Two Bridges Tump, Ayleford (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Thursday, April 01, 2010, 17:22 (5429 days ago) @ rbaynton

By the brook Bradley House was presumably built for Samuel Hewlett, an ironfounder who was
the occupant in 1834. (fn. 65) To the south are two mid 19th-century houses, one, Ayleford House,
dated 1866. Downstream, nearer the hamlet of Ayleford, a row of four cottages north-west of Two Bridges,
owned by Samuel Hewlett in 1834, (fn. 66) was partly derelict in 1992.

From: 'Forest of Dean: Settlement', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred,
St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 300-325.

URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23266 Date accessed: 01 April 2010.

Now compare this to the order of the 1901 Census District 21

Page 6
First on Page is Bradley Hall - James Baldwin
then 5 "dwellings" or family units before the entry for
Two Bridges tump of 2 dwellings

Page 7 is Two Bridges.and back to Ayleford

On the Explorer OS map OL14 there is a "Motte" clearly marked
just north of Ayleford before you reach Two Bridges. I suspect that the Tump you are looking for is this Motte

At Ayleford where it crossed the brook is a stone farmhouse called Rowmedley, (fn. 21) built in the 17th century and much altered in the 19th. A house nearby, where Howell's Lane crosses the parish boundary at Haie brook, was a beerhouse called the Two Bridges in the late 19th century and the early 20th. (fn. 22)

From: 'Awre', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 14-46. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23250 Date accessed: 01 April 2010.

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