Mitcheldean
Mitcheldean is a small town in the eastern of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The town is the most heavily populated location of 'Mitcheldean and also Drybrook' electoral ward. This ward starts in the north eastern at Mitcheldean and stretches southern westerly to Drybrook. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 4,607. Mitcheldean was a growing area for many centuries due to the town's distance to iron ore deposits. Throughout the 19th century, the town grew because of revenues produced by the regional brewing industry. Like numerous of the Forest of Dean villages, Mitcheldean was a close-knit area with private customs. One of these was the in your area popular (or well known) Mitcheldean Prize Brass Band. It is strongly recalled and defined in a narrative by Arthur Bullock, a citizen of close-by Longhope, whose papa as well as brothers were in it. Stating the band's ventures, he comments, 'I only wish I could have been privileged to listen to the Mitcheldean Prize Brass Band play when all of the players were totally sober at the same time'. Nonetheless, it is certainly serious to read his further reflection that the band have to have been 'exterminated by the 1914-18 war'. In the 20th century the community grew further due to the Rank Xerox photocopier manufacturing facility. Although this market dramatically decreased during the last fifty percent of the 20th century, much of the previous Rank Xerox site (now Vantage Point Business Village is now inhabited by local business, brand-new production and circulation organisations.
