Mile End, Gloucestershire

Mile End is a small village in the English county of Gloucestershire. It belongs to the civil parish of Coleford, which is also its post town. Mile End is 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Coleford. The village lies at the western edge of the Forest of Dean. The village merges with the village of Broadwell to the south.

Mile End

Mile End and the Royal Forest Inn
Mile End
Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid referenceSO587118
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townColeford
Postcode districtGL16
Dialling code01594
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western

History

Mile End is situated on the road leading northeast out of Coleford. The road between Mile End and Poolgreen was known in 1317 as the Derkesty (later Dark Stile).[1] It was an important route from Mitcheldean, and in the later 17th century traffic between Gloucester and South Wales used this route.[1]

Five cottages were built on Crown land on the Five Acres road at Mile End in 1787.[2] The inn originally known as the Royal Forester opened by the mid 1870s.[3] The Primitive Methodists built a chapel, Mount Hermon, at Mile End in 1904.[4] West Dean district council created a cemetery at Mile End for an area covering Milkwall, Berry Hill, and Lydbrook in 1967.[5]

References
  1. Coleford, Victoria County History
  2. Forest of Dean: Settlement, Victoria County History
  3. Forest of Dean: Social life, Victoria County History
  4. Forest of Dean: Protestant nonconformity, Victoria County History
  5. Forest of Dean: Local government and public services, Victoria County History

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