Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Domestic servants

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peteressex — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:14:42 +0000

Banalban, I'm only very distantly related to the Turleys. My great-great-grandfather Richard Sterry had a sister called Mary Ann who married a Turley.

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banalban — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:39:56 +0000

Tank you so much; are you related to the Turleys?

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peteressex — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 07:59:10 +0000

Two other places around the Forest worth looking into for domestic servants are Clanna near Alvington (the Marling family) and Oaklands Park near Blakeney (the Crawshaw family) but very often in the "upstairs downstairs" of times past many households had at least a maid. Girls also often travelled a long way to get such work. In 1911 my grandmother from Lydney was a domestic servant to a family who ran a sweet shop in Ross-on-Wye, and shortly before that two members of the Turley family from Viney Hill seem to have been similarly employed in Lancashire.

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gavcec — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 07:43:11 +0000

my mother(amy wilce) worked at Flaxley Abbey shortley after leaving school,about 1942-43.

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banalban — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 18:10:41 +0000

Thank you and think it would be a great start. Happy holidays to you as well.

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tichfen — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:23:53 +0000

My mother though born and bred in the Forest of Dean was in Domestic Service at Flaxley Abbey home to Lord and Lady Crawley Bovey. I know that a book's been written about Flaxley and the Crawley Bovey family it might be a good starting point for you. The other place that I thought of is Bathurst Park in Lydney. Merry Christmas and Happy hunting.

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banalban — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:03:37 +0000

Two of my aunts were in domestic service between 1922-1927 in Gloucestershire, possibly in the Forest of Dean. I'm told they worked at different estates in the area, but I do not have the names of the residences. I know census records only go as far as 1911, but can anyone suggest where I could search by their names as to what family they would have resided with?
Many thanks
Nan