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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Of those, Wyegate and Hewelsfield, though acquiring new Norman lords after the Conquest, were placed within the … of land along and south of the line of the Ross-Gloucester road. The most southerly manor of that area, then called Dean … the time of the afforestation. As with other forests, 17 new perambulations carried out in 1219 appear to have …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… grants of 1283 and 1305 to the tithes of Whitemead and of new closes and assarts within the Forest, 15 was regarded as … formed at Coleford under the auspices of Henry Ryder, the new bishop of Gloucester, in 1815 to sell bibles cheaply in … bungalow south of the church. The original church, on the road between Coleford and English Bicknor, was the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Procter led the way in 1813 by opening a day school in his new chapel at Berry Hill and was followed by Henry Berkin, … by 1878 and the voluntary system attempted to start two new schools, but in 1879, when the board schools and nine … in connexion with Wesley, his chapel in Belle Vue Road. The school, which from 1853 occupied a new building …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… intendendo addressed to all foresters and verderers when a new constable took office 15 emphasized that he was the … 18 and supervise the assarting of land and assess the new rents to be paid. 19 In the administration of the forest … of the Forest south of the Cinderford to Speech House road, but it was soon broken open. In another scheme in 1770 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… times. Later much iron ore and coal was taken away by road and river and Forest stone was also quarried and dressed … Pembroke, attempted to divert all the ore and cinders to new ironworks established on the royal demesne of the Forest … 1668 when Terringham's son Francis (d. by 1675) acquired a new lease of the collieries and quarries. 17 Ore and cinders …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… principal Crown forests in England, the largest after the New Forest. The name Forest of Dean was recorded from c. 1080 … Forest's ponds as nature reserves and as a public amenity; new ones were made at Woorgreen, near the centre of the … of the more important ancient routes, known as the Dean road, had a pitched stone surface and borders of kerbstones. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Foresters in 1842 5 apparently employed them in building a road between Hawthorns and Stenders, above Mitcheldean. 6 In … of West Dean in the Monmouth union. 8 At Cinderford, where new building was mostly on land in East Dean township, … as a separate parish and in 1836 became part of the new Herefordshire poor-law union of Ross. 12 In the 1880s Lea …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… church had its own minister from 1863 and moved to a new chapel further up the valley in 1864. 35 The old chapel … opened in 1868. 36 In 1875 galleries were erected in the new chapel, and a schoolroom next to it, under construction … The church, which in 1907 opened an institute in Belle Vue Road 48 and at the end of the First World War held open-air …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… waste and settle them in adjoining parishes. 88 In 1680 a new government commission found c. 30 cabins, home to c. 100 … 92 and others may have included the small groups of new cottagers recorded in 1680 on a Lydney common 93 and on a … 1,462 2,107.5 Notes. Blakeney walk included the Lydney road at Yorkley, Worcester walk included Hillersland, and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… one of them likened his work to that of a missionary in New Zealand. 1 Missionary work effected some improvement in … the centre of the woodland beside the Littledean-Coleford road, had become an inn by 1841. 14 It had long been used for … colliery tips. 24 In the later 20th century several new halls, social clubs, and recreation grounds were …