Alberta Cottage
Title
Alberta Cottage
Description
Vale View and Alberta Cottage previously known as Vale View Cottages
Identified in Lloyd George Survey 1910 as cottage and buildings 448 (see also Vale View).
Description: Stone and tile cottage: attic, 2 bedrooms,living room, sitting room and pantry, stone and tile washhouse, pigsty, EC, garden, well
Owner 1910 : Alfred Hunt
Occupier 1910 : Wilfred Gardiner
Information on previous owners/occupiers of 2 cottages Alberta and Vale View:
1911 Census : Gardiner
Wilfred, Head, 38, b.1873 Bisley parish; Stonemason
Lydia Emma, wife, 36, b.1875 Bisley parish
Hester Ivy, daughter, 11, b.1900 Bisley parish; School
Wilfred Harry, son, 10, b.1901 Bisley parish; School
Mary Ethel, daughter, 8, b.1903 Bisley parish; School Leonard Cecil, son,6, b.1905 Bisley parish; School
Colin Caleb, son, 4, b.1907 Bisley parish
Rosa Ellan, daughter, 1, b.1910 Bisley parish
1932 Auction notice: estate of A H Hunt deceased “2 cottages known as Vale View Cottages".
George Young and family of 6 children lived here then moved to Chalford.
In 1936 Phyllis Smith bought Alberta Cottage for £65. When Kathleen Smith married Oliver Hunt they continued to live here with Phyllis.
1939/40 War Inventory: Mrs Phyllis Smith, Mr and Mrs Oliver Hunt
Identified in Lloyd George Survey 1910 as cottage and buildings 448 (see also Vale View).
Description: Stone and tile cottage: attic, 2 bedrooms,living room, sitting room and pantry, stone and tile washhouse, pigsty, EC, garden, well
Owner 1910 : Alfred Hunt
Occupier 1910 : Wilfred Gardiner
Information on previous owners/occupiers of 2 cottages Alberta and Vale View:
1911 Census : Gardiner
Wilfred, Head, 38, b.1873 Bisley parish; Stonemason
Lydia Emma, wife, 36, b.1875 Bisley parish
Hester Ivy, daughter, 11, b.1900 Bisley parish; School
Wilfred Harry, son, 10, b.1901 Bisley parish; School
Mary Ethel, daughter, 8, b.1903 Bisley parish; School Leonard Cecil, son,6, b.1905 Bisley parish; School
Colin Caleb, son, 4, b.1907 Bisley parish
Rosa Ellan, daughter, 1, b.1910 Bisley parish
1932 Auction notice: estate of A H Hunt deceased “2 cottages known as Vale View Cottages".
George Young and family of 6 children lived here then moved to Chalford.
In 1936 Phyllis Smith bought Alberta Cottage for £65. When Kathleen Smith married Oliver Hunt they continued to live here with Phyllis.
1939/40 War Inventory: Mrs Phyllis Smith, Mr and Mrs Oliver Hunt
Source
Oakridge History Group
Collection
Citation
“Alberta Cottage,” Oakridge Archives, accessed April 30, 2025, https://oakridgearchives.omeka.net/items/show/89.