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 in the direction of the hills of South Wales. Little bit currently stays of the town's commercial history, once it was a centre for iron ore smelting furnaces, creates as well as coal mines. The Norman castle, currently little bit more than a pile, commanded the shortest route from Gloucester Castle to the Welsh Marches and also the Wye Valley. The town has actually been, in times past, an essential centre of iron as well as coal mining, though little evidence remains of this element of the village's history. The primary historic spots of the village is Ruardyn Castle, near to the parish church. In the past the village was spelt as Ruardyn as well as was part of Herefordshire. Nowadays the village lies inside Gloucestershire as well as belongs to the Forest of Dean area. Like much of the surrounding area, Ruardean has actually traditionally been fairly poor; the 1831 census records 127 families, with half the population used in agriculture and also 160 individuals on poor alleviation.
