Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Coleford

Coleford, market town with ry. sta., W. Gloucestershire, on border of Dean Forest, 4 miles SE. of Monmouth and 141 miles W. of London, pop. 2709; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 3 newspapers.Market-day, Friday; has coal mines and ironworks.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "market town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Coleford

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