Ruardean
Ruardean is a town in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, to the west of Cinderford. It is situated on a hill with sights west in the direction of the hills of South Wales. Bit currently continues to be of the village's industrial history, once it was a centre for iron ore smelting heating systems, creates as well as coal mines. The Norman castle, now bit more than a mound, commanded the shortest route from Gloucester Castle to the Welsh Marches as well as the Wye Valley. The town has actually been, in times past, an important centre of iron and also coal mining, however little evidence remains of this element of the town's background. The main historical site of the village is Ruardyn Castle, close to the parish church. In the past the village was led to as Ruardyn and belonged to Herefordshire. Nowadays the village exists inside Gloucestershire and belongs to the Forest of Dean area. Like much of the bordering area, Ruardean has actually historically been fairly poor; the 1831 demographics documents 127 family members, with half the populace employed in agriculture as well as 160 individuals on inadequate alleviation.
