Map sources for Lydney at grid reference SO6303

Lydney is a small town and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. Image File history File links Dot4gb. ... Image File history File links Gb4dot. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ...

Location

It is located on the west bank of the River Severn, near the Forest of Dean, at grid reference SO634035. The town lies on the A48 road, next to the Lydney Park gardens, famous for its Roman temple in honour of Nodens. The Royal Mail postcode begins GL15. Severn redirects here. ... The (Royal) Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The A48 is a major trunk road in Britain. ... // Gardens Ruins A Roman settlement was built upon an earlier Iron Age settlement, and Scowles, which are open cast iron mines, and tunnels exist throughout the hill. ... A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. ... Principal sites in Roman Britain Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410. ... Nodens, or Nodons, was a Celtic deity worshipped in Britain. ... Royal Mails logo Royal Mail is the national postal service of the United Kingdom. ... UK and Australian postal codes are known as postcodes. ...

Transport

The Severn Railway Bridge crossed just north of Lydney from Sharpness on the Eastern bank. Built in the 1870s, it was damaged beyond repair in 1960. There have been several plans to renew the link, most recently in the late 1990s as a millennium project. The Severn Railway Bridge was a bridge in Gloucestershire that used to cross the tidal River Severn and went from Sharpness to Lydney. ... This article refers to the English port of Sharpness. ... // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

Lydney railway station, which serves the town, is located on the Gloucester to Newport Line. With connections from the town centre by the Dean Forest Railway Lydney railway station is a railway station on serving the town of Lydney in Gloucestershire. ... The Gloucester to Newport Line is a railway cutoff along the bank of the River Severn in the United Kingdom from Gloucester to Newport. ... The Dean Forest Railway is a 4. ...

Education

• Lydney Grammar School 1903-1973
• Whitecross School 1973-Present

Sport

The town is famous for Lydney Rugby Football Club (Rugby Union), based at Regentsholme and is considered to be the senior club in the Forest of Dean area[1]. The club enjoyed several successful runs in the John Player Cup during the 1980's, including a match against Sale F.C. which was televised on the BBC's Rugby Special. Lydney Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Lydney, Gloucestershire, England. ... A rugby union scrum. ... The Powergen Cup (centre) seen in the London Irish clubhouse at Sunbury in 2002. ... Official website www. ... Rugby Special is the main Rugby programme on the BBC in the UK. The show has been running since 1966 and past presenters have included David Vine, Keith Macklin, Cliff Morgan, Chris Rae, Nigel Starmer-Smith and Bill Beaumont. ...

Cricket is also popular within Lydney, with the local side running three teams in various leagues, as well as having an extremely popular social scene located within the club. [2]. Former Glamorgan Captain and England opening batsman Steve James began his career at the club. Lydney was also the first English club of England wicket keeper Geraint Jones. Steve James can refer to multiple people. ... Geraint Owen Jones MBE (b. ...

Lydney Town F.C. is based at the town's recreation ground. Lydney Town F.C. is a football club based in Lydney, England. ...

Lydney Hockey Club (Field Hockey) and Lyndean Netball Club play their home games at Whitecross School. A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world; it is the second most popular team sport after football (soccer)[]. Its official name and the one by which it is usually known is hockey [1][2...

Whitecross Leisure Centre [3] is located at Whitecross School

Lydney Golf Club is a nine hole course located off Lakeside Avenue. Plans are in place for the club to relocate to a new site on the opposite side of the Lydney Bypass. [4]

Lydney Twonkers Scrabble Club play their home games at the town's library. The Twonkers were Western Area Scrabble League champions in 2001 and 2005 and were twice runners-up in the National Scrabble Club Knockout Tournament in 1999 and 2003. Scrabble is a popular word game and board game in which 2-4 players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a 15×15 game board. ...

Tourism

• Norchard railway station is the home of the Dean Forest Railway [5]
• The Forest of Dean Model Village [6] is located just outside Lydney.

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Organisations

• 614 (Lydney) Squadron Air Training Corp

Notable people

• Herbert Howells - Composer
• Steve James (cricketer) - Former England International Cricketer and Captain of Glamorgan CCC

Herbert Norman Howells CH (17 October 1892 – 23 February 1983) was an English composer, organist, and teacher. ... Stephen Peter James (born 7 September 1967, Lydney, Gloucestershire) is a former English cricketer who played two Tests for England in 1998, making 71 runs in four innings. ...

History

• Iron Age promontory fort established at Lydney Park.
• Early Roman period - The fort is used for iron ore mining
• Late Roman period - A temple to Nodens is built on the site of the fort.
• 1588 - Vice-Admiral of England Sir William Wintour was granted the manor of Lydney in recognition of his services against the Spanish Armada. [7]
• 1723 - The Wintour family sold their Lydney estate to the Bathurst family [8]
• In 1810, docks were constructed to capitalise on the town's location, close to the River Severn. The Lyd flows through the town and into the Severn.
• 1935 - The title of Viscount Bledisloe of Lydney was created and awarded to Charles Bathurst upon his retirement as Governor-General of New Zealand
• August 31st 1962 - The Beatles play Lydney Town Hall [9]

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External links

• Information from the Royal Forest of Dean website.
• Lydney RFC - Official Site
• Lydney Cricket Club - Official Site
• Lydney Hockey Club - Official Site
• Lydney Grammar School - History Site
• Whitecross School - Official Site
• Dean Forest Railway
• Forest of Dean Model Village
• Whitecross Leisure Centre
• 614 (Lydney) Squadron ATC

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