Forest of Dean Local History Society
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 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
Tintern Tunnel
Tintern tunnel was on the Wye Valley Railway between Chepstow and Monmouth. It was bored through a ridge of Carboniferous limestone on the narrow neck of land within a horseshoe... Read More
Trafalgar Arch
Between Serridge Junction and Drybrook Road, the Severn and Wye Railway ran close to the large spoil heap of Trafalgar Colliery. Read More
Trafalgar Colliery
The Trafalgar gale was granted to Corneleus Brain in 1842, but work does not appear to have begun until about 1860. Read More