East Dean 1851 Census - Cinderford School and Coopers Tump (General)

by Daffodil , Gloucestershire, Friday, April 04, 2014, 01:15 (3888 days ago) @ Jefff

Once again, many thanks for your information and suggestions for further research, it's a great help. I will begin to follow up these leads.

You have clarified what I suspected about the census areas changing not the people moving. My own ancestors at this time were yeoman farmers in Somerset/Dorset, so I've found it much easier to pin their locations down. The Forest is proving quite a challenge to an intermediate FH researcher like myself - and I've not started on the West Dean side of the family yet!

It would be interesting to see if I can identify the cottage location now. I think I will see if Gloucester archive has rent books or tithe maps of the area.

Further to St Johns hall (aka Cinderford School) by the White Hart. After reading your first reply a friend says he thinks this hall was used as a medical centre or suchlike, he says children had their inoculations there when he was young.