Howden Cottages, Cotheridge

[nettex]

Thank you Jo its been a long hard journey, but I'm getting there.

Rob.

[Scotinnorwich]

Hi Rob

Just did a search on Ink Pots Cotheridge and came up with this! Unfortunately I lost touch with you a few years ago and have changed my e-mail address. Would like to catch up on the Rowles family. Incidentally Amelia always told Linda and I consistent stories about the Ink Pots but I could never verify it locally, well done!

Cheers


Les

[Davlyn2631]

The ink pots you refer to were saved from demolition they were dismantled And rebuilt at the end of Worcester Bridge Where they remained till around 1934 when they widened the bridge I have a photo of them. I remember reading about them in a pamphlet written by a local historian called gwillam when I moved to Worcester in 1979

[Scotinnorwich]

That explains a lot! Any chance of posting the photo? It would be brilliant as I have looked through loads of books etc and failed to find anything.

Cheers

[Davlyn2631]

I will just as soon as I can figure out how to do it on my iPad
If not try contacting me on WhatsApp or fb

[nettex]

Over the years I have built up a picture of how cotheridge would have looked in the early 1900s, with a lot of help from members of this forum, recently I have received a copy of a wedding certificate of a family wedding in cotheridge in 1915 between Annie Williams and James Pressdee Drinkwater. Unfortunately the addresses of both the bride and groom are indecipherable, ive checked the local maps I have to compare road names there are quite a few roads that are unnamed on the maps I wondered if any one local could add a few street names around cotheride  so I could compare them with the one's on the wedding cert. The names I know are
CHURCH LANE
COURT LANE
LIGHTWOOD LANE
OTHERTON LANE
Thanks in advance  nettex.

[Kay99]

Court Lane, Otherton Lane (move to the east) and Church Lane are shown on this map  https://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=16&lat=52.18914&lon=-2.31116&layers=102&b=1&z=0&point=52.18513,-2.29801  .   I think Lightwood Lane is north of the A44 - Will have look

Kay 

[Kay99]

This is Lightwood Lane https://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=15.80401471396667&lat=52.19608&lon=-2.30159&layers=102&b=1&z=0&point=52.18513,-2.29801

Kay

Should have mentioned famous for the Lightwood Cheese https://lightwoodcheese.co.uk/location-2/

[nettex]

Hi Kay99, thank you for your reply. The map you sent me shows Howsen do you know the name of the road that leads there from the A44, or the names of any other unmarked roads.
Thanks again ,nettex.