Janet, Uley's history is amazing considering its idyllic situation now.  In the 1830s Sheppards Mill was opened.  It employed a lot of people The business failed after a few years. All the workers were maintained under the Poor Law.  The Poor Rate was levied on householders. After a while the rate rose from 6 shillings in the £ to 19 shillings.  The householders were going bankrupt.  Meanwhile, many of the workers were living under the mill machinery.  The remaining householders got together and chartered a ship from Bristol to take the unemployed to the New World.  Many towns now wish they had the same solution to their unemployment problem.  Jeff ----- Original Message ---- From: "JANETHESKI@aol.com" <JANETHESKI@aol.com> To: gloucester-l@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 26 January, 2011 17:54:24 Subject: [GLS] Name - ULEY Hi Janine, Uley is a  picturesque small village near Stroud that was once highly industrialised. Uley  blue was used for the uniforms of the British Navy. Most of the Gloucestershire  woollen industry was lost in the first part of the eighteenth century. The  weavers were then on hard times and many emigrated to Australia, sometimes with  financial aid from their home parish. On many occasions the places where  they settled in Australia were given names that reminded them of places they  were fond of in England. It may be that some chose to use an English place name  as part of the name by which they were known. This latter is conjecture  on my part... Cheers, Janet Heskins  _____________________________________________ Gloucestershire Family History Society: www.gfhs.org.uk Gloucestershire Archives: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005:  http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Jeff, I found your Uley information very pertinent as I have ancestors who lived in Uley during that period. I'd like to be able to put a source to this information. Do you have a specific book or article that you got this information from? My Thomas ROBINS baptised 1764 in Uley was a carpenter. He married Margaret CAVE and they baptised children in both Uley & Owlpen.. They seem to have stayed rather than emigrated. His son James married Charlotte Yewen DAUNCEY and that branch of the family moved to Bristol. Regards, Nancy Frey Newcastle, Ontario, CANADA OPC for Ansford & Castle Cary, Somerset Moderator of Yahoo! Catsash Hundred Group Moderator of Yahoo! Glaston Twelve Hides Hundred Group Moderator of Yahoo! NorthWiltshire Group Moderator of Yahoo! SouthWiltshire Group Moderator of Yahoo! WestWiltshire Group Owner/Moderator of Yahoo! FULFORD_North Devon Group Owner/Moderator of Yahoo! DAVIDGE Connections Group ----- Original Message ----- From: "J GOULD" <gould93@btinternet.com> To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [GLS] Name - ULEY Janet, Uley's history is amazing considering its idyllic situation now. In the 1830s Sheppards Mill was opened. It employed a lot of people The business failed after a few years. All the workers were maintained under the Poor Law. The Poor Rate was levied on householders. After a while the rate rose from 6 shillings in the £ to 19 shillings. The householders were going bankrupt. Meanwhile, many of the workers were living under the mill machinery. The remaining householders got together and chartered a ship from Bristol to take the unemployed to the New World. Many towns now wish they had the same solution to their unemployment problem. Jeff