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Whitecroft
Whitecroft is a village in the Forest of Dean in west Gloucestershire, England. It is located in-between Bream and Yorkley. Whitecroft comes under the postal district of Lydney. The village has 1 pub – The Miners Arms (The Royal Oak having been closed for several years). Providing food, drink and accommodation. Whitecroft railway station, part of the Dean Forest Railway, is near the Miners Arms. History Cottages are recorded at Whitecroft in the 1780s.Forest of Dean: Settlement Victoria County History A chapel at Whitecroft dates from 1824. By 1834 terraces containing 30 cottages had been built on either side of the Severn & Wye tramroad (later railway) for employees i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Forest Railway
The Dean Forest Railway is a long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. The route was part of the former Severn and Wye Railway which ran from Lydney to Cinderford. The society that operates the line started steam locomotive operations in 1971, and bought the trackbed and line from British Rail in 1986, reaching Lydney Junction in 1995 and Parkend in 2005. Trains are operated by both steam and heritage diesel locomotives, and heritage diesel multiple units. The Dean Forest Railway has been given the former Panteg and Griffithstown railway station building. Its removal was completed in June 2016, and is expected to be placed at the new upcoming Speech House Road. The Dean Forest Railway plans to extend its heritage services a further through/into the middle of the Royal Forest at Speech House Road (close to the nearby Beechenhurst Visitor Attraction), bringing the line to a total of about in length. In 2016, DFR's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitecroft Railway Station
Whitecroft & Bream railway station is a railway station on the Dean Forest Railway. History The station originally opened on 23 September 1875, and closed on 8 July 1929. It was re-opened to passengers on 25 May 2012 after a construction period of around 18 months. Much of the funding for the restoration programme came from a Rural Development grant, administered by the Forest of Dean Local Action Group in Coleford. The programme of work involved the construction of a four-coach platform on the Pillowell (up) side of the line, with the new station building be constructed in traditional Severn and Wye style. Future developments in Whitecroft will include doubling the track through the station, the construction of the second (down) platform on the Bream side of the line and the addition of a goods shed. Services See also * Dean Forest Railway The Dean Forest Railway is a long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Glouceste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Severn And Wye Railway
The Severn and Wye Railway began as an early tramroad network established in the Forest of Dean to facilitate the carriage of minerals to watercourses for onward conveyance. It was based on Lydney, where a small harbour was constructed, and opened its line to Parkend in 1810. It was progressively extended northwards, and a second line, the ''Mineral Loop'' was opened to connect newly opened mineral workings. To facilitate transfer of traffic to the neighbouring South Wales Railway main line, the Severn and Wye Railway network was converted from a plateway to a locomotive-worked broad gauge edge railway, and then to a standard gauge railway. Extensions were made to Lydbrook, Cinderford and Coleford. The company's finances were dependent on the mineral industry of the Forest of Dean, and in 1879 economic difficulties caused it to amalgamate with the Severn Bridge Railway. In fact this resulted in a worsening of the situation, and the combined company sold its business to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Of Dean
The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the Counties of England, county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly triangle, triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and northwest, Herefordshire to the north, the River Severn to the south, and the Gloucester, City of Gloucester to the east. The area is characterised by more than of mixed woodland, one of the surviving ancient woodlands in England. A large area was reserved for royal hunting before 1066, and remained as the second largest Crown forests, crown forest in England, after the New Forest. Although the name is used loosely to refer to the part of Gloucestershire between the Severn and Wye, the Forest of Dean proper has covered a much smaller area since the Middle Ages. In 1327, it was defined to cover only the royal demesne and parts of parishes within the hundred of St Briavels, and after 1668 comprised the royal demesne only. The Forest proper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Of Dean District
Forest of Dean is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in west Gloucestershire, England, named after the Forest of Dean. Its council is based in Coleford, Gloucestershire, Coleford. Other towns and villages in the district include Blakeney, Gloucestershire, Blakeney, Cinderford, Drybrook, English Bicknor, Huntley, Gloucestershire, Huntley, Littledean, Longhope, Lydbrook, Lydney, Mitcheldean, Newnham, Gloucestershire, Newnham and Newent. History The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. The new district covered the whole area of four former districts and part of a fifth, which were all abolished at the same time: *East Dean Rural District *Gloucester Rural District (parishes of Newnham on Severn, Newnham and Westbury-on-Severn only) *Lydney Rural District *Newent Rural District *West Dean Rural District The new district was named Forest of Dean after the ancient woodland which covers much of the district. Governance Forest of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire to the east, Wiltshire to the south, Bristol and Somerset to the south-west, and the Wales, Welsh county of Monmouthshire to the west. The city of Gloucester is the largest settlement and the county town. The county is predominantly rural, with an area of and a population of 916,212. After Gloucester (118,555) the largest distinct settlements are Cheltenham (115,940), Stroud (26,080), and Yate (28,350). In the south of the county, the areas around Filton and Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, Kingswood are densely populated and part of Bristol Built-up Area, Bristol built-up area. For Local government in England, local government purposes Gloucestershire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with six districts, and the Unitary authorities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Of Dean (UK Parliament Constituency)
Forest of Dean is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Gloucestershire represented in the British House of Commons, House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Matt Bishop, of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Coleford, Lydney, Newent, and Newnham. 1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Awre, Coleford, Newnham, and Westbury-on-Severn, the Rural Districts of East Dean and United Parishes, Lydney, Newent, and West Dean, and part of the Rural District of Gloucester. 1997–2010: The District of Forest of Dean, and the Borough of Tewkesbury wards of Haw Bridge and Highnam. 2010–present: The District of Forest of Dean, and the Borough of Tewkesbury ward of Highnam with Haw Bridge. The constituency boundaries remained unchanged by the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. The 2023 review of Westminster constituencies also left the boundaries unchanged. History This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bream, Gloucestershire
Bream (historically known as Breem) is a village in the Forest of Dean, west Gloucestershire, England. The population was around 3,170 in the 2011 census. Governance An electoral ward in the same name exists. Its area and total population are the same as quoted above. History Human activity at Bream dates back to the Iron Age, when iron ore was being mined in the local area. The first dwellings in Bream were recorded in 1452. In 1505, the St. James' church, Bream or St. James chapel as it was then known, was built. In 1712, the population of Bream was 300. In 1822, the church was reconstructed. The main employment in the village in the past was coal mining, farming, and forestry. Today with the mines closed, there is very little employment now in the village, although there are two garages and several shops. Bream is one of the largest villages in the Forest of Dean District with a population of just under 3,200 as of January 2011. It is just one of a number of settlements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkley, Gloucestershire
Yorkley is a village in west Gloucestershire, England. The village includes the settlement of Yorkley Slade to the east. Yorkley is situated between the villages of Pillowell and Oldcroft. Near the town of Lydney, it has two pubs, a sub post office, few shops, a primary school and is home to Yorkley AFC. Yorkley was also home to Yorkley Star Cricket Club for 130 years until it was forced to close in October 2015 due to repeated digging of the Cut and Fry Green pitch by horny feral boar. History Cottages are recorded in both Yorkley and Yorkley Slade (formerly the Slade) in the 1780s.Forest of Dean: Settlement Victoria County History The Nag's Head Inn, at Yorkley Slade, is recorded from 1788 and was enlarged around 1850. In the mid 19th century much rebuilding and new building took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beerhouse
__NOTOC__ A beerhouse was a type of public house created in the United Kingdom by the Beerhouse Act 1830 ( 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 64), legally defined as a place "where beer is sold to be consumed ''on'' the premises". They were also known as "small" or "Tom and Jerry" shops Existing public houses were issued with licences by local magistrates under the terms of the Retail Brewers Act 1828 ( 9 Geo. 4. c. 68), and were subject to police inspections at any time of the day or night. Proprietors of the new beerhouses, on the other hand, simply had to buy a licence from the government costing two guineas The guinea (; commonly abbreviated gn., or gns. in plural) was a coin, minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, that contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold. The name came from the Guinea region in West Africa, from where m ... per annum, equivalent to about £150 as of 2010. Until the Wine and Beerhouse Act 1869 ( 32 & 33 Vict. c. 27) gave local magistrates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
