Aylesmore Estate (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Saturday, February 27, 2010, 07:14 (5459 days ago) @ Frank 1

modern address for the Lodge
Aylesmore Lodge, St. Briavels, Lydney GL15 6UQ

http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&...

The AYLESMORE estate in the south part of the parish belonged in 1670 to Edmund Bond of Walford (Herefs.) who settled it on the marriage of his second son Edmund. Mary, widow of the younger Edmund, sold her interest in 1707 to their son Edmund, (fn. 31) who was said to have a good house and estate c. 1710. (fn. 32) Edmund (d. 1743) devised it to his niece Mary, the wife of Richard Bond of Brockweir. Richard died in 1754 (fn. 33) and Mary before 1771, the Aylesmore estate passing to her daughters Frances, wife of John Prosser, and Elizabeth Eleanor Bond. The sisters sold it in 1797 to John Mudway, whose mortgagee Robert Williams gained possession in 1814 and sold the estate, then comprising c. 170 a., to Lawrence Peel of Manchester in 1820.

Peel bought Aylesmore for his son William Henry Peel, (fn. 34) who enlarged it to an estate of over 1,000 a. by purchases in St. Briavels and Hewelsfield. By 1840 he owned Aylesmore Court with Highgrove, Dunkilns (later Severn View), and New House farms in St. Briavels and Hewelsfield Court and Cowshill farms in Hewelsfield. (fn. 35) W. H. Peel died in 1872, and in 1876 his trustee sold the estate to Augustus Smith, whose mortgagee gained possession before 1881 and split up the estate. Highgrove farm with 197 a. in St. Briavels was bought by Robert Parnall, who sold it in 1892 to W. B. Marling of Clanna.

Aylesmore Court with the adjoining Hewelsfield Court farm was bought by John Macpherson and during the remainder of the 1880s and the early 1890s passed through a rapid succession of owners and their mortgagees. (fn. 36)

Before 1906 Aylesmore Court with a remnant of its estate was acquired by P. N. Palin (fn. 37) (d. 1933), whose widow Edith retained it (fn. 38) and was succeeded by her nephew Roger Fleetwood Hesketh. He sold it in 1952 to Mr. J. Arnott, who owned the house with c. 120 a. of land in 1991. (fn. 39)

Aylesmore Court, which stands at the south boundary of the parish, on the east side of Hewelsfield Lane, is a plain, square villa of the early 19th century, presumably built by the Peels soon after 1820. It was enlarged to the west by a service wing in the late 19th century. The substantial coach house and stable block (converted to dwellings in the 1980s) and the planting of the land to the south and west to form a small park evidently date from the rebuilding of the house, and there is a late 19th-century entrance lodge on the Chepstow road.

From: 'St. Briavels', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 247-271. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23262 Date accessed: 27 February 2010.

The Probate Index lists Percy Richard PALIN:
"1933 Percy Richard Neville Palin of Aylesmore Court St. Breiavels
Gloucestershire died 08.04.1933 probate London 30 May to Edith Palin
widow.
Effects: (pounds) £4334:12s:2d."

So your BOWEN was probably working for the PALINS in 1911.

Name: Ursula Mary J Arnott
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1916
Death Registration Month/Year: Mar 2003
Age at death (estimated): 86
Registration district: Forest of Dean
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Register number: 44
District and Subdistrict: 482/1
Entry number: 163

Jun 2003

An eccentric woman who led an abstemious and quiet life has left a £2m fortune to fund bursaries at Eton.

Ursula Arnott, who died recently, lived at St Briavels in Gloucestershire and was well known to neighbours as she tended her cows and ran a local milk round.

The 86 year old was the last surviving member of her family.

After her death, the childless spinster's seven-bedroom manor house was found to be packed with valuable antiques.

Locals said the property had been badly neglected and suffered from damp.

They expressed surprise Ms Arnott had not sold the house and possessions to fund a comfortable retirement.

Rare books

Instead she decided to leave her estate, Aylesmore Court, to the Old Etonian Trust.

The money, which will be used to fund bursaries, will make a big difference to the trust, which had assets of £2.2m in 2002.

Ms Arnott's family had strong links to the school. Her father and brother Hughie were both educated there.

Her collection of silverware, clocks, paintings, rare books and jewellery fetched £300,000 at auction.

Among the valuable items was a rare early edition of John Milton's Paradise Lost.

The house, along with four cottages, is expected to sell for £1.5m.

1901 Aylesmore Court
Peter N Palin abt 1858 Calcutta, India Head St Briavels, Gloucestershire
Edith Palin abt 1861 Allerton, Lancashire, England Wife St Briavels, Gloucestershire
Alice E Riding abt 1868 Livermere Magna, Lancashire, England Visitor St Briavels,
Nora E McInroy abt 1864 Southport, Lancashire, England Visitor St Briavels, Gloucestershire
Margaret C Riding abt 1864 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Servant St Briavels, Gloucestershire
Cecil Hulin abt 1879 St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England Servant St Briavels, Gloucestershire
Sarah J Brown abt 1883 Ross, Herefordshire, England Servant St Briavels, Gloucestershire
James T Jackson abt 1891 Southport, Lancashire, England Servant St Briavels, Gloucestershire
Hilda Williams abt 1884 St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England Servant St Briavels, Gloucestershire

Cottage
Thomas Whittle abt 1886 Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England Head St Briavels, Gloucestershire Coachman
Mary J Whittle abt 1864 Mirfield, Yorkshire, England Wife St Briavels, Gloucestershire
Daisy Whittle abt 1892 Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England Daughter St Briavels, Gloucestershire
John H Whittle abt 1894 Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England Son St Briavels, Gloucestershire
Thomas Whittle abt 1897 Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England Son St Briavels, Gloucestershire

Name: Percy N Palin
Name: Edith Bibby
Year of Registration: 1890
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: West Derby
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 552

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