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The Barber Family
The history of the Barber family of Gilberts End
At the time of the 1797 Enclosure Act, the farmers William and John Barber owned 55 acres of land in Gilberts End.
William (1776-1854) and Mary (1781-1845) had two sons. The family tomb in St Mary’s churchyard records the tragic deaths of John II’s two sons William aged 9 and Harry William aged 8, who both died of the croup in 1858. John remained childless and the Barber dynasty came to an end.