My grandfather John Trinder was born in Arlington, a village on the South side of the river Coln in the Cotswolds, with Bibury in close proximity on the North side. The villages are most probably one of the most photographed in the country and have been given mention by many authors, one of these being Arthur Gibbs who wrote 'A Cotswold Village' published in 1898. In his book he mentions a Trinder employed as a carter and a father of twenty one children by the same wife, one of the children being my grandfather.
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"The Green" at Arlington. A recent photograph of the home of Charles and Mary Trinder. (2nd from right) |
John Trinder was about the fourteenth child of Charles and Mary Trinder, to date
I have managed to name eighteen of their children, but I do question whether
Mary gave birth to them all. I think some of the children were illegitimate by their
daughters and recorded in the census as the children of the head of the family.
In the 1901 Census there are two grand children recorded, also information handed down to me, that one or two of the children may have died at birth or shortly after, this after all was quite common during that period.
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Charles Trinder is the gentleman on the far right, next to him is George Adams the owner of the "Catherine Wheel" public house in Arlington. The photograph was taken at Bibury Station, probably about 1910.
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My grandfather left school at the age of eleven, as most children did at that time
to earn their keep. He worked first for the then Canon F.G.Dutton of St Mary's
Church in Bibury, who later became Earl Sherborne.
At an age of between seventeen and eighteen, 1902, he left Arlington/Bibury for South Wales with a friend and there he settled for the rest of his life,first
working on the railway line and then at a newly opened coal mine, to the age of seventy. He died in 1967 at an age of 83.
A large number of Trinder's in the early years prior to the 19th century, were
spred about in the many Cotswold villages and I find it difficult not to believe that they were not related to each other. This I perceive because of the close proximity of the villages and the size of the families at that time.
It was not until the early part of the 19th century that Britain was feeling the
effects of the Industrial Revolution, until then, it was rare for people to move any great distances to look for work.
There is still a member of the family living in Bibury, who is one of Charles and Mary Trinder's grandsons, two other grandsons are living in South Wales.
Colin Trinder.
