Cot meadows, Lydbrook (General)

by unknown, Sunday, September 02, 2012, 15:09 (4460 days ago) @ unknown

Thankyou Slowhands, Lancaster & M P Griffiths for your kind replies. I've checked my knowledge against that of the family. My Grandmother's parents were Issac Herbert Jones (preacher at the Baptist Church) and Annie Elizabeth Jones (who was employed as Housekeeper to Issac when his 1st wife died, and later became his wife. I think Lily was a daughter to Issac's first marriage, and then Harold,Reg,Sid,Alf,Dorothy(my grandmother Born 26 sept 1916)and Hilda were all children to Issac & Annie Elizabeth, although I'm not sure I've got the boys in the right order! Issac and Annie Eliz. both died within 6months of each other approx 1922(Issac from asthma,Annie Eliz.from TB.I know they were still living in the house on Cotmeadows when my Grandmother was 4yrs old(so approx 1920),that another family lived in the other side of the cottage, and that a wash-house divided the two. My mother says she has heard my grandmother refer to the house as 'Whitehall',although she commonly just referred to the homestead as Cotmeadows. Thanks for listening! Caron