Hi
Lets be honest, I'm looking for a favour - a look up
Had a chat with my mum this morning, she is 88
I have her parents in Soudley (Bradley Hill)
But she recalls visiting her grandmother as a child (I think therefore we are talking mid 1920s to mid 1930s) as a licensee at the Bilson inn (presumably the Upper Bilson inn) in Cinderford whilst her grandfather continued as a miner
Grandmother is Charlotte Ellen Jones (nee Waite) . Grandfather was John Samuel Jones. I've googled both their names with Bilson inn but drawn a blank.
Of course the 20s & 30s censuses are not available yet nor are the 20s & 30s Commercial Directories on line
I wondered if anyone here has the commercial directories and would mind doing a quick 'look up' for me. Not that I'm doubting my mum, you understand. i love her dearly but her memory is not quite as sharp as it was!
Cheers
Roger

From this site:=
Record_ID: 3316
Entry_Number: 452
Year: 1890
Month: May
Day: 24
Grooms_Surname: JONES
Grooms_Forenames: John
Grooms_Age: 22
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Miner
Grooms_Residence: Soudley Cinderford
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Jones
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: John
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Brides_Surname: WAITE
Brides_Forenames: Charlotte
Brides_Age: 18
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Soudley Cinderford
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Waite
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: George
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Miner
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: Mark of William Waite
Witness_2: Mary Jane Waite
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: W[illia]m Lynes Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P85/1 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 226
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford St Johns
Soundex_Groom: J520
Soundex_Bride: W300

Record_ID: 152752
Entry_Number: 543
Year: 1872
Month: Jun
Day: 21
Parents_Surname: WAITE
Child_Forenames: Charlotte Ellen
Fathers_Forenames: George
Mothers_Forenames: Susan
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: East Dean Gloucester[shire]
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: John Stephens
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: [Baptised at] Sewdley [sic] Chapel
Notes:
Register_Reference: D2598 5/4
Page_Number: 77
Parish_Chapel: Forest of Dean Bible Christian Circuit
Soundex: W300

Dave

Hi
By typing in "Gloucestershire Directories" I just found this on Kelly's Directory of Glos 1935.
Upper Bilson inn, Jn. S. Jones, 30 Up. Bilson rd ... ... nn, Jn. S. Jones, 30 Up. Bilson rd.

You can view the page for a fee. I haven't investigated further. However, it seems to be what you are looking for.

U.R. a star !
R

Sewdley - I like that - even worse than my spelling!
R

Glad to have been of help. I couldn't let you think your mum was wrong!!

She never has been so far !

You should see the way my surname is spelt sometimes.

From one Roger to another.

Looks like your Waites are my Waites.

George b. c1836 marr. Susan James b. c1835. Children I have are Julia b. c1858, William b. c1863 and Eliza b. c1870.

George was 5th child of Samuel Waite and Elizabeth Vaughan. The eldest, John bapt. 4Feb1827 at Newnham PC. He married my great grandfathers sister Mary 2June1850 at St Pauls Parkend. The Bible Christian Connexion all fits too.

Roger

Sewdley was correct in it's time. It has settled on Soudley now but in the later 19th Century there was a curate at St Johns Cinderford who rendered it as Soudleigh. I assume he was a gentile graduate of Oxford University.

Roger

Yep
They are the same bunch!
George Wait (some sources say Waite) was an iron ore miner
Married Susannah James on 06 Dec 1857 @ Cinderford St Johns
- George was son of Samuel Waite & Elizabeth Vaughan
- - Samuel was son of (another) Samuel Waite & Elizabeth Baggus

I’ve got 8 kids for George Wait & Susannah James
1. Jane c1856
2. Julia c 1858
3. Mary Ann c 1860
4. Charlotte Ellen 03 Jun 1872 @ Two Bridges, Bradley Hill, Soudley, Gloucestershire. Died Dec 1955 Lower Soudley
5. Charles c 1875 Ayleford Gloucs
6. Edith c 1876 Ayleford Gloucs
7. George c 1881 Ayleford Gloucs
8. William (dob unknown)

Charlotte Ellen was my Great Grandmother and the one who we think ended up running the Upper Bilson Inn in Cinderford
She married John Samuel Jones (dob 03 Jun 1868) on 24 May 1890 at Cinderford St Johns. Marriages Jun 1890 WAITE Charlotte Westbury S 6a 485.Marriages Jun 1890 JONES John Westbury S 6a 485
They had 7 (possibly more) children. One of whom Lizzie Clemintina Jones is my mum’s mum.

But he may have been a Pseud !

Hi Roger,I thought so.

Lots of Waits, Waites and Whites in area, many same family. Unlike my Griffiths family. We were at Mitchel Troy, Mon in 18th Century. 4 generations at most and very small families. I doubt if any FoD Griffiths's are related to me. Colin (now in Australia) and I spent a long time trying to establish a connection.

Another publican. Ann Wait of Bradley Hill, 50 in 1841 Census. Also in 1851, 1861 and 1871. The premises are still there. A club of some sort during and since WWII.

Roger