where is it - Delle Court ? Westbury on Severn ? (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Wednesday, July 13, 2016, 18:54 (3064 days ago) @ shepway

Hi Mike,
sorry, I should have posted earlier when I first saw Liz's post. Her previous posts have been abt the Malson family at Moys Hill which is a house south of Westbury Court.
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?mode=thread&id=19611

Studying the various old O.S. maps remind me there are or have been several "Courts" in the Westbury area, eg Elton Court, Adsett Court, Court Farm, Stantway Court and nowadays Westbury Court Garden of course. I guess they are named after Westbury Court, who perhaps owned the land they stand on ?. Perhaps Delle Court is another one in this same general area, or maybe an older name which is no longer used. By the way "Delle" means "hollow" aka dell in German, altho I suspect this usage is from the Italian "delle" or French("de le"), both meaning "of the". Perhaps Delle Court was a cottage belonging to Westbury Court ?. All guesses of course....

Old O.S. maps here
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=13&lat=51.8396&lon=-2.4192&layers=39&...

I wonder if this name dates back, sadly, before the Ordnance Survey maps were first drawn c1840. Westbury Court Garden was laid-out c1700, since then there have been a few "Manor" Houses, all long gone, see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbury_Court_Garden

I know it's a Dutch-style Garden, but Italian-style architecture hence, perhaps, house names was also very popular in times past.

???

PS Maybe this enquiry should be directed towards the National Trust, who own the Court, and/or Glos Archives.