Hi Janet, Yesterday evening I was speaking to a friend who is spending some mof her time visiting Tewkesbury Library to seek information about a branch of her family by reading the Victorian newspapers. She remarked that in the 1850's [and therefore before that date] Tewkesbury appeared to be a smallish tighknit community, whereas by 1870 the style of writing had changed. In addition I am reading the letters of Rev Thomas FLINT, a non-conformist minister. he started as a Baptist, ministering at Shortwood, Horsley, for four years but then moved on to the Independent Church in Uley. During this time, about 1810, he was on a journey back from preaching in Birmingham when he stopped off at Tewkesbury to preach in the non-conformist church there. I don't know if it was a Baptist church, but that is highly likely as that was where his heart lay. Thomas went on to work in the Baptist church in Gloucester, living in Rose Cottage, no less, before taking his final appointment in Weymouth. [Sorry to go on a bit....] The non-conformist church could be Methodist or Independent. Charles Wesley had preached in the area. I forgot to say that if you try A2A a small extract, containing the reference in question, will appear on your screen. Cheers, Janet Heskins