Location within the British Isles

Cinderford is a small town in Gloucestershire, England, with a population of 8,116 people (2001 census). The town lies on the eastern fringe of the Forest of Dean. The town only came into existance in the 19th Century, due to the rapid expansions of the coal mines. There is a visual clue to Cinderford's origins in that the style and layout of the town (long rows of identical terrace housing) is very similar to many of the Welsh Valley towns that also grew up on the back of coal mining. When the mines closed in the 1950s, Cinderford suffered worse than Coleford, the other main town of the Forest, because it had very little industry, other than the mines, on which to fall back on. Today Cinderford has some light and heavy industry, but generally the town is not doing as well economically as the older towns in the west of the Forest, and unemployment in the town is quite high. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced [ ˈglɒstəʃəʳ]; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a ceremonial and administrative county in southwest England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The (Royal) Forest of Dean is a region in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the mining of coal. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning... There are a number of settlements named Coleford: In England: Coleford, Devon Coleford, Gloucestershire Coleford, Somerset This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Famous people from Cinderford

• Jimmy Young