I wonder, out of interest, when Perch Lodge would have stopped being a hunting lodge ? Been looking at Nicholls's Historical account, and clearly even in the 19thC numbers of deer went up and down like a yo-yo - from close to zero to enough to being a problem ! If my relatives were living there in 1817 then it clearly can't have been a hunting lodge then.

When, roughly, did regular deer-hunting and use of Lodges cease ? Did it all fall apart during the Civil War ?

And (separate question !) are there deer in the forest now ?

Have trawled with the search engine, but without a lot of joy.

Thanks

Yes I see deer almost daily

It was a Crown wood keeper /Woodman's lodge rather than a hunting lodge -
built 1811 sold by Forestry Commission in 1974

There may be a family link to Henry JONES :-
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=35911