Mile End, Gloucestershire
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| Mile End | |
| Gloucestershire | |
|---|---|
 Mile End and the Royal Forest Inn | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO587118 |
| Location: | 51°48’12"N, 2°35’60"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Coleford |
| Postcode: | GL16 |
| Dialling code: | 01594 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Forest of Dean |
Mile End is a small village in Gloucestershire, a mile north-east of Coleford. It sits at the western edge of the Forest of Dean, and merges with the neighbouring village of Broadwell to the south.
History
Mile End is situated on the road leading northeast out of Coleford. The road between Mile End and Poolgreen was known in 1317 as the Derkesty (later Dark Stile).[1] It was an important route from Mitcheldean, and in the later 17th century traffic between Gloucester and South Wales used this route.[1]
Five cottages were built on Crown land on the Five Acres road at Mile End in 1787.[2] The inn originally known as the Royal Forester opened by the mid 1870s.[3] The Primitive Methodists built a chapel, Mount Hermon, at Mile End in 1904.[4]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A History of the County of Gloucester - Volume 5 pp 117-138: Coleford (Victoria County History)
- ↑ A History of the County of Gloucester - Volume 5 pp 300-325: Forest of Dean: Settlement (Victoria County History)
- ↑ A History of the County of Gloucester - Volume 5 pp 381-389: Forest of Dean: Social life (Victoria County History)
- ↑ A History of the County of Gloucester - Volume 5 pp 396-404: Forest of Dean: Protestant nonconformity (Victoria County History)
