There are very few descendants of the ‘old’ village families left in Ewelme today. Families disperse naturally for employment and village properties are now often beyond the means of the young.  The Winfield’s were the most prolific family in the 19th Century, but the family had prevouly clung to the ‘old faith’ and were not recorded by that name in the church records which began in 1599.  They were first recorded under that name in the late 18th century, after the passing of the Catholic Relief Acts of 1778 and 1791. (Although there were earlier records under ‘assumed’ names of Wyncot, Wincup, Wingate and there was one Winkfield).  The first Winfield baptism was in 1794 and burial in 1817.  The Winfields/Wingfields claim to have been brought over by the Duke and Duchess of Suffolk from their castle at Wingfield near Diss in Suffolk.  (At the time of writing Cynthia Winfield is approaching 90 and can trace her ancestors back several hundred years).  The first Walklin baptism was recorded in 1668, a Munday in 1770, and a Tuckwell in 1809.   None with the name of Walklin or Tuckwell now live in the village.  Some Winfields and Mundays are still in the area, but not in the great numbers of the past.