Frances Gibbins

Frances was the daughter of John & Elizabeth Gibbins (possibly Gibbons) of Cowley, Gloucestershire.

John was the miller at Cowley and therefore of some importance in the village. He was the son of another John Gibbins of the same mill. The mill was situated in the stream just below Cowley Church.  It no longer exists, but the site can be traced to the spot in the grounds of Cowley Manor, where two lakes join. The mill probably disappeared when the old manor was ‘restored’ and the grounds ‘landscaped’.