Hi, My Mothers aunt was a Jones before marriage and after marriage she became known as Granny Gunter because she seems to have looked after children of the village. If you are of the family it would be great to share notes. Regards Irene.

Does her birth cert or father's death cert give any further clues ?

Name: Dorothy F Jones
Mother's Maiden Surname: Madley
Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1916
Registration district: Westbury S
Registration county: Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 433

Name: Albert L Madley
Mother's Maiden Surname: Jones
Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1916
Registration district: Monmouth
Registration county: Wales
Volume Number: 11a
Page Number: 42

Name: Alfred A Madley
Year of Registration: 1914
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Mother's Maiden Name: Jones
District: Monmouth (1837-1939)
County: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 44

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Name: Margaret L Madley
Death Registration Month/Year: 1933
Age at death (estimated): 49
Registration district: Gloucester
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 293

Name: James L Madley
Death Registration Month/Year: 1931
Age at death (estimated): 49
Registration district: Monmouth
Inferred County: Monmouthshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 23

Name: Margaret L Jones
Name: James L Madley
Year of Registration: 1913
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Spouse's Surname: Madley
District: Monmouth (1837-1939)
County: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 75

1911 Lydbrook
JONES ISAAC HENRY M 1857 54 Monmouth Monmouthshire
JONES ALBERT HENRY M 1894 17 Monmouth Monmouthshire
JONES ETHEL MAY F 1896 15 Monmouth Monmouthshire
JONES STANLEY WILSON M 1899 12 Monmouth Monmouthshire

1911?
JONES MARGARET F 1885 26 Ross Herefordshire

1901
Isaac Jones abt 1857 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head West Dean, Monmouthshire
Mary J Jones abt 1858 Ansymmster, Monmouthshire, Wales Wife West Dean, Monmouthshire
Frederick Jones abt 1879 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Monmouthshire
Margaret Jones abt 1884 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Monmouthshire d
Lily Jones abt 1890 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Monmouthshire
Albert Jones abt 1894 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Monmouthshire
Ethel Jones abt 1896 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Monmouthshire
Stanley Jones abt 1899 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Monmouthshire

1891
Isaac Jones abt 1837 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Jane Jones abt 1858 Pontymister, Monmouthshire, Wales Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Frederic Jones abt 1879 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Margaret Jones abt 1884 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Harold Jones abt 1888 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Lily Jones abt 1890 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire

Name: Margaret Louisa Jones
Year of Registration: 1883
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 243

Year: 1862
Month: Feb
Day: 23
Parents_Surname: JONES
Child_Forenames: Isaac Henry
Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Mothers_Forenames: Margaret
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Lydbrook
Occupation: Widow
Officiating_Minister: Temple Hamilton Chase
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: 20811
Page_Number: 40
Parish_Chapel: Lydbrook

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

Thanks Shepway but that is an advert which I put in the grocery shop in Lydbrook to try and find information. It was kind of you though. Regards Irene.

Had a few problems with the link - so just in case I have copied the note here

[I WOULD be very pleased to hear from anyone who knew my grandfather Henry Isaac Jones or my grandmother Annie Elizabeth who lived and died in Lydbrook.

My mother Dorothy Florence Jones is 94 years old and lost both her parents when she was about seven years old. She was eventually adopted by an aunt and uncle in Yorkshire when she was 16 years old but before that was raised by ‘Granny’ Mary Anne Gunter in Lydbrook. Granny Gunter was really my mothers aunt, sister to her father. There were also two other brothers, James and John.

Mum says she was born at a place called Cop meadow but cannot remember much about the place and longs to hear more about her family, any little titbits will fill in some blanks for her and for her children.

Can you help? Do you have any old photographs that we could copy and make an album for her. We may have left all this a bit late, but you know the old saying better late than never and it would make an old lady very happy to be reunited with her family even if only in photographs.

Please help if you can, any scrap of information is better than nothing. My name is Irene Toddington and I live at Tregantle House, Tregatillian, Cornwall TR9 6JQ. . Thank you for any information.

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

There are no cottages on the hill above Cop Meadows, as Bill from Forge Hill confirms in another posting.
A photo of 'Lydbrook Bell Hill 1930' in the 'Lydbrook 2' series of old photos on this site shows Sarah Siddon's house in the bottom right hand corner with the start of Cop Meadows behind and extending to the right off photo, to the left of the house is Bell Hill.