Mitcheldean is a small town in the east of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The town is the most heavily populated location of 'Mitcheldean as well as Drybrook' selecting ward. This ward begins in the north eastern at Mitcheldean and also stretches southern western to Drybrook. The complete ward population taken at the 2011 census was 4,607. Mitcheldean was a thriving area for lots of centuries due to the community's closeness to iron ore deposits. Throughout the 19th century, the community grew due to earnings created by the regional developing market. Like several of the Forest of Dean villages, Mitcheldean was a dense community with specific customs. One of these was the in your area well-known (or infamous) Mitcheldean Prize Brass Band. It is strongly valued and explained in a narrative by Arthur Bullock, a citizen of nearby Longhope, whose father and also brothers remained in it. Stating the band's ventures, he comments, 'I only wish I might have been blessed to hear the Mitcheldean Prize Brass Band play when all of the players were completely sober at the same time'. Nonetheless, it is without a doubt serious to review his further reflection that the band must have been 'killed off by the 1914-18 war'. In the 20th century the community grew better because of the Ranking Xerox photocopier factory. Although this industry significantly decreased during the latter fifty percent of the 20th century, much of the previous Rank Xerox site (currently Vantage Point Business Village is currently inhabited by small businesses, brand-new production and also circulation businesses.