Public Cottage, Gorsley

[suek2075]

Thomas Hall died in Gorsley in 1895, and according to a newspaper report lived at Public Cottage, Gorsley.

Seems an odd name for a cottage, has anyone come across it before, or have any idea where it might have been please?

[stanmapstone]

In the 1891 Census Thomas Hall is living in Poplar Cottage, Newent.
RG12 Piece 2008 Folio 61 Page 4
Stan

[stanmapstone]

According to the census Poplar Cottage was in the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant http://maps.nls.uk/view/101452914#zoom=4&lat=2944&lon=2281&layers=BT

Stan

[stanmapstone]

This is the address in 1911
Stan

[suek2075]

Thanks very much Stan. I knew about Poplar Cottage and Mount Pleasant in 1891, never occurred to me to check the 1911 census for an address, and I wasn't sure if Mount Pleasant and Gorsley were the same place, although they were both near Newent.

So the newspapers got it wrong, and it should have been Poplar Cottage -  did seem like a strange name for a cottage  All of which makes sense, because I believe they had been living in Poplar Cottage for quite a while.

Thank you very much

Sue