Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Locating residents of Lensbrook Cottage, Blakeney

Locating residents of Lensbrook Cottage, Blakeney (reply)

Evelyn Waring — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:49:29 +0000

Hi, I also lived in Lensbrook Cottage, but it was over the road from Mrs Cook, Elsie and Arthur, our houses had the same names. Mrs Cook also had a daughter Kate who married a Kear. Arthur died after 1956 because he married and his wife died in April 1956 and he was still alive then. As far as I can remember Arthur and his wife worked in a Carpet Factory in Gloucester. I cannot remember when Mrs Cook died. Her daughter Elsie lived in Westbury-on-Severn in the home there.

Sorry I can't help anymore.

Eve Waring.

Lensbrook Farm (map) (reply)

slowhands — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:46:55 +0000

http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&...

and possible current businesses registered at the cottage !

Professional Mortgage Advice Ltd
Lensbrook Cottage
Lensbrook
Lydney
Gloucestershire
GL15 4LR

Storm Leisure Ltd -Furniture Retail Outlets
Lensbrook Cottage
Lensbrook
Lydney
Gloucestershire
GL15 4LR

John & Gertrude COOK {update} (reply)

mervyn — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:36:06 +0000

hi,i used to deliver to a lensbroke cottage some years ago, and that was come out of blakney towards lydney and just past the cross-roads to viney hill is a turning on the left and down this lane at the bottom of the hill on your left in the field is the cottage. a mr. fox i think lived and then he moved oppossit the church in blakney and if i remember rightly he was a builder and his wife had a dress shop there, i hope this may help.

John & Gertrude COOK {update} (reply)

barbarajane — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:32:36 +0000

Thank you all so much for this information, your help will allow me to go forward with this side of my tree. Next, the in-laws!!

John & Gertrude COOK {update} (reply)

slowhands — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:00:06 +0000

Year: 1950
Month: Jul
Day: 28
Surname: COOK
Forenames: Gertrude Winifred
Residence: Blakeney
Age_at_death: 67
Officiating_Minister: Evan Evans v Parkend
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P348 IN 1/19
Page_No: 44
Parish_Chapel: Viney Hill

Year: 1941
Month: Jan
Day: 1
Surname: COOK
Forenames: John
Residence: Linsbrok Cott Lydney
Age_at_death: 78
Officiating_Minister: C R Williams vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P348 IN 1/19
Page_No: 13
Parish_Chapel: Viney Hill

1911 Alderton, Malmesbury
COOK, JOHN HEAD MARRIED 10 M 47 FARM LABORER ROSS HERTFORDSHIRE { good fit for John COOK 1862 ish, buried Viney Hill}
COOK, GERTRUDE WIFE MARRIED 10 F 24 CIRENCESTER GLOSSHIRE
COOK, JOHN SON M 7 SCHOOL NAILWORTH GLOSSHIRE
COOK, MARY DAUGHTER F 6 SCHOOL MINETY WILTSHIRE { Mary Dorothy Aileen ?}
COOK, ARTHUR SON M 2 CALNE WILTSHIRE

They claim to have been married for 10 years, I'm struggling with a possible BMD for that ! {this puts Gertrude aged 14 - 17 when she marries}

possible

Name: Arthur James Cooke
Year of Registration: 1909
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Calne
County: Wiltshire
Volume: 5a
Page: 79

which leads us to :-

Name: John Cooke
Year of Registration: 1862
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Ross
County: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Hereford and Worcester
Volume: 6a
Page: 423

and "Cirencester" Gertrudes from approx. 1887

Gertrude M M Canavan 1886 Jan-Feb-Mar Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Elizabeth Downer 1887 Apr-May-Jun Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Matilda Fletcher 1887 Oct-Nov-Dec Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Fox 1886 Jan-Feb-Mar Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Alice Gertrude Freeman 1888 Jul-Aug-Sep Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Annie Lawrence 1887 Apr-May-Jun Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Emily Masters 1887 Oct-Nov-Dec Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Mills 1886 Apr-May-Jun Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Edith Gertrude Page 1887 Jan-Feb-Mar Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Short 1887 Oct-Nov-Dec Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Maud Singleton 1888 Jul-Aug-Sep Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Smith 1886 Oct-Nov-Dec Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Clara Gertrude Taylor 1887 Oct-Nov-Dec Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Emmeline Uzzell 1886 Oct-Nov-Dec Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Nellie Gertrude Webb 1888 Oct-Nov-Dec Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Elizabeth Williams 1886 Apr-May-Jun Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Ellen Wilson 1888 Jul-Aug-Sep Gloucestershire, Wiltshire

and "Cirencester" Gertrudes from approx. 1883

Gertrude Constance Ash 1884 Apr-May-Jun Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Agnes Barrett 1882 Apr-May-Jun Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Emily Barton 1883 Apr-May-Jun Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Emily Bridgeman 1882 Jan-Feb-Mar Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Edna Gertrude E Bryant 1883 Apr-May-Jun Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Ellen Caldicott 1883 Jul-Aug-Sep Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Eveline Gertrude Chapman 1884 Oct-Nov-Dec Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Catherine Gertrude Cuss 1884 Apr-May-Jun Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Winifred Gardner 1883 Oct-Nov-Dec Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Sophia Giles 1882 Jul-Aug-Sep Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Ethel Gertrude Hawkins 1883 Jan-Feb-Mar Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Mary Head 1883 Oct-Nov-Dec Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Annie Hewer 1884 Jan-Feb-Mar Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Emily Gertrude Humphries 1884 Apr-May-Jun Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Ellen Gertrude E Jordon 1884 Jul-Aug-Sep Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Lily Little 1883 Jul-Aug-Sep Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Lilian Gertrude Mills 1883 Oct-Nov-Dec Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Grace M Ockwell 1883 Apr-May-Jun Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Charlotte Gertrude Ricketts 1883 Jan-Feb-Mar Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Annie Soule 1884 Apr-May-Jun Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Annie Taylor 1883 Jan-Feb-Mar Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Gertrude Emily M Williams 1882 Jul-Aug-Sep Gloucestershire, Wiltshire

not a GREEN in sight !

but looking at Gertrude Winifred GARDNER

1911
GARDNER WILLIAM M 1843 68 Cirencester Gloucestershire
GARDNER SARAH F 1844 67 Cirencester Gloucestershire
GARDNER VIOLET F 1900 11 Cirencester Gloucestershire

1901
William Gardner abt 1841 Amney St Mary, Gloucestershire, England Head Daglingworth, Gloucestershire
Sarah Gardner abt 1844 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Wife Daglingworth, Gloucestershire
Gertrude Gardner abt 1884 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Daglingworth, Gloucestershire
Violet Gardner abt 1900 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Granddaughter Daglingworth, Gloucestershire

Name: Violet Rosetta Gardner
Year of Registration: 1900
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Cirencester
County: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Volume: 6a
Page: 419

1891
William Gardner abt 1841 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Head Churchdown, Gloucestershire
Sarah Gardner abt 1843 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Wife Churchdown, Gloucestershire
William Gardner abt 1876 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Son Churchdown, Gloucestershire
Winifred Gardner abt 1884 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Churchdown, Gloucestershire

PETTIFORD / GREEN / COOK - Prior Thread (reply)

slowhands — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:36:05 +0000

possibles being considered

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=entry&id=1935

Gertrude Alice Green 1895

Name: Gertrude Alice Green
Year of Registration: 1895
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Ross
County: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Hereford and Worcester
Volume: 6a
Page: 418

1901
Albert C Green abt 1873 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Alice Green abt 1872 Linton, Herefordshire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Francis A Green abt 1894 Bridstow, Herefordshire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Gertrude A Green abt 1896 Bridstow, Herefordshire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire

1911
GREEN GERTRUDE ALICE F 1896 15 Ross Herefordshire

Gertrude COOK 1887 nee GREEN ?

Name: Mary D A Pettiford ( nee COOKE ?)
Death Registration Month/Year: 1958
Age at death (estimated): 53
Registration district: Forest of Dean
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 7b
Page: 334

1911
COOK JOHN M 1864 47 Malmesbury Wiltshire { good fit for John COOK 1862 ish, buried Viney Hill}
COOK GERTRUDE F 1887 24 Malmesbury Wiltshire
COOK ARTHUR M 1909 2 Malmesbury Wiltshire
COOK JOHN M 1904 7 Malmesbury Wiltshire
COOK MARY F 1905 6 Malmesbury Wiltshire { Mary Dorothy Aileen ?}

Name: Dorothy Mary E Cook = Mary Dorothy Aileen COOK ??
Year of Registration: 1906
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Malmesbury
County: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Volume: 5a
Page: 62

Name: John Cook
Year of Registration: 1903
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Malmesbury
County: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire
Volume: 5a
Page: 63

Gertrude Winifred Green 1887 - 1950 ?

Name: Gertrude Winifred Green
Year of Registration: 1887
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Isle of Wight
County: Hampshire, Isle of Wight
Volume: 2b
Page: 591

1891
Lucy Green abt 1856 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Wife Whippingham, Hampshire
Walter Green abt 1856 Isle of Wight, West Cowes Head Whippingham, Hampshire
Jessie Green abt 1883 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Daughter Whippingham, Hampshire
Percy Green abt 1885 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Son Whippingham, Hampshire
Gerty Green abt 1887 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Daughter Whippingham, Hampshire
Hilda Green abt 1889 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Daughter Whippingham, Hampshire
Harry Green abt 1890 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Son Whippingham, Hampshire

1901
Walter Green abt 1857 Isle of Wight, Cowes Head East Cowes, Hampshire
Jessie M Green abt 1882 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Daughter East Cowes, Hampshire
Percival W Green abt 1886 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Son East Cowes, Hampshire
Hilda M Green abt 1890 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Daughter East Cowes, Hampshire
Gertrude W Green abt 1891 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Daughter East Cowes, Hampshire
Harry P Green abt 1891 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Son East Cowes, Hampshire

John COOK 1862 - 1940

John H COOK 1882 maybe ?

Shipyard connection to Chepstow and WWI would make sense

1901
John Cook abt 1856 Northfleet, Kent, England Head East Cowes, Hampshire
Letitia Cook abt 1858 Marlebone, London, England Wife East Cowes, Hampshire
John Cook abt 1882 Woolston, Hampshire, England Son East Cowes, Hampshire
Charles Cook abt 1886 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Son East Cowes, Hampshire
Margaret Cook abt 1888 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Daughter East Cowes, Hampshire
Emma Cook abt 1890 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Daughter East Cowes, Hampshire
Lillian Cook abt 1892 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Daughter East Cowes, Hampshire
Letitia Cook abt 1894 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Daughter East Cowes, Hampshire
Hannah Cook abt 1895 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Daughter East Cowes, Hampshire
Benjamin Cook abt 1897 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Son East Cowes, Hampshire

1891
John W Cooke abt 1856 Northfleet, Kent, England Head Whippingham, Hampshire Shipyard Labourer
Letitia G Cooke abt 1858 Marylebone, London, England Wife Whippingham, Hampshire
Mary A W Cooke abt 1882 Woolston; Southampton, Hampshire, England Daughter Whippingham, Hampshire
John H Cooke abt 1884 Woolston; Southampton, Hampshire, England Son Whippingham, Hampshire
Charles W Cooke abt 1886 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Son Whippingham, Hampshire
Margaret E Cooke abt 1888 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Daughter Whippingham, Hampshire
Emma A Cooke abt 1890 Isle of Wight, East Cowes Daughter Whippingham, Hampshire

Pettiford/Mary Dorothy Aileen COOK (reply)

barbarajane — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:47:29 +0000

Yes thanks, that's them. I just have this problem with Gertrude. Was her second name Alice or Winifred and was she a Green or identity unknown? Mary was 22 in 1928 so I'm assuming she was born in about 1906 and Gertrude Alice Green was born about 1896 which would have made her 10. Gertrude Winifred dies in 1950 aged 67 which would make her birth year 1883, a much better fit and indicates they are different people, so the big mystery is 'Who is Gertrude Winifred Cook'

Pettiford/Mary Dorothy Aileen COOK (reply)

m p griffiths — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:26:55 +0000

in my first reply, I gave a link to previous thread from Admin (just click of the link to call up this up).... which talks about two brothers John & Arthur and sisters Kate & Elsie. Also John Jnr was a Miner, when he tried to claim his Old Age Pension he found that his birth hadn't been registered.......

Worthy Norman Slade Pettisford/Mary Dorothy Aileen COOK - dated 10 January 2006 from Admin - which I assumed is the family are are looking for.

Pettiford/Mary Dorothy Aileen COOK (reply)

barbarajane — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:06:23 +0000

Thanks for the quick response. When I first posted about my family, the previous response was fantastic and sent me on a long journey with my grandfathers family. But on the Cook(e) side I still have problems. The burial record of my grandmother gives Gertrude Winifred Cooke but the information on the post was for a Gertrude Alice Green and the Green name was only a memory of my mothers and possibly nothing to do with my family at all.

Mary Dorethy Aileen Cooke was married on 12th December 1928. Her age was given as 22. Her residence given as Rodley Manor Farm and her occupation was domestic servant. Her father John Cooke was listed as a farm labourer. She married Worthy Norman Slade Pettiford, who lived at Cross Hands, the collection of cottages on the brow of Highfield Hill, Lydney. They were married at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Newerne by Mr George Ball. The witnesses were Edna and Edith Olive Pettiford. I have no other evidence of Mary's or any other family members existence before this.

Mum said Lensbrook Cottage was down the lane leading off the A48 on the Lydney side of the Viney Hill Crossroads. The family were either farm labourers or domestic servants and my mother went into service at Hurst Farm until the war broke out, when she went to work at Pine-end in Lydney.

Pettiford/Mary Dorothy Aileen COOK (reply)

m p griffiths — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:22:32 +0000

previous thread

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=1931

Francis Frith has a photograph of Lensbrook Tea Gardens c1945 Blakeney

http://www.francisfrith.com/pageloader.asp?page=/search/photos/viewphoto.asp&neg=b5...

On the 1901 census for Blakeney - 7 houses from my xGrandparents - William WICKENDEN @ Nibley Mill, there is a family living at an address - LANESBROOK - just one house

Nibley

then LANESBROOK

William INMAN - 53, County Council Labourer, born Awre
Elizabeth INMAN - 43 - born Lydney
Ada INMAN - 9 - born Awre
Rhoda INMAN - 6 - born Awre

coming down towards the centre of Blakeney

Lower Viney

Oldstreet House

Upper Viney

On the 1891 Census - near again to Nibley Mill, where Arthur BENNETT is living in 1891 we have

Just one house

LENSBROOK

Benjamin CALE - 61, Farm Labourer, born Ledbury, Hereford
Sarah CALE - 59 - born Lydney
Tom CALE - 22 - Grocers Asst. Blakeney
John BAILEY - Father - in - Law, Widower, age 90 born Blakeney

just a couple of houses away from Mill Row

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FOD records
Gertrude Winifred COOK - 28 July 1950 - age 67 (c1883)
Jane COOK - 10 April 1956 - age 62 (c1894)

John COOK - 1 January 1941 - age 78 (c1863)- Linsbrook Cottage, Lydney (@ Viney Hill)

Death certificates have a column with the heading: Signature, description and residence of informant. This can help. For example, I have one that states, ....... D SMALLWOOD - daughter - present at the death of William John WICKENDEN Nibley Mill, Blakeney Awre.

This information will enable you to obtain death certificates

Jane E COOK
Year: 1956
Age: 62
Reg District: Forest of Dean
Vol : 7b
Page: 349

Winifred G COOKE (with an E)
Year: 1950
Age: 67
Reg District: Forest of Dean
Vol: 7b
Page: 318

John B COOK death registration - J/F/M Qtr 1941 - Forest of Dean, Age 90 - Vol 6a 832
John B COOK death registration - J/F/M Qtr 1941 - Gloucestershire City - age 79

and a Sarah A K COOK - J/F/M Qtr - Forest of Dean 1941 age 75 - Vol 6a - page 802

? What age is Mary COOK on her marriage certificate? - and date of marriage?

? Do you have Mary's birth certificate?

Locating residents of Lensbrook Cottage, Blakeney

barbarajane — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:37:06 +0000

I think I've located the burial records of my greatgrand parents John & Gertrude Cook. They are both buried in Viney Hill. The register reference is P348 in 1/19 in both cases. Does this mean they were buried in the same plot?

John was listed as living in Lensbrook cottage when he passed away. There is also a reference to a Jane Cook, with the same register reference and also living at Lensbrook Cottage until death. I'm trying to confirm if she was a relative & what is the connection.

Is it possible to follow the occupants of this cottage through the census?

Next question. The first record I can find for my grandmother Mary Cook is her wedding certificate at the Wesleyan Church, Newerne Street, Lydney. Her brother, also called John Cook was found to have been unregistered when he applied for his pension. There was also a sister Kate and a brother Arthur, none of which I can trace. I realise some of these records are getting a bit recent, but I have come to a dead end with this line of the tree.

Many thanks
Barbara