Forest of Dean and Amateur Radio

Littledean Hill, Forest of Dean, looking north over the River Severn towards the city of Gloucester.
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Bream Village

The Village of Bream is located between the market town of Coleford and Lydney in the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean in the County of Gloucestershire, between the River Severn to the East and the River Wye to the West, 20 miles from the city of Gloucester to the north east, 25 miles from the City of Bristol to the SSE, 7 miles from the town of Monmouth to the NW, 12 miles from Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire to the N and 12 miles from Chepstow in Monmouthshire to the SSW. Co-ordinates Lat 51.44 N Long 002.34 W - Locator IO81QS

Bream is one of the largest villages in the Forest of Dean District with a population of 2600 in January 2000, as of 2008, however, the population has grown to over 3,000. 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

Bream has a multitude of shops and services including a fish and chips shop and take away, a Chinese takeaway, convenience store, funeral director, motoring parts shop, Insurance agents, florist, hairdressing and beauty salon, pet grooming salon, post office, two public houses, two mechanic garages, a farm and pet supplies store, a small arts and crafts store, library, community centre / village hall, Church of England primary school, butchers shop, newsagents, pharmacy, car sales and filling station, stonemason and a furniture shop. Bream also has a rugby union team with rugby pitches and members bar and a local Cricket club, also with pitches and members bar.

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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, archdeanconry 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.

There 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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