Thank you to everyone for the bits of information supplied, they're a great starting point and I shall check out the websites / books suggested and I'll use some of the information for my essay. Unfortunately travelling to Evesham for research in person isn't an option at present. To BOB NEW - the COLES family I'm studying are JOSEPH (born 1845) and ELIZA (born 1842) who would be my great great grandparents. ELIZA 's maiden name was GROVE but I don't know of a Susan in her family as yet. I do have a couple of Charles Coles', what birth / death dates do you have for yours? Best wishes to all, Pippa, Brighton