Kelly's Directory of Lydney 1870
LYDNEY is a parish, town, and first class railway station; the parish is bounded on the east by the river Severn, which is here connected with the Wye by means of a tramway; there is also a broad guage railway by the side of the tramway, for a distance of 8 miles, which at Lydney forms a junction with the Great Western Railway: the town is situated on the high road from Gloucester to Chepstow and Swansea, distant from Chepstow 9 miles north-east, 123 west-by-north from London by road, and 134 by rail, and 20 south-west from Gloucester, in the Western division of the county, Bledisloe hundred, Chepstow union and county court district, rural deanery of The Forest, archdeaconry of Gloucester, and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The town is situated in the district of the Forest of Dean; some 400,000 tons of coal, iron ore, stone, timber, iron and tin plates, are annually conveyed on the Severn and Wye Railway, for the most part to the harbour at Lydney, and on to the Great Western Railway system. The Lydney station on the Great Western Railway (South Wales division), lies about midway between the town and the port, 1 mile distant from either point. Lydney Creek, port of Gloucester, is the term given to the harbour; the width of the out harbour gates is 26 feet; and within, vessels of 400 tons find berth. Petty sessions are held at the Feathers hotel every four weeks or oftener, as occasion arises. The church of St. Mary is a large structure in the Early English style, with a square tower, surmounted by a handsome spire, containing clock and a peal of six bells, nave, aisles, and chancel; it has been restored and repewed at considerable expense: a new and beautifully carved stone pulpit, and several handsome painted windows have been added; the large east window of the chancel, filled in with stained glass of gorgeous colouring, by Hardman, was placed by James Cookson, esq., in memory of his uncle, Joseph Cookson, esq., late of Clifton, deceased: the floor of the chancel is laid with encaustic tiles of rich design, by Godwin: a new organ was erected in 1869, at a cost of £280. The register dates from the year 1678. The living is a vicarage, with the tithing of Aylburton annexed, yearly value £680 with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Hereford, and held by the Rev. Benjamin Philpot, M.A., late archdeacon of Sodor and Man, and formerly fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. Near the church, and in connection therewith, are situated the schools, erected in 1866 by subscriptions, aided by a government grant of 350 pounds: the buildings consist of three separate rooms for the pupils, and a residence for the master; they are spacious and handsome, built of the Forest stone, with Bath stone facings; the total cost was £2,000, and the ground they occupy was the gift of the Rev. W. H. Bathurst, of Lydney Park. There are places of worship for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists. There is a Mechanics Institute here, which was established in 1849; it has a good library and reading room, the latter being well supplied with newspapers and periodicals. A charity of £2 7s is distributed to the poor yearly. The vicinity of Lydney, forming part of the estate of the Rev. William Hiley Bathurst, is rich in mineral produce, more especially in iron ore, which is now being extensively worked by Messrs. Allaway, who have large tin plate works near the railway station. Lydney is by some writers supposed to have been the Roman station "Abona" , and there are certain evidences of its occupation by the Romans. In Lydney Park, where stands the mansion of the Rev. William Hiley Bathurst, are the remains of a Roman military station, where fragments of tesselated pavements and hypocausts, together with a large number of coins, broken pottery, and implements of various kinds, have been discovered. The station included also a temple, dedicated to a deity called Nodens or Nodons. Fairs are held on May 4th, and November 8th, and a general wool and stock fair on 25th June. The Rev. William Hiley Bathurst, who is lord of the manor, Edward Owen Jones, and Thomas Breadstone Croome, esqrs., are chief landowners. The soil is various, in some places light sandy, and in others, principally marl and clay, on the iron stone formation; subsoil, sandstone and ironstone. The stratifications in the neighbourhood of Lydney are the outcroppings of the Forest lower coal measures, after which the sandstone rock, ironstone, and partial formations of the new red sandstone. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and oats. The area is 6,723 acres; the population in 1861 was 2,285; gross estimated rental, £16,725; rateable value, £13,704.
AYLBURTON is a tithing in the parish of Lydney, and lies on the high road, 1 mile south-by-west. The church was rebuilt in 1857, at the expense of Charles Bathurst, esq., except for £25 given by the lessee of the great tithes. A school room has recently been erected, together with a house for a mistress, the expense of which has been defrayed by the Rev. W. H. Bathurst, assisted by contributions from friends. The hamlet of Aylburton has charities of £16 pound yearly value. The school is designed for young children only. The area is 1,506a. 2r. 16p,: rateable value £3,091 12s. The population in 1861 was 604.
Tithing Clerk, Henry Powell
Parish Clerk, George Holford
Post & Money Order Office, Post Office Savings Bank & Government Annuity & Insurance Office - Henry Imm, postmaster. Letters from London and all parts arrive at 1.45 a.m. & are delivered at 7; dispatched at 9.40 p.m.; box closes at 9.15. Letters with an extra stamp affixed may be posted till 9.30 p.m.; letters with two extra stamps may be given to the guard on duty in the railway train post office at 10.00 p.m. North mail arrives at 7.40 a.m.; letters delivered at 8.30 a.m.; dispatched at 6.45 p.m.; box closes at 6.30 p.m. and may be posted with an extra stamp till 6.40 p.m. Mail from Coleford arrives at 11 a.m.; dispatched at 12.15 noon, 4.30 p.m., & 9.45 p.m. There is a 2nd arrival of the mail from Coleford at 4.10 a.m. & 3rd arrival at 9.40 p.m.
Post Office, Newerne - John Rowe Smale, receiver. Letters are posted here till 6.45 p.m.
Post Office, Aylburton - William Hancock, receiver. Letters arrive from Lydney at 6.30 a.m.; dispatched at 6.40 p.m.
Magistrates:-
George Ormerod, esq., Sedbury park
Col. Edward A. Noel, Clannafalls
Robert Castle Jenkins, esq., Beachley lodge
Willian Aeneas Seys, esq., Tutshill lodge
Thomas Allaway, esq., Highbury
Henry James Greenham, esq., Highfield
Charles Bathurst, esq., Lydney park
Clerk - Henry Hooper Fryer, esq.
Insurance Agents:-
Birmington Fire, Frederick Henry Hathaway
Eagle, John R. Smale
Life Association of Scotland, Thomas Smith
Liverpool & London & Globe, G. W. Keeling, Highfield
Lancashire Life & Fire, F. H. Hathaway
National Boiler Insurance Company, James Henderson
Norwich Union Fire, James Henderson
Royal Fire & Life, James Henderson
Whittington Life, J. Davies, Sandford house
Public Establishments:-
Lydney Mechanical Institute, Rev. W. H. Bathurst, patron; G. B. Keeling, esq., president; Mr Chas. Castell, sec.
Stamp Office, Frederick Henry Hathaway, distributor
Harbour Office, Lydney lock, James Pick, harbour master
Inland Revenue Officer, Feathers hotel, William Chambers, division officer
Police Station, Charles Tanner, sergeant
Rifle Volunteer Corps, Capt. T. Allaway, Lieut. J. Wintle, Ensign H. J. Greenham, John Gimblett, esq., assistant surgeon; Rev. B. Philpot, M.A., chaplain
Lydney Church Schools, Mr. Charles Castell, master; Miss Harriet Hussell, mistress; Miss Alice Christopher, infant's mistress.
Assistant Overseer & Collector of Assessed & Land Taxes, Charles Garland.
Conveyance:-
Severn & Wye Railway & Canal Office, George Baker Keeling, secretary
Railway Station, William Joseph Martin, station master
Mail coach from Coleford arrices at the Feathers Hotel, thence to the railway station every morning (Sundays excepted) at 11, returning at 12 noon to Coleford and again arrives at Lydney at 4 afternoon, thence back to Coleford at 4.18 p.m.
Carriers:-
Lydney Carrying Co. Trotter & Davies, between Lydney & Bristol; takes in goods at the former place every Monday and leaves on Tuesday mornings and takes in goods at the latter place on Thursday and leaves for Lydney on Friday morning.
TO COLEFORD - James Dobbs, daily.
Lydney
ALLAWAY Thomas, esq., J.P., Highbury
BATHURST Charles, esq., J.P., Lydney Park
BATHURST Rev. William Hiley, Lydney pk
CROOME Daniel, jun., esq.
GIMBLETT John, esq., M.D., Prospect place
GOLLOP James, esq., Moorlands
GREENHAM Hy. Jas, esq. J.P., Highfield house
HILL Mr. William Yevily, Moorlands
KEELING George Baker, esq., Severn cot
KEELING George William, esq., Highfield
MORGAN Rev. Henry, curate
PHILPOT Rev. Benjamin, M.A., vicar, Vicarage
PROUDFOOT, Thomas, esq., M.D.
RIDLEY Rev. Morris S., (Baptist)
SULLY Mr. Thomas, Highfield cottage
COMMERCIAL
ALLAWAY Wm., & Sons, iron and tin plate works
BAILEY Thos. Pearce, farmer, Dairy farm
BAILEY William, blacksmith, Newerne
BARNARD John Fisher, Feathers Hotel
BETTINGTON Wm, carpenter and furniture dealer
BIRKS William, True Hart
BRISTOL & FOREST OF DEAN CARRYING CO. LIMITED (David Arr, captain; W. D. Arr, secretary), Lydney basin
CASTLE James, greengrocer, Newerne
CHALK Mary (Mrs.) & Mary (Miss), ladies' boarding school, Althorpe house
CLARK Hy., beer retailer & mason, Newerne
CLIFT John, farmer, Purton farm
COLLINS John, ironmonger, Newerne
COLLINS Thomas, mine agent, Spring cot
CORBETT & CO., coal proprietors
COTTON Richard, baker, draper and grocer
COURTEEN George, malster, Newerne
CRADDOCK James, haulier
CROOME Daniel., jun., solicitor
DAVIES Cornelius, grocer and general dealer, Newerne
DAVIES John, engineer, Cookson terrace
DAVIS Jsph., shopwright, Lydney harbour
DEAN & SON, plumbers, painters, glaziers and paperhangers
EDWARDS John, engineer
EDWARDS Thomas, band master
EDWARDS Thomas, farmer, Gurshill farm
ELLAWAY John, beer retailer, Newerne
FREEMAN George, carpenter
GARLAND Charles, accountant and assistant overseer
Gloucestershire Banking Company (branch of) (Edward Gillman, man.); draw on Union Bank of London
GOLLOP, RIDLER & CO., coal merchants & shoppers
GOODE Henry, grocer, Lydney lock
HARRIS GeorgeJohn, boot & shoe maker
HARRISON Albert William, steward to Rev. W. H. Bathurst, Lydney park
HATHAWAY Thomas & Edward, butchers
HATHAWAY Frederick Henry, chemist & druggist, stationer, stamp distributor, & agent for the Birmingham Fire Office
HENDERSON Matthew, agent for exors. of J. Morrell, coal proprietor
HENDERSON William, mineral agent
HEWLETT Thomas, farmer
HILL William Yevily, draper, grocer & tallow chandler
HOLDER Samuel, malster & hop merchant
HOLFORD James, blacksmith
HOLFORD Thomas, shopkeeper
HOWELL James, Royal Albert, & mason
HOWELLS Jas., plumber, glazier & gasfitter
HUGHES William, fishmonger
JAMES John, ironmonger, Newerne
JONES Richard, shopkeeper, Churchfield
JONES Susanna (Mrs.), beer retailer
JONES Thomas, tailor, Newerne
JORDAN Charles, shoe maker
KEELING George Baker, secretary to the Severn & Wye Railway & Canal Company
KNOWLES Thomas, beer retailer
LEE John, farmer, Warrens
LONG George, farmer, Duffield farm
Lydney Trading & Carrying Co, Malladr William, Swan
MECHANICS INSTITUTE (Rev. W. K. Bathurst, patron; G. B. Keeling, esq. president; Charles Castell, sec.)
MERRICK Samuel, saddle & harness maker
MORGAN Richard, shoe maker & butcher
MORGAN Thomas, beer retailer
MORRELL James, (exors. of), coal proprietor, Norchard & Kidnalls collieries (Matthew Henderson, agent)
NICHOLLS Charles, beer retaile & shopkeeper, Newerne
Park End Coal Co. (James Wood Sully, manager)
PEARCE & ROBINSON, iron foundry
PICK Jas. harbour master, Lydney lock
PINNEGAR Rchd., groc., Queen st., Newerne
POPE Alfred, tailor, Newerne
POWELL James, carpenter
POWELL John, grocer, Albert st. Newerne
POWELL John, grocer
POWELL John, farrier
POWELL John, butcher, Newerne
POWELL Joseph, blacksmith, Newerne
POWELL Joseph, shopkeeper, Newerne
PROTHEROE Richard, beer retailer
PROUDFOOT Thomas, physician
READ William Johnson, custom ho. officer
REMNANT Richard, haulier, Ayland lodge
REYNOLDS George, boot & shoe maker
RIDLER & WEEDON, coal merchants, Lydney basin
RIDLER James, farmer, Soilwell farm
RIDLER John, Railway hotel
ROBERTS Thomas, beer retailer, plumber & glazier, Forest road
SAINSBURY Thomas, farmer, Nass farm
SALLIBANK James, Purton Passage hotel, & ferry, Purton
SANDERS John, farmer, Nass
SANDERS Thomas, farmer, Blackrock farm
SAUNDERS John, shopkeeper, Newerne
SAUNDERS William, Bridge inn, & butcher, Newerne
Severn & Wye Railway Canal Offices (George Baker Keeling, secretary)
SMALE John Rowe, grocer & draper
SMITH Jas., boot & shoe maker, Newerne
SMITH John, chemist, druggist & stationer
SMITH Thomas, accountant
SMITH Wm., shopkeeper & baker, Newerne
SMITH William James, butcher
STEPHENS Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper & rope maker, Lydney basin
STEPHENS Mary (Mrs.), saddler, Newerne
TAYLOR Joseph, farmer, Holmes farm
TAYLOR Walter, farmer, Wards
TROTTER & DAVIES, general merchants, 6 Cookson terrace
TROTTER Thomas & Co., coal & stone proprietors
WALKER Charles, mason
WATTS Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer & draper, Newerne
WATKINS William, hair dresser, Newerne
WESTCOTT Henry, accountant
WILLIAMS Fredk. farmer, Allistone court
WILLIAMS John Robert, farmer, Hurst frm
WILLIAMS Mary Rose (Mrs.), cooper, Newerne
WILLIAMS Thomas, farmer, Nass Court farm, Nass House & Clift farm
WINTOUR & PRICE, butchers, Newerne
WINTOUR Richard, farmer
WOOLES George, tiler & plasterer
WOOLES William, beer retailer, tiler & plasterer
AYLBURTON
BENNETT Rev. Alfred Robt., M.A., curate
DAVIES Mr. John, Sandford cottage
GEM George, esq., Tankerhopes
HANKINS Misses, Alyburton cottage
TROTTER Mr. Henry
TROTTER Theophilus, esq
TUCKWELL William John Stevens, esq.
COMMERCIAL
ANSEY Robert, grocer
CORBETT James Fisher, coal master, Prospect house
COWELL Henry, cooper
ENGLISH William, grocer
GARDINER Mary Anne (Miss), bookseller
GARLAND Samuel, farmer, Lodge farm
GARLAND Thomas, farmer, Park farm
GARLAND William, farmer, Cross
GARLAND William, farmer, Tump farm
HANDCOCK Wm., shoe maker & postmaster
HAYCOT James, shoe maker
HOPKINS John, beer retailer
HOWELL Felix, beer retailer
HOWELL Henry, grocer & draper
JONES Henry, boot & shoe maker
LIGG John, beer retailer & shopkeeper
LUCAS Emanuel, farmer, Bream Lodge
PAGE George, farmer
POWELL John, beer retailer & shopkeeper
POWELL William, blacksmith
ROWLAND Robert, beer retailer
TUCKWELL Wm. John Stephens, surgeon
WATKINS William, shopkeeper & butcher
WILLIAMS Philip, miller