Hi everyone I been "sitting in" on this list for some time now and it's really time I shared my interests in the Hawkesbury area. I am a very distant relative of Marilyn through the Hulberts of Biddestone. My paternal grandfather was Ernest Samuel SCRATON, and most of his maternal ancestors came from the Wotton-under-Edge area. Surnames include ORCHARD, WEBB, ILES, HAWKINS, SMITH. Charles Frederick WEBB was one of my 4 x gt grandfathers. He was born in North Nibley in about 1778. I am descended from his second marriage to Lydia Iles. Charles' first wife was Virgin CLARKE; they married 26 Dec 1808 in Hawkesbury and their first child, Thomas, was baptised there in 1809. My paternal grandmother was Alice Elizabeth JOHNSON, and most of her maternal ancestors came from north west Wiltshire and over the border into Gloucestershire. Surnames include BEAK, WOODMAN, LITTLE, PRITCHARD, CHAPMAN, BLAKE, KING, GAYLER, MILSUM, DEVERELL, BRINKWORTH, TRULL, BALDWIN, SMART. Several of these lines go back to the 16th or 17th centuries. Anyone else researching these surnames? I'd love to share information. I have indexed most of my research (not quite up to date!), so if you have lost someone in this area (particularly north west Wilts) there is always a remote possibility I may have them in my indexes. best wishes Pauline PS Re the interest in TAVENDER & TAVINER - one of my relatives married a "TAVENER" in Chippenham in 1807