The following are a huge cast of interrelated characters named by Clive Barnes in his research on the Wool stealers gang of 1836.  Why not find out more about these people and what life, poverty and justice was like in the local rural community of Milton Abbas and surrounding villages.

Clive’s research shows just how using our records can tell a full story of social history and people’s struggles.

Members can read the full story on our website.

James Drake

James Cox

Philip Arnold

James Vatcher

Annabella Vatcher (nee Churchill)

Thomas Cox 

George Joice (or Joyce)

Samuel Elford

John Waters

Robert Joice (or Joyce)

James Burt

William Bryant

William Sebley

Lady Caroline Damer

Henry Dawson-Damer

Thomas Fox

Andrew Cross

James Vatcher

George Bankes

Mary Cox

John Hanham

Joseph Cox

Jane Cox

Jemima Cox

Stephen Harvey

Solomon Drake

Maria Cox

Esther Cox (nee Alford)

Mary Legg

Mary Ann Cox

Eliza Jane Cox

Emma Joice

John Waters

Maria Chaffey

Fanny Drake

Elizabeth Butler

Barbara Drake

Eliza Sturney