Tyler's Row/Terrace, Valley Road, Cinderford (General)

by probinson , S. Oxon, Sunday, June 25, 2017, 17:52 (2709 days ago) @ Mark1974

Thought I'd post an update to this thread for anyone who might be, or might become, interested.

Seems Mark isn't coming back to give any more information from his Nan but what he did say helped to confirm I was following the correct line of Tylers.

Henry James Tyler (1855-1939) was the person Mark inferred had built the row of houses. I was more of the opinion it was his Father Henry Tyler (1814-1863).

The 1883 map, surveyed in 1878/9, shows the row so it was definitely built before then. It is identified in the 1881 census but not in the 1871 census but, as noted further up the thread, there is a commonality in two neighbours living next to each other in the row in 1881 and also living next to each other in 1871 so suggesting the row existed in 1871.

Henry James was only 16 in 1871 so it seems unlikely he was responsible for the building if it was completed by then. But as his Father died in 1863 it might suggest the row was built even earlier but I'm not able to find anything in the 1861 census to confirm that.

Henry Tyler came to Cinderford between 1851 and 1855. There's nothing to suggest he had the collateral to fund the building of a row of six houses. But in 1855 he married Mary Ann Cowmeadow. Her Father was one of the Cowmeadow boiler makers and had mines and quarries as well as the Victoria Hotel which Mary was living in and running when Henry Tyler appeared. I'm suggesting the row was built with Cowmeadow money and I wonder if it was actually Mary Ann that was responsible for it, maybe not only as somewhere to live for herself and her son but also as a form of income in retirement.

Mary Ann did live in the row with Henry James after leaving the Victoria Hotel and Henry James continued to live there after her death (and after marrying one of his neighbour's daughters). He later moved to Wagstaff House (the house up on the bank at Cinderford Bridge which was originally the mine buildings when Cinderford Bridge mine was operating) and there seems to be no further Tyler connecton to the row after that.

So it seems the row was built sometime between 1855 and 1881 and possibly before 1871 and that it was built by the Tylers to live in themselves, but probably as an investment/source of income too as they didn't need six houses.