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An ancient route known in 1345 as the coal way ran north-westwards from the Forest boundary at Coalway Lane End and down Lord's hill to join the main road through Coleford east of Coller brook.<ref name="vch">[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23255 Coleford], Victoria County History</ref> Known later as Coller Lane, it was used by travellers from the Purton passage on the [[River Severn]] in the later 17th century.<ref name="vch"/> | An ancient route known in 1345 as the coal way ran north-westwards from the Forest boundary at Coalway Lane End and down Lord's hill to join the main road through Coleford east of Coller brook.<ref name="vch">[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23255 Coleford], Victoria County History</ref> Known later as Coller Lane, it was used by travellers from the Purton passage on the [[River Severn]] in the later 17th century.<ref name="vch"/> | ||
Early building at Coalway was on or near the road between Coleford and [[Parkend]], which was diverted southwards after it was turnpiked in 1796.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23266 Forest of Dean: Settlement], Victoria County History</ref> There was a beerhouse at Coalway by 1841, and this had expanded to three public houses by the late 1870s.<ref name="vch-sl">[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23270 Forest of Dean: Social life], Victoria County History</ref> The last remaining of these is the The Crown Inn.<ref name="vch-sl" /> The Primitive Methodists built a chapel called "Pisgah" at Coalway in 1861.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23273 Forest of Dean: Protestant nonconformity], Victoria County History</ref> | Early building at Coalway was on or near the road between Coleford and [[Parkend, Gloucestershire|Parkend]], which was diverted southwards after it was turnpiked in 1796.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23266 Forest of Dean: Settlement], Victoria County History</ref> There was a beerhouse at Coalway by 1841, and this had expanded to three public houses by the late 1870s.<ref name="vch-sl">[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23270 Forest of Dean: Social life], Victoria County History</ref> The last remaining of these is the The Crown Inn.<ref name="vch-sl" /> The Primitive Methodists built a chapel called "Pisgah" at Coalway in 1861.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23273 Forest of Dean: Protestant nonconformity], Victoria County History</ref> | ||
A recreation ground was laid out at Coalway in the later 1930s and a village hall was built on it in 1988.<ref name="vch-sl"/> A school opened in 1966 when Coalway Infants School opened; this was followed by Coalway Junior school in 1977.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23274 Forest of Dean: Education], Victoria County History</ref> | A recreation ground was laid out at Coalway in the later 1930s and a village hall was built on it in 1988.<ref name="vch-sl"/> A school opened in 1966 when Coalway Infants School opened; this was followed by Coalway Junior school in 1977.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23274 Forest of Dean: Education], Victoria County History</ref> | ||
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| Coalway | |
| Gloucestershire | |
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO587102 |
| Location: | 51°47’23"N, 2°35’56"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Coleford |
| Postcode: | GL16 |
| Dialling code: | 01594 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Forest of Dean |
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Forest of Dean |
Coalway is a village in the west of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, approximately one mile south-east of the town of Coleford. The village is just south of the village of Broadwell.
History
An ancient route known in 1345 as the coal way ran north-westwards from the Forest boundary at Coalway Lane End and down Lord's hill to join the main road through Coleford east of Coller brook.[1] Known later as Coller Lane, it was used by travellers from the Purton passage on the River Severn in the later 17th century.[1]
Early building at Coalway was on or near the road between Coleford and Parkend, which was diverted southwards after it was turnpiked in 1796.[2] There was a beerhouse at Coalway by 1841, and this had expanded to three public houses by the late 1870s.[3] The last remaining of these is the The Crown Inn.[3] The Primitive Methodists built a chapel called "Pisgah" at Coalway in 1861.[4]
A recreation ground was laid out at Coalway in the later 1930s and a village hall was built on it in 1988.[3] A school opened in 1966 when Coalway Infants School opened; this was followed by Coalway Junior school in 1977.[5]
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Coalway) |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Coleford, Victoria County History
- ↑ Forest of Dean: Settlement, Victoria County History
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Forest of Dean: Social life, Victoria County History
- ↑ Forest of Dean: Protestant nonconformity, Victoria County History
- ↑ Forest of Dean: Education, Victoria County History
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