Cinderford TUMP location (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 03:23 (4710 days ago) @ Jefff

Cinderford Tump is the land around St John's Church.

In 1832 there were c. 51 dwellings east of thebrook at Cinderford bridge, in the area thencalled Lower Cinderford. (fn. 37) Most were south ofthe road (St. White's Road) on RuspidgeMeend, which belonged to the Abbots woodestate (fn. 38) and where Edward Protheroe built cottages, including several terraces, for miners inhis employment. (fn. 39) In 1841 the settlement at thebridge included a chapel and two beerhouses. (fn. 40) On the hillside to the north-east, known asCinderford Tump, the White Hart inn hadopened by 1834 (fn. 41) and, to the west, a school wasbuilt by Edward Protheroe in 1840 and thechurch of St. John the Evangelist was opened in1844. (fn. 42) At the ironworks, which stood 800 m.north of Cinderford bridge, cottages were builtat the bottom of the later Victoria Street to thesouth-east. In 1832 the area, known as UpperCinderford, included c. 38 houses, (fn. 43) mostly terraced cottages provided by the ironworks'owners, and a beerhouse called the Forge Hammer. (fn. 44) By the mid 19th century a few houses hadbeen built further north on Bilson (formerlyCartway) green, (fn. 45) which later became the mainindustrial area of Cinderford. One house, nextto Bilson colliery, was occupied by EdwardProtheroe's agent Aaron Goold in 1831, whenthe fences around its enclosure were destroyedby rioters. (fn. 46) Known later as Bilson House, it wasdemolished after 1973, during redevelopment ofthe area. (fn. 47)

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: 28 December 2011.

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