Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lydney

Lydney, par. and township with ry. sta., Gloucestershire, in Dean Forest, 8 miles NE. of Chepstow - par., 7105 ac. (61 water), 821 tidal water, and 1922 foreshore, pop. 3194; township, 5199 ac. (42 water), 582 tidal water, and 1197 foreshore, pop. 2545; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 2 newspapers; has iron and tinplate works; in vicinity of sta. is Lydney Park, seat.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Lydney AP/CP       Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Lydney

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