Ruardean
Ruardean is a village in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, to the west of Cinderford. It is situated on a hillside with views west towards the mountains of South Wales. Bit now continues to be of the town's commercial history, but once it was a centre for iron ore smelting heating systems, builds and also coal mines. The Norman castle, now little more than a pile, commanded 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 and also coal mining, though little evidence stays of this aspect of the village's background. The main historical site of the village is Ruardyn Castle, near to the parish church. In the past the town was led to as Ruardyn and became part of Herefordshire. Nowadays the town exists inside Gloucestershire and becomes part of the Forest of Dean area. Like much of the bordering area, Ruardean has actually historically been relatively bad; the 1831 census documents 127 family members, with half the population used in farming as well as 160 people on inadequate relief.