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Journal of Alfred Harris

Alfred Harris lived in the Forest of Dean villages of Whitecroft and Bream all his life, born on December 15th 1839 he died in March 1925 and left a journal of local happenings, births, marriages and deaths were recorded, along with many other news items and has provided invaluable information for both the local and family historians. He was also a man who enjoyed reading, references to global news points to the fact that this man was alert not only to matters close to home, but also those much further afield.

Alfred, for a man who probably finished schooling at an early age, was forward thinking, one sentence in his journal states, "He that hates learning is a fool and a dunce."

Page numbers of favourite bible stories are noted along with his shopping lists and his beer order was ever present.

Journal of Alfred Harris.pdf (4.1 MB)

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Many thanks to David Haynes and Malcolm Norris for making Alfred's Journal available on our Web site.

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Bigland Transcripts

Bream Bigland Transcripts.pdf
Newland Bigland Transcripts.pdf
Upleadon Bigland Transcripts.pdf
Westbury Bigland Transcripts.pdf
Woollaston Bigland Transcripts.pdf

http://www.forest-of-dean.net/?Memorial_Inscriptions_Bigland_Transcripts

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Forest of Dean by A. O. Cooke 1913

Forest of Dean by A O Cooke 1913.pdf (8.8 MB)

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Bill Mills Pontshill Archaeological Survey

Bill Mills Pontshill Archaeological Survey.pdf

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(Photo supplied by Amanda Woolley)

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Excursion in the Forest of Dean 1822

Excursion in the Forest of Dean 1822.pdf

Reproduced from the The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 92, Part 2, July 1822
by W. S. Wickenden

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