East Dean 1851 Census - Cinderford School and Coopers Tump (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Friday, April 04, 2014, 01:34 (3881 days ago) @ Daffodil

I'm sure you're right about the Church Hall being used for innoculations etc. I hope you were able to find the Bruton Knowles pages & photos. This forum sometimes references another FoD Old Photos website, that has a few old(ish) photos of functions within the Hall.

Re our confusing Parish name changes, thats a VERY common question for newcomers to the site, it certainly baffled me for a while and I was born in the area !. Just one of this forum's prior threads on this subject is below (hint, always search the forum, very often a question has already been answered).
http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=37803

This whole site was revamped a few months ago, so unfortunately some of the old links won't work. The old parish Maps referred to may be found here, under "Forest of Dean" heading on the home page "toolbar".
http://forest-of-dean.net/index.php/the-forest-of-dean/maps-of-the-forest

Another helpful(I hope) post is here, you may need it when you start on West Dean as that area gains the "advantages" of overlapping the borders of Herefordshire and Monmouthshire and Wales too !!... I found the Genuki site a real help, plus my love of old maps.
http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=35535

Hope this all helps, happy hunting.