Station Road Lydney pre 1871 (General)

by KatieAnn , Thursday, February 05, 2015, 11:01 (3573 days ago)

Please can anyone help with the history of Station Road? The 1871 census has my g g grandfather John BOWEN "Refiner Iron Manufacture" and family living in Station Road where John and his wife Joan BOWEN lived for the rest of their lives. 10 years previously the 1861 census has them located in "Cottage" . They moved to Lydney from Rogerstone, Monmouthshire circa 1852. Would "cottage" refer to the old cottages at Middle Forge or those in Swan Lane and did the "cottages" become Station Road?