Forest of Dean Local History Society
Whitecliff National School
Whitecliff National School is in the south-west part of Whitecliff and was built in 1825. It was designed to serve the whole of Newland parish, of which Whitecliff then formed... Read More
Who Owned the Forest and How Was It Managed?
Little is known of the Forest before 1066, when the ‘lords of Dene’ held their land free of tax in return for looking after ‘the forest’. Read More
Wimberry Colliery
Wimberry Colliery was situated on Old Furnace Level gale, and was already in existence when the Severn and Wye Railway's Wimberry branch tramroad was built in about 1810. Read More
Winning Colliery
Winning or Winner Colliery formed part of Bilson Colliery and later part of Crump Meadow, all of which were originally owned by Edward Protheroe, with Aaron Goold acting as his agent. Read More
Wireworks Branch
The proposed route of Wye Valley Railway from Chepstow to Monmouth by-passed the village of Tintern, which is on the opposite (western) bank of the River Wye. Read More
Wireworks Bridge
The Wireworks bridge carried the Wireworks branch of the Wye Valley Railway over the River Wye to wireworks at Tintern. Read More
Woodside Colliery
Although the gales were not granted at that time, work on Woodside Colliery, by Giles Griffiths and others, was begun in 1832. Read More
Wye Valley Junction
Wye Valley Junction was where the Wye Valley Railway joined the one-time South Wales Railway about ½ mile northeast of Chepstow bridge over the River Wye. Read More
Wye Valley Railway
The Wye Valley Railway ran from Wye Valley Junction, near Tutshill on the South Wales Railway, to Wyesham Junction on the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway at Monmouth, a... Read More
Wyesham Halt
Wyesham Halt, on the Wye Valley Railway between Chepstow and Monmouth, was opened on 12 January 1931. Read More