The spelling is down to the Enumerator and transcriber , in this pastime it often pays to think phonetically ( ugh ? ) ...

Its not far across the Severn from Olvaston / Alvaston / Thornbury etc to Lydney/ Newnham and on it the heart of the Forest. I have seen a fair number of "outsiders" coming into the Forest- I have a Somerset Blacksmith who "turns" up in the Forest in my tree..

as I often write - keep an open mind !