Features and discussions on notable Gornal families.
Families
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Some old family surnames in the district dating back to the 19th century and maybe before, are still around:
Bate, Bennett, Bradley, Greenway, Guest, Hale, Hickman, Jones, Marsh, Parkes, Southall, Timmins, Turner.
Dogs were kept for hunting, racing or fighting, rather than companionship.
Old Gornal was a tightly knit community, referred to as 'The Gornalites' in the early days, local folk being quite tribal, marriage rarely strayed outside the area and outsiders were not much welcomed until recent times.
Here, on these pages you will find more about some of the more notable people who were born or lived in Gornal.
Many local family names have been around the area for centuries, it was quite common to marry cousins and sometimes with the same surname.
Some abundant dynasties....
Beardsmore
Beddard
Davies
Flavell
Guest
Hale
Hickman
Jones
Malpass
Marsh
Smith
Turner
Westwood
