Ruardean
Ruardean is a town in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, to the west of Cinderford. It is located on a hillside with views west towards the hills of South Wales. Little currently stays of the town's industrial background, once it was a centre for iron ore smelting heating systems, creates as well as coal mines. The Norman castle, now little bit greater than a pile, commanded the shortest route from Gloucester Castle to the Welsh Marches and also the Wye Valley. The village has actually been, in times past, a vital centre of iron as well as coal mining, however little evidence continues to be of this element of the town's history. The main historical landmark of the village is Ruardyn Castle, close to the parish church. In the past the town was led to as Ruardyn as well as became part of Herefordshire. Nowadays the town exists inside Gloucestershire and also becomes part of the Forest of Dean area. Like much of the surrounding location, Ruardean has traditionally been reasonably inadequate; the 1831 census documents 127 family members, with half the population used in agriculture as well as 160 people on poor alleviation.
