reader who thinks that they may have such a connection will be very welcome to contact us: we would be delighted to invite them to a special lunch in the village hall here at the beginning of September, when our local history society will be exploring some family links with the Parish.

Please write to The Sheepscombe Connection, Woolgatherers, Glos, GL6 7QT, or email [email protected] - The vicar & churchwardens, St John’s church, Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire