Edward Hunt's Forest of Dean Miscellany

Mystery, History and Natural History

Dean Forest Index

 

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Abbots Wood

Abbots Wood : Photographs

Anglo-Saxons : Christian Church of the Celts

Anglo-Saxons : key dates in Forest history - 577 A.D.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicles

Archenfield : Anglo-Saxon Chronicles

Archenfield : Christian Church of the Celts

Ariconium : Anglo-Saxon Chronicles

Ariconium : Dean Road (the Roman Road)

Arthur, King : Mabinogion

Arthur, King : Pelleas and Ettarre by Alfred, Lord Tennyson  

Arthur, King : Storyline

Bailey Level : Gold in the Forest of Dean

Battle of Dyrham : key dates in Forest history - 577 A.D.

Berry Hill : Dennis Potter

Berry Hill : Ley lines

Blackpennywall Well

Blackpennywall Well : Photographs

Blackpool Bridge : Blackpool Brook

Blackpool Bridge : Dean Road (the Roman Road)

Blackpool Bridge : Photographs

Blackpool Brook

Blackpool Brook : Photographs

Blakeney : Dean Road (the Roman Road)

Boys Grave

Boys Grave : Photographs

Bream : Celtic Iron Mines

Bream : Devil's Chapel

Breviary of Britain

British Chiefs of Gloucestershire : key dates in Forest history - 577 A.D.

Brockweir Village : John Byng - Rides Round Britain

Bryant, Sir Arthur : Pepys in the Forest 

Buckstone : Ley lines

Byng, John : Rides Round Britain

Caerleon : Pelleas and Ettarre by Alfred, Lord Tennyson  

Cannop Ponds : Photographs

Canute : Earl Godwin

carts : Observations of the River Wye by William Gilpin

Castiard, Vale of : Saint Anthony's Well

Castiard, Vale of : Flaxley Valley

Celtic Iron Mines

Celtic Kingdoms : key dates in Forest history - 577 A.D.

Celts : Christian Church of the Celts 

Celts : St Dubricius

Chastan Syndicate : Gold in the Forest of Dean

Chepstow : Pepys in the Forest

Chepstow Castle : John Byng - Rides Round Britain

Christian Church of the Celts 

Cinders : The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Clown  : John Byng - Rides Round Britain

Coal : Cannop seams 

Coal : Eastern United Colliery

coals : Observations of the River Wye by William Gilpin

Cobbett, William : Rural Rides

Coldwell : Observations of the River Wye by William Gilpin

Coleford : Ley lines

Courtfield Mound : Ley lines

Crown Lands : John Byng - Rides Round Britain

Danby Lodge : Forest Lodges and Walks

Danes : Earl Godwin

Dean Road : Blackpool Brook

Dean Road : Roman Road

Deer : Giraldus Cambrenisis

Devil's Chapel : Celtic Iron Mines

Devil's Chapel : Bream

Devil's Chapel : F W Harvey

Drake : Forest Lodges and Walks

Drayton, Michael: Poly-Olbion (excerpt)

Drew, Catherine : Poetess

Dubricius : Christian Church of the Celts

Dyrham : key dates in Forest history - 577 A.D.

Earl Godwin

Eastern United Colliery

Edmund Ironsides : Earl Godwin

Edward the Elder, King : Anglo-Saxon Chronicles

Edward III : The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Edgehills Sand Quarry : Wilderness Forest Trail

Elder flower tea : Ellum Blo' Tea 

Ellum Blo' 

Erging : Christian Church of the Celts

Ettare : Pelleas and Ettarre by Alfred, Lord Tennyson  

Ethelred : Earl Godwin

Flaxley Abbey

Flaxley Abbey : Abbotswood

Flaxley Abbey : Photographs

Flaxley Valley : Vale of Castiard

Forest Talk : Dennis Potter

FreeminersCannop seams

Gawain : Pelleas and Ettarre by Alfred, Lord Tennyson  

Gerald of Wales : Forest of Dean

Giraldus Cambrenisis : Forest of Dean

GHOST! : Littledean Hall 

Gilpin, William : Observations of the River Wye by William Gilpin

GOLD! : Gold in the Forest of Dean

Goodrich : Giraldus Cambrensis

Guinevere: Mabinogion

Guinevere : Pelleas and Ettarre by Alfred, Lord Tennyson  

Guns Mills : Dean Road (the Roman Road)

Haines, John : Poet

harpers : John Byng - Rides Round Britain

Hart, Cyril : Forest Lodges and Walks

Harvey, F W  : Poet

Hatton, Eli: Last man to be hanged at Pingery Tump

Hentland : Christian Church of the Celts

Herbert Lodge : Forest Lodges and Walks  

Hereford : Observations of the River Wye by William Gilpin

Highfield : Dean Road (the Roman Road)

hobby horse : John Byng - Rides Round Britain

Holy Quest : Pelleas and Ettarre by Alfred, Lord Tennyson  

horses : Observations of the River Wye by William Gilpin

Hundred of St Briavels

Huntley : Mark Stones, Crosses and Ley lines

Huntley : William Cobbett's Rural Rides

Hwicci : key dates in Forest history - 577 A.D.

Iron Mines : Celtic Iron Mines

Iron ore : Devil's Chapel

Iron ore : Giraldus Cambrensis

Iron Ore : Wilderness Forest Trail

 Ironworks : The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Old Jolter 

Joys Green : Old Jolter Sayings 

King Arthur : Pelleas and Ettarre by Alfred, Lord Tennyson  

King Arthur's Cave

Knights of the Round Table : Pelleas and Ettarre by Alfred, Lord Tennyson  

Lancelot : Pelleas and Ettarre by Alfred, Lord Tennyson  

Language : Dennis Potter

Latimer Lodge : Forest Lodges and Walks

Lea Bailey : The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Ley Lines

Littledean : Dean Road (the Roman Road)

Littledean Hall : The poltergeist 

Logan Stones : Ley Lines

Long Stone : Ley Lines

Lydbrook : Observations of the River Wye by William Gilpin

Lydney : Dean Road (the Roman Road)

Lydney : The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Lydney : Temple, Celtic God ; Nodens, Romans 

Mabinogion : The Mabinogi and the Four Books of Wales

Mabinogion : The Mabinogion

Mabinogion : King Arthur and Guinevere

Maid Marian : John Byng - Rides Round Britain

May Hill : May Day, May Pole, Ley Lines

May Hill : Yarleton

Merring Meend Pools : Wilderness Forest Trail

Mersiche Brook : from Blackpennywall Well to Cannop Ponds

Mitcheldean : Dean Road (the Roman Road)

Mitcheldean : Pepys in the Forest

Monmouth : Christian Church of the Celts

Monnow : Christian Church of the Celts

Morris Dancers : John Byng - Rides Round Britain

Murder : Pingery Tump

Mustard Gas 

Newnham : Flaxley Abbey

Newnham : Pepys in the Forest

New Weir : Observations of the River Wye by William Gilpin

New Weir : Observations of the River Wye by William Gilpin

Nodens : Temple, Lydney 

Offa's Dyke

Old Red Sandstone : Gold in the Forest of Dean

Pagan : Christian Church of the Celts

Parkend : Dean Road (the Roman Road)

Pelleas : Pelleas and Ettarre by Alfred, Lord Tennyson  

Pepys : The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Pigs : St Dubricius, Celts

 Pingery Tump : also known as Pingry Tump and Pingary Tump

The Pludds : Old Jolter sayings 

 Poltergeist : Littledean Hall 

Poly-Olbion : Michael Drayton

Potter, Dennis : Berry Hill

Potter, Dennis : Language

Pyrke, Charles : Littledean Hall 

Queen Stone : Symond's Yat

Red Lion, Huntley ; William Cobbett's Rural Rides

Rocking Stones : Ley Lines

Romans : Celtic Iron Mines

Romans : Christian Church of the Celts

Romans : Temple, Lydney 

Ropehouse Ditch : Sallowvallets Inclosure

Rural Rides : William Cobbett

Saint Anthony's Well

Saint Briavels

Saint Briavels : Christian Church of the Celts

Saint Briavels Castle : John Byng - Rides Round Britain

Saint Dubricius

Saint Dubricius : Christian Church of the Celts

Saint Dyfrig : Christian Church of the Celts

Sallowvallets Inclosure : Ropehouse Ditch

Saxon : key dates in Forest history - 577 A.D.

Saxon : Earl Godwin

Scowles : Celtic Iron Mines

Scowles : Devil's Chapel

Soudley : Dean Road (the Roman Road)

Speech House : Forest Lodges and Walks

Speech House : Ley lines

Speech House : The Spruce Drive

Spruce Drive

Spruce Drive : Blackpool Brook

Spruce Drive:   Mustard Gas 

Spruce Drive : Photographs

Staunton : Buckstone

Symond's Yat : Ley lines

Symond's Yat : Offa's Dyke

Symond's Yat : Queen Stone

Temple

Temple, Lydney : Incubation Chambers 

Temple : Lydney, Dean Road (the Roman Road)

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord 

thane : Earl Godwin

Timber : The diary of Samuel Pepys

Tintern Abbey : William Wordsworth

Tramroads : Wilderness Forest Trail

Ulf : Earl Godwin

Ulfnoth : Earl Godwin

Vale of Castiard: Flaxley Valley

Vikings : Anglo-Saxon Chronicles

Viney Hill : Dean Road (the Roman Road)

Welsh Bicknor : Observations of the River Wye by William Gilpin

wharf : Observations of the River Wye by William Gilpin

Whitchurch : Observations of the River Wye by William Gilpin

White Stag  : Legend of the White Stag

White Stag    : Mabinogion

Whitsuntide : John Byng - Rides Round Britain

Wigpool : Wilderness Forest Trail

Wigpool Mine : Gold in the Forest of Dean

Wilderness : Forest Trail

Wilton Castle : Giraldus Cambrensis

Winter, Sir John : The Diary of Samuel Pepys

witenagemot : Earl Godwin

Worcester Lodge : Forest Lodges and Walks

Wordsworth : Tintern Abbey

Wye : Giraldus Cambrensis

Wye : Observations of the River Wye by William Gilpin

Yarleton: May Hill

York Lodge : Forest Lodges and Walks

Yorkley : Dean Road (the Roman Road)

Zurree! : Forest Talk

 

 

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