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Towns in Gloucestershire
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A48 road

The A48 is a trunk road in Great Britain running from the A40 at Highnam, west of Gloucester, England, to the A40 at Carmarthen, Wales.

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Air Training Corps

The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a British volunteer youth organisation; aligned to, and fostering the knowledge and learning of military values, primarily focusing on military aviation.

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Anglo-Welsh Cup

The Anglo-Welsh Cup, was a cross-border rugby union knock-out cup competition that featured the 12 Premiership Rugby clubs and the four Welsh regions.

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BBC Radio Gloucestershire

BBC Radio Gloucestershire is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Gloucestershire.

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BBC West

BBC West is one of the BBC's English Regions serving Bristol, the majority of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire; northern and eastern Somerset and northeastern Dorset.

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Bishop of St Albans

The Bishop of St Albans is the Ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of St Albans in the Province of Canterbury.

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Bracknell

Bracknell is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, the westernmost area within the Greater London Urban Area and the administrative centre of the borough of Bracknell Forest.

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Bréhal

Bréhal is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France.

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British brass band

In Britain, a brass band (known regionally as a silver band or colliery band) is a musical ensemble comprising a standardized range of brass and percussion instruments.

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The British Iron Age is a conventional name used in the archaeology of Great Britain, referring to the prehistoric and protohistoric phases of the Iron Age culture of the main island and the smaller islands, typically excluding prehistoric Ireland, which had an independent Iron Age culture of its own.

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British shadow factories

British shadow factories were the outcome of the Shadow Scheme, a plan devised in 1935 and developed by the British government in the buildup to World War II to try to meet the urgent need for more aircraft using technology transfer from the motor industry to implement additional manufacturing capacity.

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Bypass (road)

A bypass is a road or highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, to improve road safety and as replacement for obsolete roads that no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, volcanic eruptions).

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Camphill Movement

The Camphill Movement is an initiative for social change based on the principles of anthroposophy.

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Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe

Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, (21 September 1867 – 3 July 1958) was a British Conservative politician and colonial governor.

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Christopher Herbert

Christopher William Herbert (born 7 January 1944) is a British Anglican bishop.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Dean Forest Railway

The Dean Forest Railway is a long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Lydney and Dean Forest Railway are Forest of Dean.

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Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.

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Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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England cricket team

The England men's cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.

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Entomology

Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology.

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F. W. Harvey

Frederick William Harvey DCM (26 March 1888 – 13 February 1957), often known as Will Harvey, was an English poet, broadcaster and solicitor.

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Field hockey

Field hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper.

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Forensic science

Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science principles and methods to support legal decision-making in matters of criminal and civil law.

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Forest of Dean

The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England.

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Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency)

Forest of Dean is a constituency in Gloucestershire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 UK General Election by Matt Bishop, a Labour MP. Lydney and Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency) are Forest of Dean.

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Forest of Dean District

Forest of Dean is a local government district in west Gloucestershire, England, named after the Forest of Dean. Lydney and Forest of Dean District are Forest of Dean.

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Geraint Jones

Geraint Owen Jones (born 14 July 1976) is a former cricketer who played for both England and Papua New Guinea.

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Gloucester

Gloucester is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Lydney and Gloucester are Populated places on the River Severn, towns in Gloucestershire and towns of the Welsh Marches.

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Gloucester–Newport line

The Gloucester–Newport line is a railway line that runs along the west bank of the River Severn in the United Kingdom between Gloucester and Newport.

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Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (abbreviated Glos.) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Gloucestershire Northern Senior League

The Gloucestershire Northern Senior League is a football competition based in England founded in 1922.

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Governor-General of New Zealand

The governor-general of New Zealand (Te kāwana tianara o Aotearoa) is the representative of the monarch of New Zealand, currently King Charles III.

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Greatest Hits Radio South West

Greatest Hits Radio South West is a regional radio station serving the South West of England, as part of Bauer's Greatest Hits Radio network.

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Heart West

Heart West is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Heart network.

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The Hellenic Football League, currently known as the uhlsport Hellenic Football League for sponsorship reasons, is an English men's football league covering an area including the English counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, southern Herefordshire, southern Warwickshire, northern Wiltshire and southern Worcestershire.

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Herbert Howells

Herbert Norman Howells (17 October 1892 – 23 February 1983) was an English composer, organist, and teacher, most famous for his large output of Anglican church music.

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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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ITV West Country

ITV West Country is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the South West England franchise area on the ITV network.

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John Winter (Royalist)

Sir John Winter also spelt Wintour and Wyntour (about 1600–1676) was an English ironmaster and landowner at Lydney in Gloucestershire, who was an ardent supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War.

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Keith Simpson (pathologist)

Cedric Keith Simpson (20 July 1907 – 21 July 1985) was an English forensic pathologist.

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Lisa Rogers

Lisa Rogers (born 7 September 1971) is a Welsh television presenter.

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Lludd Llaw Eraint

Lludd Llaw Ereint, "Lludd of the Silver Hand", son of Beli Mawr, is a legendary hero from Welsh mythology.

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Lydney Canal

The Lydney Canal is a one-mile canal in Gloucestershire that runs inland from the River Severn to Lydney.

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Lydney Park

Lydney Park is a 17th-century country estate surrounding Lydney House, located at Lydney in the Forest of Dean district in Gloucestershire, England.

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Lydney power station

The Lydney power station supplied electricity to of West Gloucestershire, England from 1923 until 1967.

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Lydney railway station

Lydney railway station is a railway station serving the town of Lydney in Gloucestershire, England.

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Lydney RFC

Lydney Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Lydney, Gloucestershire.

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Lydney Town A.F.C.

Lydney Town A.F.C. are a football club based in Lydney, Gloucestershire, England.

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Lydney Town Hall

Lydney Town Hall is a municipal structure in the High Street, Lydney, Gloucestershire, England.

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Maggot

A maggot is the larva of a fly (order Diptera); it is applied in particular to the larvae of Brachycera flies, such as houseflies, cheese flies, and blowflies, rather than larvae of the Nematocera, such as mosquitoes and crane flies.

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Martin Kemp

Martin John Kemp (born 10 October 1961) is an English musician and actor, best known as the bassist in the new wave band Spandau Ballet and for his role as Steve Owen in EastEnders.

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Mendip transmitting station

The Mendip transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility on the summit of Pen Hill, part of the Mendip Hills range in Somerset, England, at above sea level.

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Netball

Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players.

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Nodens

*Nodens or *Nodons (reconstructed from the dative Nodenti or Nodonti) is a Celtic healing god worshipped in Ancient Britain.

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Norchard railway station

Norchard is a railway station on the Dean Forest Railway, near Lydney in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.

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A promontory fort is a defensive structure located above a steep cliff, often only connected to the mainland by a small neck of land, thus using the topography to reduce the ramparts needed.

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Purton, Lydney

Purton is a hamlet on the west bank of the River Severn, in the civil parish of Lydney in Gloucestershire, England. Lydney and Purton, Lydney are Forest of Dean.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren), at long, is the longest river in Great Britain.

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Roman Britain

Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain.

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Roman temple

Ancient Roman temples were among the most important buildings in Roman culture, and some of the richest buildings in Roman architecture, though only a few survive in any sort of complete state.

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Romano-British culture

The Romano-British culture arose in Britain under the Roman Empire following the Roman conquest in AD 43 and the creation of the province of Britannia.

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Rugby Special

Rugby Special was the main rugby union programme on the BBC in the UK.

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Rugby union

Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Sale Sharks

Sale Sharks is a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England.

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Scrabble

Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares.

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Sea cadets

Sea cadets are members of a cadets youth program sponsored by a national naval service, aimed for young people with an interest in waterborne activities and or the national navy.

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Severn Railway Bridge

The Severn Railway Bridge (historically called the Severn Bridge) was a bridge carrying the railway across the River Severn between Sharpness and Lydney in Gloucestershire, England.

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Sharpness

Sharpness is an English port in Gloucestershire, one of the most inland in Britain, and eighth largest in the South West England region. Lydney and Sharpness are Populated places on the River Severn.

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Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada (often known as Invincible Armada, or the Enterprise of England, lit) was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat without previous naval experience appointed by Philip II of Spain.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydney

Also known as Lydney, England, Lydney, Gloucestershire.

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See also

Towns in Gloucestershire

Towns of the Welsh Marches

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