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Hi,
I might be a few years too late, but the above link might be of interest to you about John Gould's Butchers Shop in High Street, Bidford on Avon. Pages 16 & 17 have photos. It was taken over by George Winnett and then from whom my grandfather Charles Hunt bought it in 1931. He and then my dad Rowland Hunt ran the butchers shop until it closed in 1970. Hoping this is still of interest to you.
Regards
John Hunt

Many thanks to both Morgan and William. (I'm presuming it's ok to make a joint reply to you both?  Forgive me if I'm wrong - still learning how Roots Chat works!)
 
Yes, I too had found the family in Street Issa, Ruabon in 1861, and Simeon (by now a widower) with his children in 1871 also in same place,  and then again in 1881 in Thornaby on Tees.  So yes it would seem Ann must have died between 1861 & 1871 as you say.  No further trace of Simeon after 1881, so his death was obviously after that.

I'll certainly give Wrexham Register Office a try - thanks for the tip Morgan.  Does it cost much for them to do a search for me?

Hi again William.  You kindly helped me some time ago when I was trying to find out more about Plas Kynaston in Ruabon.  I wrote off to Denbighshire County Council and the sent me photocopies of Dennis Davies' history of Plas Kynaston - very interesting & useful.  I don't think that Ann herself could have lived there as my grandfather thought.  The last residents, before the house went into other uses, were of another name:  The last Kynastons to reside there were some time earlier.  All my searches into Ann's family however (her parents David & Mary Kynaston) take me a bit further south to the Llanwddyn, Llanfyllin, Llangedwyn, Llanrhaedr ym Monchant area.  The Kynastons who lived at Plas Kynaston seem to be related to those who came from over the English border into Shropshire (Ellesmere, Knockin, Kinnerley, Hordley & Wem).  If I find a link between my Ann Kynaston and these, I'm starting to feel that it might be further back in time.  However, it's still very intriguing that my Ann Kynaston lived so very nearby and that the family folklore says that (my) Kynastons lived there once?

All this said, I'm hoping that Ann and Simeon's grave might contain a clue.
Many thanks for your kind help.
John

Meant to say:  just as a little extra, which won't help at all in finding their graves!  Ann Jones (nee Kynaston) was (so my grandfather used to say - not yet confirmed), of the Kynaston family who at one time were wealthy land owners and 'Squires' of Plas Kynaston (Kynaston Hall) in Ruabon.  If I can definately link Ann to these earlier Kynastons, then there is a lineage going back to the Plantagenate Kings of England in the Middle Ages.
John

They were married at the Bethlehem Independant Chapel in Rhosllanerchrugog in1847, and Simeon formed/founded/built? some sort of Welsh?Independant Chapel in Thornaby of which he was a leading member.  Others in my family have generally been Methodists.  Is this any help?

Hi, thanks for replying so quickly!  Timescale wouldn't be a problem - I've waited years on this, so a bit longer won't hurt!
This is going to sound a bit vague I'm afraid:  SIMEON (sometimes Simon) STEPHEN JONES born in Llanrhaiadr yn Monchant abt 1820 died in Thornaby on Tees, but was buried in Llangollen.  My last trace of him was in the 1861 census when he was 61, so (if he lived to old age) I'm guessing he would have died within 20 or so years after that.  Sorry, I haven't been able to find any death registration for him.

His wife, ANN (nee Kynaston) JONES, born in Ruabon, Denbigshire in 1828, died in Ruabon some time between 1861 (when she was recorded in the census) and 1871 (when husband Simeon is recorded as a widower).  After paying for three incorrect death certificates from the GRO, I'm afraid that again I  can't tell you exactly which year - sorry.  I'm reckoning that she was around her late 30's / early 40's when she died.

I appreciate that the name Jones is going to cause a problem, but if (as I think quite probable) they are buried together, then the Simeon and Ann Jones together might help identify them correctly.

Thanks if you can help, but if you feel that this is just too vague, then I quite understand.
John