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| Old Photos of Coleford & District | The Speech House c 1880 | ||||||||||||||
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Courtesy of : |
Steve Cooper | ||||||||||||||
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A
similar photo appears in Dr Cyril Hart's book, "The Verderers and Forest
Laws", Lightmoor Press, 2005. Dr Hart dates the photo at around 1880
and names some of the people as follows: "The group is likely to comprise:
seated: four verderers (Dincombe Pyrke, Edmund Probyn, Edwin Owen Jones
and Charles
Bathurst), and Sir James Campbell Bt., deputy surveyor; standing behind
them: three keepers (including Richard Smith of Mailscot Lodge and W
D Christie of Herbert Lodge); and in the doorway, the innkeepers (Mr
and Mrs John Coleman)". There is a 4th person behind the verderers
- he is hidden in Dr Hart's photo, the man far left is not mentioned. |
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