Lydney, Gloucestershire

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Lydney is a town in Gloucestershire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Lydney within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Lydney in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Lydney, par. and township with ry. sta., Gloucestershire, in Dean Forest, 8 miles NE. of Chepstow - par., 7105 ac. (61 water), 821 tidal water, and 1922 foreshore, pop. 3194; township, 5199 ac. (42 water), 582 tidal water, and 1197 foreshore, pop. 2545; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 2 newspapers; has iron and tinplate works; in vicinity of sta. is Lydney Park, seat.

Lydney in the Domesday Book

A village in Lydney hundred, in the county of Gloucestershire.

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