I found this on line, and I thought it worth sharing. Newent, as you are aware, is the spot where Francis Poythress, original immigrant Poythress, was baptized. I checked http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/ in the archives for Newent. Diana Newent starting to be chronicled "And we shall need help," said Dr Nicholas Herbert, who has been editor of the Gloucestershire project for more than 30 years. Newent doesn't have a modern history or even a good old history.They already have source material in three books written by Newent historian David Bick, in particular on the Mines of Newent and Ross and the Hereford and Gloucester Canal. "We hope also to be getting material from private individuals who have dug out things in their attics, from solicitors' offices, public institutions and parish councils," said Dr Herbert. 31/05/01