The story so far

In March 2003, in Issue 15, we did an article about a family of Stentifords who made the long journey from Buckfastleigh to Australia in the 1850s. Three years have since passed, then in the space of just a few weeks, we received an amazing amount of information from different branches of this family. Everyone agreed to the publication of their findings and so we are able to piece together a story well worth the telling.

To save readers having to go to and fro between Issues, we'll begin by reprinting enough of the original article to enable readers to catch up with the story so far, beginning with the principal actors:

FROM THE 1851 CENSUS OF BUCKFASTLEIGH
STREET	NAME	REL	MAR.	AGE	OCCUPATION
Jordan St.	Samuel Stentiford	Head	M	32	Wool Comber
	Mary Stentiford	Wife	M	27	Serge Weaver

Jordan St.	Nicholas Stentiford	Head	M	25	Wool Comber
	Nancy Stentiford	Wife	M	27
	Harriet Stentiford	Daur	-	3
	Elizabeth Stentiford	Daur	-	8m
	Nicholas Stentiford	Father	W	90	Pauper ( formerly Ag.Lab.)

Jordan St.	Elizabeth Caseley	Head	W	68
	Jane Tooley	Daur	W	40	Serge Weaver
	William Stentiford	GrSon	-	5

Market St.	John Stentiford	Head	M	85	Pauper (formerly Ag.Lab.)
	Dorothy Stentiford	Wife	M	76	Pauper

Buckfast Abbey

A Roman Catholic Church built in the 20th century.

In front, are the remaining buildings of the last of

Buckfastleigh's Woollen Mills

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