Forest of Dean Local History Society
A Guide to Heritage Sites in the Forest
The sites, buildings, and other objects recorded in the Dean Forest Database and presented in this category are an eclectic mix. Read More
Addis Hill Colliery
The gale was being worked by James Cowmeadow by 1841, although there seems to have been no production between 1841 and 1845; 2074 tons of coal were produced in 1846. Read More
All Saints' Church Blakeney
Dating from 1820 the chapel was a rebuild of an existing smaller early 18th century chapel. Read More
All Saints' Church Viney Hill
This Victorian church was begun in 1865 and consecrated in 1867, and was built as a memorial to Charles Bathurst. Read More
Angus Buchanan Recreation Ground, Coleford
Angus Buchanan was born in Coleford in 1894. He went to St John’s Boys School Coleford and Monmouth Grammar School. He won a scholarship to Jesus College, Oxford. Read More
Arthur and Edward (Waterloo) Colliery
The Arthur & Edward gale was worked by Benjamin Gwilliam and Thomas Butler from the mid-1830s, two shafts being sunk to work the Coleford High Delf Seam in the Pennant... Read More
Bank House
Bank House, was built in Back Lane, now Bank Street, probably by James Coster in 1786. It was a rich man's house, with an adjacent coachhouse, malthouse and dovehouse. Read More
Bathurst Park, Lydney
Before 1850, Lydney and Newerne were two separate villages, the area in between, now Hill Street, was farm land and buildings; as late as 1963 there was an orchard on... Read More
Bixlade Tramway Blocks
The Bicslade (sic) Tramroad was a branch off the Severn and Wye Railway’s 3 ft 6 in. gauge tramroad from Lydney to Lydbrook, which opened in 1810. Read More
Bixlade Tramway Rails
The Bicslade (sic) Tramroad was a branch off the Severn and Wye Railway’s 3 ft 6 in. gauge tramroad from Lydney to Lydbrook, which opened in 1810. Read More