In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Littledean like this:
DEAN (Little), a village and a parish in Westbury-on-Severn district, Gloucester. The village stands on the east verge of Dean Forest, near the South Wales railway, 2 miles NW of Newnham; has a post office under Newnham, a curious ancient cross, and fairs on Whit-Monday and 26 Nov.; and was once a market-town. ...
The parish comprises 510 acres. Real property, £2, 320. Pop., 887. Houses, 165. The property is much subdivided. Coal and iron ore are worked. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £200.* Patrons, the Corporation of Gloucester. The church is later English. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £25.
Littledean through time
Littledean is now part of Forest of Dean district. Click here for graphs and data of how Forest of Dean has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Littledean itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Littledean, in Forest of Dean and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10949
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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