Ruardean
Ruardean is a village in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, to the west of Cinderford. It is positioned on a hill with views west towards the mountains of South Wales. Bit currently stays of the town's industrial background, but once it was a centre for iron ore smelting furnaces, builds as well as coal mines. The Norman castle, currently little more than a mound, regulated the shortest route from Gloucester Castle to the Welsh Marches and also the Wye Valley. The village has been, in times past, an essential centre of iron as well as coal mining, however little proof stays of this facet of the village's history. The primary historic spots of the town is Ruardyn Castle, close to the parish church. In the past the town was meant as Ruardyn and also was part of Herefordshire. Nowadays the village exists inside Gloucestershire and also belongs to the Forest of Dean district. Like much of the surrounding area, Ruardean has actually historically been fairly inadequate; the 1831 census documents 127 households, with half the population used in farming as well as 160 people on poor relief.
