Just wondering if anyone had any information on the history of Cowles House in Hope Mansell......my great grandmother spent alot of time there in the early 1900s.....think it was owned by friends of hers rather than actual blood family......any help would be appreciated - how old is the actual house? Thanks for any information....there may also be a link as we have a line of Cowles in the family but going back from 1756.

Cowles House,
Hope Mansell,
Ross-On-Wye
HR9 5TL

You may find additional information via :-
http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/

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1810 VELLUM DOCUMENT concerning the MANOR OF HOPE MANSELL alias HOPE MELLISHALL.
NO RESERVE This is an excellent vellum document dated October 1810 concerning the Manor of Hope Mansell
also known as Hope Mellishall. It concerns proceedings at the Court Baron of Thomas Nixon
"Lord Farmer of the said Manor" and the following names are all mentioned :-
John James, Simon Woodhall, Thomas Cowles, Thomas Jones, James, Joseph & Margaret Mills.

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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>

There was a booklet published in the 1980's on the history of Hope Mansell, researched I believe by the Weston Under Penyard Vicar of the time, and I will look through it at the next GFHS (Forest Branch) Meeting, for any reference to Cowles House.

It is a very old house with amazingly thick stone walls and a fireplace big enough for the traditional "yule log" which I remember from when I was a guest at the house. Surprisingly, the house is not mentioned by the RCHM.

May