{"id":210,"date":"2014-12-10T13:57:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T13:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpaulevans.net\/fodfhtnew\/ruardean\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:26:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T13:26:55","slug":"ruardean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/about-the-forest\/kelly-s-directory-1879\/ruardean\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruardean"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUARDEAN\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>is a village and parish, 6 miles south from Ross, 9 north-east from Monmouth, 6 north-east from Coleford station on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester railway, 2\u00bd from Kerne Bridge and 119 from London, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Saint Briavels, county court district and union of Ross, rural deanery of South Forest, archdeaconry of Gloucester and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, situated on the Herefordshire border and bounded on the west by the river Wye.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The church of St. John, built 1111, is a stone structure, having nave, south aisle, tower and spire and 6 bells.\u00a0\u00a0The register dates from the year 1540.\u00a0\u00a0The living is a rectory, yearly value \u00a3235 and 3 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol and held by the Rev. William Penfold, M.A. of Lincoln College, Oxford.\u00a0\u00a0There is a Congregational chapel here, also one for Bible Christians.\u00a0\u00a0There are charities of \u00a314 in this parish.\u00a0\u00a0Colonel John Vaughan is lord of the manor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The principal landowners are Captain K.M. Power, Mr. Thomas Terrett, Mrs. Robins and Mr. Thomas Thompson.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The soil is sandy; subsoil red sandstone.\u00a0\u00a0The chief crops are wheat and barley.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The acreage is 1,500; rateable value \u00a33,750 10s.; the population in 1871 was 1,090<\/span><\/p>\n

Parish Clerk<\/span><\/i>\u00a0John Harper<\/span><\/p>\n

POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank.\u2014John Charles Lewis, receiver.\u00a0\u00a0Letters from Micheldean (Railway sub-office) are delivered at 7 a.m.; dispatched at 6.35 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

National School,<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Allen Ballinger, master; Miss Sarah Ann Dutheridge, mistress<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Penfold Rev. William, M.A. [rector]<\/span><\/p>\n

Terrett Mrs<\/span><\/p>\n

Winnall John<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Bennett Joseph & Richard, builders, joiners & undertakers<\/span><\/p>\n

Bennett Hester (Mrs.),\u00a0Malt Shovel<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Bennett Joseph, grocer & provision factor<\/span><\/p>\n

Evans James,\u00a0Bell<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Gagg John Graham, farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

George John farmer & butcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Horlick Peter, saddler<\/span><\/p>\n

Houdley Francis, blacksmith<\/span><\/p>\n

Ireland John, shoe maker<\/span><\/p>\n

Lewis James, farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Lewis John Charles, grocer & draper<\/span><\/p>\n

Little William,\u00a0New\u00a0\u00a0inn<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Mason John, mason<\/span><\/p>\n

Matthews James, butcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Pewtner William, shoe maker<\/span><\/p>\n

Philpots John, farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Philpots Richard, farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Pike John, grocer & draper<\/span><\/p>\n

Robins Elizabeth (Mrs.), maltster & landowner<\/span><\/p>\n

Smith Geo. Hawker, Angel, & cattle dealer<\/span><\/p>\n

Terrett Thomas, farmer & landowner<\/span><\/p>\n

Thompson Thomas, farmer & landowner<\/span><\/p>\n

Vaughan Edwin, farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Vaughan Milsom, farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Wilce George, haulier<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RUARDEAN\u00a0is a village and parish, 6 miles south from Ross, 9 north-east from Monmouth, 6 north-east from Coleford station on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester railway, 2\u00bd from Kerne Bridge and 119 from London, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Saint Briavels, county court district and union of Ross, rural deanery of…<\/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-210","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210","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=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53183,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210\/revisions\/53183"}],"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=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}