Highfield House, Allaston / Newerne, Lydney ( old map ) (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Monday, July 13, 2009, 08:27 (5686 days ago) @ Sally James

About 1820 a large villa called Highfield was built beside the Gloucester road north-east of Newerne, perhaps for the ironmaster John James (d. 1857), who was living there by 1839

From: 'Lydney', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 46-84. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23251 Date accessed: 13 July 2009.

1841 Highfield House
John James abt 1774 Gloucestershire, England Lydney, Gloucestershire Iron Master
Elizabeth James abt 1777 Gloucestershire, England Lydney, Gloucestershire

1851 Highfield House
John James abt 1774 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Father Lydney, Gloucestershire

Year: 1857
Month: Feb
Day: 14
Surname: JAMES
Forenames: John
Residence: Highfield
Age_at_death: 84 y[ear]s
Officiating_Minister: Charles Taylor
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: Esq[uire]
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/12
Page_No: 5
Parish_Chapel: Lydney

http://www.old-maps.co.uk/

co ords 364100 203800

today "Roman Park" stands on this area.

THE ROCKLANDS, HIGHFIELD HILL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, LYDNEY GL15 5NA
Description: The Rocklands and Attached Garage with Courtyard Wall

Grade: II
Date Listed: 7 March 1988
English Heritage Building ID: 354467

OS Grid Reference: SO6388003754
OS Grid Coordinates: 363880, 203754

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