Rose Cottages

[chelle 5]

looking for information or photographs on the home of my husbands great grandparents.Address was
2 Rose Cottages Woodcroft Tidenham Gloucestershire,wondered if they are still standing.Apparently they were possibly close to a railway line
regards
Michelle

[Ruskie]

Is the address from a census by any chance?

[Ruskie]

This 1902 Gloucestershire map is fairly detailed and gives names of cottages:
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html

It might just be a matter of thoroughly looking over the map in the hope of spotting Rose Cottages.

There is a railway line nearby but it seems to be a distance from Woodcroft and closer to Tiddenham (though I don't know how the addresses worked, as both of those seem to be different places) - it may be that Tiddenham was slightly larger hence using it as part of the address to define where Woodcroft was? (no clue really, just guessing  ).

The reason I asked if the address was from a census is that you can check the enumerator's walk which often helps narrow down the area and gives some idea where to start looking ...

[chelle 5]

It is from an entry on probate,Benjamin D Butt left his wife Rose £525 in 1954,my husband remembers visiting an elderly lady with his father when he was very young,he remembers a cottage that you had to step down to and it was in the middle of nowhere apparently he remembers a railway line, the cottage was a few miles outside Chepstow from all accounts this was the closest guess we had to it,hubby was about 9 when Rose died

[Ruskie]

If you have a look at the area on google maps that description does fit with the area today. I was a little out with my estimate of dates  so it might be worth checking a later map than 1902.

It depends how determined you are to locate Rose Cottages, but you can subscribe to Old Maps (a month for £9.99) to get better access to the maps. Of course it might not be marked on any maps which is a risk you may or may not want to take.

An address search of the 1911 or 1901 censuses may also be worth a try (in case the name of the cottages remained the same), if someone can do that for you ...

Others may have other/better suggestions.

[chelle 5]

Thank you ruskie will give it a go
regards
Michelle

[StintonLomas]

Hi
If you look on old maps at woodcroft 1974 1:2500
Find Woodcroft terrace just above it there is a pair of dotted lines leading to Rose Cottage, a building or buildings also show on earlier 1:2500 at the same location

If you find the same road on Google street view there is a name plate attached to a wooden fence Rose Cottage.

[chelle 5]

Stinton Lomas
Thank you so so much very kind of you to reply,Hubby will be so pleased,going to have a look now.
Thank you again
Michelle

[the_eggplant]

chelle 5
Hi, I was wondering if you managed to find a picture or information about 2 Rose Cottages because I have a relative who lived there and everything I've tried searching hasn't worked because I believe the old websites have shut down or I'm not able to use them.
Thanks,
S