Brockhollands

Brockhollands
Fields at Brockhollands
Brockhollands Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference	SO616054
District	Forest of Dean
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Forest of Dean
List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51°44′47″N2°33′26″W / 51.7465°N 2.5573°W / 51.7465; -2.5573

Brockhollands is a hamlet located in the Forest of Dean. It lies between the village of Bream and the town of Lydney in Gloucestershire. It is an obscure and small area with around 30 houses and is relatively unknown even in the local area. With its only attributes being the local sheep farm, it rarely sees any tourism but is frequently driven through by those going up to Bream.

History

Brockhollands has been proposed as the possible location of the "Pwll Brochwel", the supposed location that the Saxon army retreated to after the battle against Tewdrig and Meurig at Rhyd Tintern in the sixth century.

A farmhouse was recorded from 1578 at Brockhollands. ^[1] The hamlet of Brockhollands formed in the 19th century north-west of the ancient farmstead. ^[2] There was mining in the area, and in the early 1930s a miners' welfare committee built a small hall at Brockhollands. ^[3]

References

1. Newland, Victoria County History
2. Forest of Dean: Settlement, Victoria County History
3. Forest of Dean: Social life, Victoria County History

External links

Media related to Brockhollands at Wikimedia Commons