The PREEN FAMILY HISTORY STUDY GROUP exists to research the family. It organises an Annual Reunion and is preparing a History of the Preen Family in four volumes. DNA analysis has shown that the Preen Family is divided into three groups, each with a common ancestor in the seventeenth century. Volume One will discuss the early history of the family and then Volumes Two to Four will each cover one of the three groups. This book is Volume Three describing the Kings Stanley Group. They are descended from John and Margery Preen who lived in Stone in the 1600s and the book traces their descendants as they spread throughout the Gloucestershire and later throughout the world. It ends with the families who appeared in the 1911 census. For more details of the Group, see our website www.preen.org.uk

The PREEN FAMILY HISTORY STUDY GROUP exists to research the family. DNA analysis has shown that the Preen Family is divided into three groups, each with a common ancestor in the seventeenth century. Volume One discusses the background and early history of the family and then Volumes Two to Four each cover one of the three groups. This book is Volume Two describing the Cardington Group. For more details of the Group, see our website www.preen.org.uk

The PREEN FAMILY HISTORY STUDY GROUP exists to research the family. It organises an Annual Reunion and is preparing a History of the Preen Family in four volumes. DNA analysis has shown that the Preen Family is divided into three groups, each with a common ancestor in the seventeenth century. Volume One will discuss the early history of the family and then Volumes Two to Four will each cover one of the three groups. This book is Volume Three describing the Kings Stanley Group. They are descended from John and Margery Preen who lived in Stone in the 1600s and the book traces their descendants as they spread throughout the Gloucestershire and later throughout the world. It ends with the families who appeared in the 1911 census. For more details of the Group, see our website www.preen.org.uk

The PREEN FAMILY HISTORY STUDY GROUP exists to research the family. It organises an Annual Reunion and is preparing a History of the Preen Family in four volumes. DNA analysis has shown that the Preen Family is divided into three groups, each with a common ancestor in the seventeenth century. Volume One will discuss the early history of the family and then Volumes Two to Four will each cover one of the three groups. This book is Volume Four describing the Bridgnorth Group. The Bridgnorth Group are descended from Frank and Fanny Preen who lived in Mill Street Bridgnorth in the 1640s and the book traces their descendants as they spread throughout the West Midlands and later throughout the world. It ends with the families who appeared in the 1911 census.

The Preen Family History Study Group exists to promote research into the history of this family. It does this by organising annual reunions, publishing books and circulating a newsletter. In 2012, the reunion was held in Leebotwood, a small Shropshire village on the main road between Shrewsbury and Church Stretton, which had been home to one family of Preens. Richard Preen and his wife Sarah moved into Leebotwood around 1845 and the family remained there for the next hundred years. At our reunion, we visited places associated with this family and heard about their life and times. This booklet remembers them.

This booklet contains the history of Preen family F03 and an account of the 2018 Family Reunion.

An account of the 2016 Preen Family Reunion which was held in Leebotwood Village Hall and celebrated family F08 who originated in Cardington.

The Preen Family History Study Group exists to research the history of the Preen Family. They also publish books such as this one and meet every year in a place where some part of the Preen family lived in earlier centuries. For many years, this meeting place was the village of Cardington (near Church Stretton in Shropshire) which was the home of many members of the family. A recent DNA study has shown that the Preen family is divided into three main groups. The one we call the "Cardington Group" has as its common ancestors Philip Preen and his wife Mary who lived in Hope Bowdler in the second half of the seventeenth century. Some of their descendants moved to Cardington in the late eighteenth century and this book tells their story. John and Hannah Preen had four sons, each of whom had a large family. Their second son William Preen (c1798-1877) lived in Cardington and his James Preen (1829-1911) also lived there with his wife Priscilla George.

The Preen Family History Study Group exists to research the history of the Preen Family. They also publish books such as this one and meet every year in a place where some part of the Preen family lived in earlier centuries. This year they chose to meet in Hartpury village hall and to spotlight the Preens of Maisemore (F22). A recent DNA study has shown that the Preen family is divided into three main groups. The one we call the "Kings Stanley Group" has as its common ancestors John Preen and his wife Ursula who lived in Kings Stanley in the second half of the seventeenth century. Their descendants remained in the area and many of them worked in the wollen mills.

As part of the Preen family History, this booklet selects the Preens of Dunley and gives a short account of their history. It was written to accompany the Family Reunion of 2014. The Preen Family History Study group meets each year in a location related to the Preen Family. More details may be seen on their website www.Preen.org.uk