{"id":178,"date":"2014-12-10T13:38:52","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T13:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpaulevans.net\/fodfhtnew\/bream\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T06:23:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T05:23:01","slug":"bream","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/about-the-forest\/kelly-s-directory-1879\/bream\/","title":{"rendered":"Bream"},"content":{"rendered":"

BREAM<\/strong> is a village and tithing in the civil parish of Newland, and in 1854 was formed into an ecclesiastical parish from the mother parish of Newland and West Dean township: it is 4 miles north-west from Lydney station on the South Wales railway, 4\u00bd miles south-east from Coleford, 8 mies south-east from Monmouth and 15 south from Ross, in the Western division of the county, hundred of St. Briavels, and union and county court district of Monmouth, rural deanery of South Forest, archdeaconry of Gloucester and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol.<\/span><\/p>\n

The church of St. James was partially rebuilt in 1861, and consists of chancel, nave and north aisle, with organ and 1 bell.\u00a0\u00a0The register dates from the year 1680.\u00a0\u00a0The living is a vicarage, yearly value \u00a3300, with residence, in the gift of the bishop of the diocese, and held by the Rev. John Frederick Gosling, M.A. of Balliol College Oxford.\u00a0\u00a0There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

South of the village are some very interesting ancient Roman mines, called Scowles, one part being known as the Devil\u2019s Chapel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Crown is lord of the manor and owns all the land.\u00a0\u00a0The soil is light gravelly; subsoil, sandstone, limestone and iron ore.\u00a0\u00a0The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats.\u00a0\u00a0The population of the tithing in 1871 was 907; and of the rest of the parish 1.519, making a total of 2,426<\/span><\/p>\n

Parish Clerk,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Thomas Batten.<\/span><\/p>\n

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POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank. \u2013 Richard Tilsley Heighway, postmaster.\u00a0\u00a0Letters are received through Lydney, arrive at 7.10 a.m. & 1 p.m.; dispatched at 3.30 p.m. & 6.15 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I<\/span>NSURANCE AGENT. \u2013\u00a0Staffordshire Fire<\/i>, E Thomas<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are National schools for boys and girls, built in 1862, for about 300: Mr. H. Poole, master; Miss Mann, girls\u2019 mistress; Miss Durnell, infants\u2019 mistress.<\/span><\/p>\n

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RESIDENTS<\/span><\/p>\n

Bradshaw Rev. George Dixon M.A. [curate]<\/span><\/p>\n

Gosling Rev. John Frederick, M.A. Vicarage<\/span><\/p>\n

COMMERCIAL<\/span><\/p>\n

Ames James, blacksmith<\/span><\/p>\n

Ames Thomas, grocer<\/span><\/p>\n

Batten Thomas, shoe maker<\/span><\/p>\n

Billy Thomas, beer retailer<\/span><\/p>\n

Bream Grove Iron Ore Co.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Richard Watkins, manager)<\/span><\/p>\n

Ebbw Vale Coal Co.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Oakwood valley<\/span><\/p>\n

Heighway Richard Tilsley, grocer, linen draper & postmaster<\/span><\/p>\n

Flour Mill Colliery\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Arthur James Price, proprietor; William Griffiths, Manager), Oakwood valley<\/span><\/p>\n

Hewlett George, grocer & linen draper<\/span><\/p>\n

Hewlett Jane (Mrs.),\u00a0New Inn<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Hewlett Rachel (Mrs.), farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Hewlett Thomas, farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

James Wm. Mine agent, Blisters house<\/span><\/p>\n

Jenkins Samuel, colliery proprietor, Knockley Tump<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones Charles, wheelwright<\/span><\/p>\n

Morgan Edward, plumber & glazier<\/span><\/p>\n

Morse James, farmer & grocer<\/span><\/p>\n

Morse Thomas,\u00a0Rising Sun<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Price Charles, butcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Princess Royal Colliery Co.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(William Griffith, manager)<\/span><\/p>\n

Shingles John, iron ore merchant<\/span><\/p>\n

Smith George, stone mer. Woodlands<\/span><\/p>\n

Smith Richard,\u00a0Swan<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Smith William, grocer & butcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Watkins Ellen (Mrs.), grocer<\/span><\/p>\n

Watkins Richard, colliery manager<\/span><\/p>\n

Wilden George Hathaway, butcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Wilden Richard, beer retailer<\/span><\/p>\n

Williams Joseph, stone merchant, Knockley quarries<\/span><\/p>\n

Wintour George,\u00a0Cross Keys<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BREAM is a village and tithing in the civil parish of Newland, and in 1854 was formed into an ecclesiastical parish from the mother parish of Newland and West Dean township: it is 4 miles north-west from Lydney station on the South Wales railway, 4\u00bd miles south-east from Coleford, 8 mies south-east from Monmouth and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":241,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2031,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178\/revisions\/2031"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}