Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Thanks

Thanks (reply)

scuda — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:13:00 +0000

Just wanted to add a proper thankyou to slowhands and forest for sorting out Coldridge and Pycox. I've looked at the will again, and can see what I took as Pycose could well be Pycox, so not a change of spelling. I've also been looking at a couple of OS maps from around 1890, and they have it as Bycocks, but Pycox seems to have been the standard.

Thanks for your help.

Jane

Longhope - Pycox Farm , Joseph WEEKES burial `1910 (reply)

slowhands — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:32:19 +0000

Year: 1910
Month: Feb
Day: 11
Surname: WEEKES
Forenames: Joseph
Residence: PycoxFarm Longhope
Age_at_death: 75
Officiating_Minister: George Barr
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P206 IN 1/11
Page_No: 80
Parish_Chapel: Longhope

In
Affectionate rememberance
Of
Joseph Weekes
Of Pycox
Who died Feb 7th 1910
Aged 74
Also of Hannah, his wife
Who died Dec 4 1914 aged 86
They rest from their labours

Longhope - property names - Coldridge ( Farm) (reply)

slowhands — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:26:53 +0000

This is great, especially as the person who left the properties in 1828 was John Pittman of Monmouth. Both Pycox and Coldridge are virtually next door to Pitman's Farm - surely there must be a connection.

Jane

Pretty impressive eh !

Longhope - property names - Coldridge ( Farm) (reply)

scuda — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:24:36 +0000

This is great, especially as the person who left the properties in 1828 was John Pittman of Monmouth. Both Pycox and Coldridge are virtually next door to Pitman's Farm - surely there must be a connection.

Jane

Longhope - property names - Coldridge ( Farm) (reply)

slowhands — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:19:57 +0000

and then nearby Coldridge farm and Wood...

SO 67647 21770 E: 367647 N: 221770

http://www.geograph.org.uk/showmap.php?gridref=SO6721

and

Lower Coldridge Farm, Aston Ingham,, Ross-On-Wye, HR9 7LN

Longhope - property names (reply)

unknown — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:18:51 +0000

Hi Scuda

Just had a look thro the Royal Mail Yr 2000 Postal Address Book.

No trace of property name Rudges or similar in Longhope postal area.

But nearest to 'Pycose' I have found
"PYCOX" Barrel Lane, Longhope Postcode GL17 0PA

Seems close, spelling may have changed over time.

regards
Forest

Longhope - property names - Pycox (reply)

scuda — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:17:43 +0000

Thanks for that slowhands. I've been agonising over that name for days.

Jane

Longhope - property names - Pycox (reply)

slowhands — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:10:20 +0000

just north of the A40 in the valley leading upto Aston Ingham - Barrel Lane
( behind May Hill)

Pycox, Barrel Lane GL17 0LS

SO 68051 21414 E: 368051 N: 221414

http://www.geograph.org.uk/showmap.php?gridref=SO6821

Longhope - property names

scuda — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:04:07 +0000

I am trying to identify some properties left in a will of 1828 - I can't see them mentioned anywhere else, so perhaps the names changed. They were "in or near the parish of Longhope" and were:
"The Twelve Ridges or Rudges" - a barn and land
"Cold Rudges" - land
"Pycose" - messuage with outbuildings, land, etc
"Pycose" seems a strange word, but I'm fairly certain that's what it says

Do any of these names mean anything to anyone?

Jane