Miss Grace's Lane, Tidenham (General)
by nameless, Saturday, July 18, 2009, 15:41 (5681 days ago)
I passed the lane the other day and wondered who "Miss Grace" was. Does anyone know please?
Miss Grace's Lane, Tidenham
by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Saturday, July 18, 2009, 15:59 (5681 days ago) @ nameless
the southern stretch of Madgett Road,
the only part of the two routes surviving
to become a metalled road, was later called Miss Grace's Lane
after the occupant of Chase House during the earlier 20th century.
(fn. 65)
From: 'Tidenham including Lancaut: Introduction', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10:
Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds (1972), pp. 50-62.
URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15757 Date accessed: 18 July 2009.
possibly - 90% Sure
Year: 1937
Month: Jan
Day: 18
Surname: GRACE
Forenames: Fanny
Residence: Stroat House
Age_at_death: 85 years
Officiating_Minister: George R Newman Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: The Chase
Notes: Tidenham Chase Church
Register_Reference: P333/1 IN 1/17
Page_No: 173
Parish_Chapel: Tidenham
1911
GRACE FANNY F 1851 60 Chepstow Monmouthshire
1901
Fanny Grace abt 1851 London, Middlesex, England Head Tidenham, Gloucestershire
1891 Chase Farm
Mary A Churchyard abt 1821 Spitalfields, London, England Head Tidenham, Gloucestershire
Fanny Grace abt 1851 Islington, London, England Cousin Tidenham, Gloucestershire
A new farmstead, Chase Farm (later Chase House), and a few cottages were built on the chase soon after its inclosure in 1815, (fn. 60) and more cottages, in a fairly compact settlement east of Chase Farm, were added in the middle and later years of the 19th century.
From: 'Tidenham including Lancaut: Introduction', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10: Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds (1972), pp. 50-62. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15757 Date accessed: 18 July 2009.
Chase House is situated in a particularly attractive setting between the Rivers Wye and Severn a few miles north of Chepstow on the borders of Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire.
Chase House is a handsome period building dating back to the 1830's.
Approached through a pair of wrought iron gates to a tarmac parking area and entered beneath a porch with Doric columns to the front door and into a spacious reception hall. The main reception rooms with their fine period features such as shuttered windows, interesting fire places, decorative coving and block flooring. A kitchen with wood burner and full range of fitted units and a study.
An elegant staircase leads up to a half landing with a recently installed shower room and large bedroom beyond. At the top, a spacious landing has doors off to four more bedrooms and a family bathroom.
On the north aspect, the original school rooms are now a self-contained flat.
The gardens lie principally to the south and west and comprise of terracing, backing on to a pair of large lawns dotted with mature trees.
The opposite side of the house has a studio and office, storage, boiler room and a sealed stone well
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