Ruardean
Ruardean is a town in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, to the west of Cinderford. It is situated on a hill with views west in the direction of the hills of South Wales. Bit currently stays of the village's industrial history, once it was a centre for iron ore smelting furnaces, creates and also coal mines. The Norman castle, now little bit greater than a mound, commanded the shortest route from Gloucester Castle to the Welsh Marches and also the Wye Valley. The village has been, in times past, a crucial centre of iron as well as coal mining, however little evidence continues to be of this element of the village's history. The main historic landmark of the town is Ruardyn Castle, near to the parish church. In the past the town was led to as Ruardyn and was part of Herefordshire. Nowadays the village lies inside Gloucestershire as well as becomes part of the Forest of Dean area. Like much of the surrounding location, Ruardean has actually traditionally been reasonably poor; the 1831 demographics documents 127 households, with half the population used in agriculture as well as 160 people on inadequate alleviation.