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Phil’s History:

A ‘work in progress’ family history website starting from an Archer family of South Oxford, who were freemen, brewers, haulage contractors, and first ‘Archer & Co’ then ‘Archer Cowley & Co’ furniture removers in the 19th and 20th Centuries, inter alia, to whom are linked by marriage the Penfolds and Wells of Southwark and Surrey, the Reeds of Devon, the Gilders of Oxford and Hinckley, the Morgans of Petworth, Sussex, the Garners of Middleton, Lancs and many others. There are connections via Phil and the present generation (born 1930s/40s) with a patent law firm known as "UD&L" with motor-racing and Scottish antecedents.

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From near the Tay bridge at Kenmore, with Ben Lawers in the background.

Drummond Hill is the wooded hillside on the RHS, with the Kenmore-to-Killin road hidden by the trees, a little above the edge of Loch Tay on the far bank. How deep the water is here, I cannot remember, but I think I recall that at its deepest the loch is about 500 feet deep.(23.10.15). What relevance to a family history website? Well, these are the things we loved, is the answer. One aspect of how we lived in the 21st century.

Phil’s History:

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