Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Hawkwell Row - Hawkwell Terrace, old photo

Hawkwell Row - Hawkwell Terrace, old photo (reply)

Jefff — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 15:12:47 +0000

The excellent Wild Swan old railways book "The Forest of Dean Branch Volume 2", by Ian Pope of Lightmoor site fame, carries many old photos & history of the Hawkwell mine and various brickworks, it details how the Hawkwell Brickworks was rebuilt as the Coleford Brick & Tile Co in 1936, a 1960s photo shows it's perhaps 1/2 mile from the Northern United spoil tip.
It also contains a superb old photo of Hawkwell Row, a terrace of 16 houses built by Joseph Chivers for his mine workforce, as per Slowhand's excellent link the Row is still there at the base of Ruardean Hill overlooking the A4136 road near the Steam Mills/Cinderford junction, about a mile north-east of Brierley village.

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/property/1-hawkwell-row/drybrook/gl17-9de/9709844

see http://www.forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?id=46758

Grove End Road, St Johns Wood London (reply)

slowhands — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:36:03 +0000

Neville I guess by the timestamp on your posts you may be off-shore !

So......

Mary JONES' address

Grove End Road , St Johns Wood
London NW8 9EP

( near Abbey Road and MCC cricket ground )

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=NW8%209EP%20&hl=en&safe=off&gl=uk&prmd=...

< the "Man icon" that MPG refers to is at the top of the zoom slider, on the left side of the page >

Huntley Street Bloomsbury London (reply)

slowhands — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:26:16 +0000

Neville I guess by the timestamp on your posts you may be off-shore !

So......

James GUNTER's address

Huntley Street, Bloomsbury
London WC1E 6DG

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en-GB&rlz=1T4ADBF_en-GBGB310GB310&q=Huntley+St...

< the "Man icon" that MPG refers to is at the top of the zoom slider, on the left side of the page >

Stowfield Cottages area of Lydbrook / Welsh Bicknor (reply)

slowhands — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:20:43 +0000

a photo and map

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/415774

Google Maps with Streetview (finding an address) (reply)

m p griffiths — Mon, 10 May 2010 06:19:02 +0000

If you want to look down Huntley Street where James BUXTON was living (or ancestors in the FOD)

use this site

www.maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/

Cars have been sent all over the UK (and parts of the rest of the world) - photographing streets. You click on the man in the top left corner and drag him to the street. Double click on the line in the middle of the row (arrows pointing in both directions) good fun.

Alice GUNTER 1862 Lydbrook / English Bicknor (reply)

nevillemarsh — Mon, 10 May 2010 03:55:49 +0000

Hi, thanks for that. Alice worked at an Inn in Upper Lydbrook (in 1881) and so had made her way up to London to be a witness at Mary and James Buxton's wedding. This was on 30 January 1884 and their first son arrived on 24 October 1884 just under 9 months later! James Buxton being a soldier in 1884 probably explains why I can't find him in the 1881 census (or for that matter in 1871).
Mary died in 1949 at Stowfield Cottages, Lydbrook; can anyone identify this building? We have some photos of Mary outside the cottage so I must organise them to go onto the website.

Alice GUNTER 1862 Lydbrook / English Bicknor (reply)

slowhands — Sun, 09 May 2010 12:50:40 +0000

My guess is this is the Witness

1881 Upper Lydbrook ( possibly the Anchor Inn under Robert Banks)
Alice Gunter abt 1861 Bicknor, Gloucestershire, England Servant Ruardean, Gloucestershire

1871
Edward Gunter 49
Leah Gunter 49
Edwin Gunter 16
George Gunter 15
John Gunter 11
Alice Gunter 9

Year: 1862
Month: Apr
Day: 13
Parents_Surname: GUNTER
Child_Forenames: Alice
Fathers_Forenames: Edward
Mothers_Forenames: Leah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: English Bicknor
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: J Burdon
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P138 in 1/5
Page_Number: 127
Parish_Chapel: English Bicknor

James BUXTON DER living Lydbrook (reply)

slowhands — Sun, 09 May 2010 12:43:50 +0000

all the way to London with a Welsh girl to get married in Marylebone

No I have not checked every one !

I doubt Lydbrook could be considered as Welsh....

however they would not be unusual getting married out of parish. ( in spring 1884) esp. if William was "on his way "

Name: William Buxton
Year of Registration: 1884
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Monmouth (1837-1939)
County: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 30

James BUXTON DER living Lydbrook (reply)

m p griffiths — Sun, 09 May 2010 12:43:37 +0000

The actual marriage certificate is on Ancestry - and this is what it says....

30 January 1884 - at Christchurch in the Parish of St Marylebone in the County of Middlesex

James BUXTON, Bachelor - (Rank or Profession - SOLDIER) - of Huntley Street
Father: James BUXTON, (R o P - MINER)

Married

Mary JONES - Spinster - address - Grove End Road,
Father: George JONES, (R o P - MINER)

witnesses: John BANNISTER and Alice GUNTER

If this is the correct certificate, click on my envelope and I'll forward

James BUXTON DER living Lydbrook (reply)

nevillemarsh — Sun, 09 May 2010 12:32:30 +0000

Just checking, but have you gone through all James Buxton marriages from 1870 (when he reached 18) until 1884 (when his first son was born)? There are over 40 and I wonder why he went all the way to London with a Welsh girl to get married in Marylebone!

Hawkwell Row - Hawkwell Terrace (reply)

slowhands — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:46:23 +0000

I'm sure I have a photo of Hawkwell Row aka Hawkwell Terrace at Brierley.... try HAWKWELL ROW, GL17 9DE in Google Maps !

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl&q=HAWKWELL%20ROW%2C%20GL17%209DE

James BUXTON DER living Lydbrook (reply)

nevillemarsh — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:17:41 +0000

Many thanks. With James' death in 1924, I think that was the end of the Buxtons in Lydbrook. Mary Hannah had moved to Birmingham and the rest were in Willesden. Only Albert Edward Buxton returned in later life. His address (3 Hawkwell Terrace, Drybrook), doesn't seem to exist any longer (on Google maps).

James BUXTON DER living Lydbrook (reply)

slowhands — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:52:06 +0000

Year: 1924
Month: Dec
Day: 13
Surname: BUXTON
Forenames: James
Residence: Cannop Coleford
Age_at_death: 64 years
Officiating_Minister: G A Hopkins
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P208 IN 1/13
Page_No: 40
Parish_Chapel: Lydbrook

1901
James Buxton abt 1856 Derbyshire, England Visitor West Dean, Monmouthshire

1901
Mary Buxton abt 1851 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England Wife Willesden, Middlesex
William Buxton abt 1885 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England Son Willesden, Middlesex
Charlie Buxton abt 1887 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England Son Willesden, Middlesex
Charlotte Buxton abt 1889 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Willesden, Middlesex
Mary H Buxton abt 1890 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Willesden, Middlesex

1891
James Bustons abt 1852 Alpheton, Denbighshire, Wales Head West Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Bustons abt 1850 W Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife West Dean, Gloucestershire
William Bustons abt 1884 W Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire
Chas Bustons abt 1886 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire
Charlotte Bustons abt 1888 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Bustons abt 1890 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Gloucestershire

Name: Mary Jones
Name: James Buxton
Year of Registration: 1884
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Marylebone (1837-1901)
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1a
Page: 783

Buxton Family of Lydbrook

nevillemarsh — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:13:26 +0000

Does anyone have information on this family? James Buxton and his wife Mary Jones lived in Lydbrook in the 1880’s. They had four children William, Charlie, Charlotte and Mary Hannah. By 1901, the family had moved to Willesden in London except for James who stayed in Lydbrook where he worked as a coal hewer (collier). By 1911, William Buxton had married Violet Ethel Isabel Groves and they one child George William, and then another son Albert Edward in 1911. I have a record of Mary Buxton going back to Lydbrook for the inquest on her son Charlie, who had been disabled since birth and died in April 1911. Mary Hannah lived in Colford and we have no other information except that Albert Edward Buxton having divorced his wife, Alice Gravestock when living in London, moved back to Drybrook where he died in 1996.