Ruardean
Ruardean is a town in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, to the west of Cinderford. It is positioned on a hill with sights west in the direction of the hills of South Wales. Bit currently continues to be of the town's commercial background, but once it was a centre for iron ore smelting furnaces, builds and coal mines. The Norman castle, now little more than a mound, regulated the shortest route from Gloucester Castle to the Welsh Marches and the Wye Valley. The village has actually been, in times past, a vital centre of iron as well as coal mining, however little proof stays of this element of the town's history. The primary historic spots of the town is Ruardyn Castle, near to the parish church. In the past the village was led to as Ruardyn and also was part of Herefordshire. Nowadays the town lies inside Gloucestershire and is part of the Forest of Dean district. Like much of the bordering area, Ruardean has historically been relatively inadequate; the 1831 demographics documents 127 families, with half the populace used in farming as well as 160 individuals on inadequate alleviation.