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Bream, Gloucestershire, England |
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is the largest village in the Forest of Dean District with a
population of 2600 in January 2000. It is just one of a number of
settlements which make up the Forest Ring of settlements on the fringes of
the statutory Forest.
Positioned on the southern edge of the forest core between the towns of
Lydney and Coleford, the village is set on a ridge of high ground, falling
away on three sides. Development on these slopes is prominent within the
surrounding open countryside.
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BREAM
"Former chapelry of Newland,
ecclesiastical parish formed from Newland and West Dean, 1854."
(Ref: Guide to the Parish Records of the City of Bristol and the County of
Gloucester; I. Gray & E. Ralph, 1963) |
 Due to the location of Bream within the
fringe of the Forest, the village contains large areas of forest waste and
open areas, including a substantial provision of formal recreation space.
These areas are of great aesthetic value and provide important amenity
spaces. These surroundings, and much of the agricultural land to the
south, form part of the Special Landscape Area of the Plan.
Due to the haphazard way in which Bream
has developed there is no clearly recognizable village centre. A
considerable number of shops and other local facilities are well spread
out along the extended High Street. This unplanned development of Bream
has resulted in poor vehicular access to many parts of the village. |
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Visit a web site full
of old Bream pictures like the one below at
http://www.sungreen.co.uk/Bream/Bream%20Photos.htm
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Lower village
from Buck's Meadow in 1907, with St James' church on the left and the
vicarage in the trees beyond. The Coleford to Lydney road cuts
through the center, with the cottages of St James' Square just to the
right of it in the middle and Ferndale Cottage right behind them. On
the skyline, top right, the house partly hidden by the stone barn is The
Hollies, a Young Ladies Academy in 1878 and in the 1930s where the Misses
Trewin and Nancy Pearce ran their dressmaking business. (From "A glance
back at ...Bream", by Ruth Proctor Hirst, Black Dwarf Publications, 1999) |
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Taken from:
Kelly's
Directory of Bream - 1870
Bream is a village, tithing, and chapelry in the parish of Newland, 4
miles from Lydney station on the South Wales Railway, 4 1/2 miles from
Lydney station on the South Wales Railway, 4 1/2 miles from Coleford, 8
from Monmouth, and 15 from Ross, in the Western division of the country,
hundred of St. Briavels, and union and county court district of Monmouth,
rural deanery of Forest north, archdeaconry of Gloucester, and diocese of
Gloucester and Bristol. The church of St. James was partially rebuilt in
1861, and consists of nave, north aisle, and chancel, with organ and 1
bell. The register dates from the year 1680. The living is a vicarage,
yearly value £200, with residence, in the gift of the bishop of the
diocese, and held by the Rev. John Frederick Gosling, M.A., of Balliol
College, Oxford. Here are National schools for boys and girls, built in
1862, for 180 children. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive
Methodists. South of the village are some very interesting ancient Roman
mines, called Scowles, one part being known as the Devil's Chapel. The
Crown is lord of the manor. The soil is light gravelly; subsoil,
sandstone, limestone and iron ore. The chief crops are wheat, barley and
oats. The population of the tithing in 1861 was 824.
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