Did people live at Cinderford Iron Works? (General)

by JaneyH , Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Sunday, January 18, 2015, 21:18 (3591 days ago)

I'm currently looking at a maternal line in my family, the Edwards family. My 3x great uncle was John Edwards (1840-1924), and was born, lived and died in the Forest.

The 1881 Census shows his family apparently living 'at' the Cinderford Iron Works, at least in terms of the column on the enumeration form with the heading "Road, Street and Number or Name of House". His occupation is described as "engine fitter, iron works".

If you want to look at the actual Census page, then the full reference is:

Class RG11
Piece 2523
Folio 21
Page 36
GSU Roll 1341609

Separately, the parish baptism register entry on this website dated 1846 for his brother, Thomas Edwards, shows that his father (also Thomas, my 3x great-grandfather) was an engineer and the "residence" is described as "Cinderford Iron Works". The full reference for this is:

Reference P85 IN 1/1
Page 15
Parish Chapel Cinderford St John
Soundex E363

Any enlightenment on this question would be most welcome!

Many thanks, Jane