Inwood Farm, Newland (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Tuesday, December 02, 2008, 11:43 (5907 days ago) @ kenedw

Inwood Farm is just south of Scatterford Farm, it stands at the northern end of Rookery Lane, leading up from Stowe. 1861 Newland District 6 seems to cover the area west of Clearwell from Stowe up to Scatterford, however the enumerator has recorded many addresses as simply "private".

a lane called French way in 1422 (later French Lane) which provided a more direct way from Lower Redbrook hamlet by climbing over Astridge and meeting the Valley brook road at the south-west corner of Newland village, (fn. 87) and the principal route from St. Briavels, called Inwood Lane (later Rookery Lane), running from Stowe across the high plateau via Inwood Farm.

In the early 17th century much of the parish outside the Clearwell estate was held as substantial freehold farms, often of 100 a. or more. They included Upper and Lower Redbrook farms, (fn. 84) Inwood farm owned by the Sled family,

From: 'Newland', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 195-231. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23260 Date accessed: 02 December 2008.

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