Abbots Wood/Buckshaft woods (General)

by HarryBrook , Sunday, May 24, 2020, 23:17 (1678 days ago) @ probinson

A lad named Eric Evan Embling drowned in what was named, as I remember, Yellowstone Pond in 1920. This may not be the pond described in the original post as this is a small, oval, brick lined pond used to collect water which was piped to the greenhouses at Abbotswood House and is situated up the track on the Cinderford side of what were the grounds of the Abbots House.

It is, however, a known drowning incident in the general area.

His burial record in the parish records on this site

Record_ID: 66539
Entry_Number: 488
Year: 1920
Month: Aug
Day: 21
Surname: EMBLING
Forenames: Eric Evan
Residence: Ruspidge
Age_at_death: 6
Officiating_Minister: F W Baldwin
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: C/1/11
Notes:
Register_Reference: P85/1 IN 1/15
Page_No: 61
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford St John

I have a transcript of the inquest.

Edit to add:- I submitted this transcript to this site some time ago and it can be viewed in 'Downloads and Articles' in the Resources Section, it is entitled 'Eric Embling Ruspidge Inquest 1920'.
This is the small oval pond on the O.S. map posted up by Peter.