Forest of Dean Local History Society
The Angel Hotel Coleford
The Angel Hotel located on the North side of the Market Place was originally built c1650. There was a building on the site on a map of 1608. Read More
The Dean Road
The Dean Road is a paved and kerbed road running from Highfield Hill, Lydney to Mitcheldean, a distance of just over 10 miles. Read More
The Forest through the ages
The Forest of Dean has a long history, but its shape and form has always depended on what the political masters of the time have required from it. Read More
The New Fancy Geomap
At New Fancy you can see the unique Geomap, which celebrates both the geological and the industrial history of the Forest of Dean. Read More
The Speech House
In about 1670 administration in the Forest of Dean was reorganised and the Forest was divided into six walks, with a keeper's lodge for each walk. Read More
Tidenham Bridge
Tidenham bridge carried the Wye Valley Railway, which ran between Chepstow and Monmouth, over the main Chepstow-Lydney road, just south of Tidenham Station, and about ½ mile north of Wye... Read More
Tidenham Station
Tidenham station, on the Wye Valley Railway between Chepstow and Monmouth, was situated a little to the north of the bridge over the A48 Chepstow-Lydney Road. Read More
Tidenham Tunnel
Tidenham (or Dennelhill) tunnel was the longest (1188 yards) on the Wye Valley Railway between Chepstow and Monmouth, and the 21st longest on the GWR. Read More
Tintern Railway Bridge
Tintern bridge carried the Wye Valley Railway, which ran between Chepstow and Monmouth, over the River Wye just north of Tintern tunnel. Read More
Tintern Station
Tintern station, on the Wye Valley Railway between Chepstow and Monmouth, opened with the line on 1 November 1876. Read More