The Crown Inn, Hawthorn (General)

by Shari , Linden, MI USA, Saturday, December 03, 2005, 07:28 (6931 days ago)

My paternal grandmother's uncle, Thomas Rogers Gamage, was born on the "tenth day of June, in 1874." He names the Crown Inn as the place of his birth. According to him, the "imaginary line seperating Herefordshire and Gloucestershire runs through the upper right front corner room on the second floor where he first drew independent breath."

In 1954, when he wrote his memoirs, he relates that "the Crown Inn still stands in Hawthorn, not far from the hamlet of Cinderford in the Forest of Dean." He has even provided a picture.

Fast forward 51 years, I am searching for evidence of the Crown Inn. From the story he tells, my great-great-grandmother managed the Inn in 1874, whlie my great-great grandfather was involved in railway construction in the area.

The family name is Gamage or possible Gammage. I have seen it spelled both ways at different times.