Charles Ford my 3rd Great-Grandfather came from Owlpen. I have record of 5 generations of Fords living in Owlpen
A short sketch written by Edwin Ford.
My father, Charles Ford was born November 4, 1807, in the town of Owlpen, Gloucestershire, England. He was went to work as an apprentice to learn the shoe and harness trade at which he served a time of seven years. He learned the weaving trade and also the shoe making trade.
Here are two pictures from the above site just to entice you to take a look.
From Wikipedia article on Owlpen
Owlpen is a small village and civil parish in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England, set in a picturesque valley in the Cotswold hills. It is about one mile east of Uley, and three miles east of Dursley. The Owlpen valley is set around the settlement like an amphitheatre of wooded hills open to the west. The landscape falls within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, so designated in 1966. The population of the parish in 2004 was 32 (est.), the smallest in Gloucestershire.
The principal feature of the village is the famous Tudor manor house, Owlpen Manor, of the Mander family. The main economic activities in the village are agriculture, forestry and tourism.
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