TOPHAM family of Whitecroft (General)

by admin , Forest of Dean, Sunday, January 21, 2007, 21:58 (6517 days ago)

Photos of the house and shop together with the details were sent to us by Gordon Wesley
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/gallery/fod_variety_2/

Park Villa c1901
I'm hoping that someone can identify this house. Sometime between 1901-1905 it was owned/occupied by the Topham family and is described on the back of the photo as "My uncle's house in the forest". I guess the photo was taken during this period

On another photo it is called "Park Villa". In the 1901 census their address is West Dean. Later their address was Whitecroft, so I guess the house could be in either West Dean or Whitecroft areas

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Unknown Shop c1901
We think it was a shop owned by John Topham (of the same family as lived in the Park Villa) in Whitecroft between 1901-1905

There was also a shop called Bailey Hill Stores, Yorkley belonging to his niece Charlotte Wesley during the same period, but we think this photo is of the shop in Whitecroft as on the back it says it is "2 miles from my sister's shop" which would be about the right distance from Yorkley

If someone can identify this shop and if it is still standing that would be a great bonus!