Tower and Town, May 2024 (view the full edition)Family News George Astley (1844-1923) was Great Grandfather of Tower and Town reader Jim Astley Millington. George was born in Great Bedwyn and the 1861 census puts him as living at Braydon Hook, a house deep in Savernake Forest that became derelict but is again inhabited by a young family who beautifully resurrected it a few years ago. Jim Millington's father Robert Astley is buried at Cadley Church; his uncle Edward, Robert's elder brother of Bloxham Lodge was Head Gamekeeper to the Marquess of Ailesbury, and is buried at Chute. Naomi Painter |