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51°45′08″N2°30′38″W / 51.7523°N 2.5106°W / 51.7523; -2.5106 Coordinates: 51°45′08″N2°30′38″W / 51.7523°N 2.5106°W / 51.7523; -2.5106

Oldcroft is a hamlet in Gloucestershire, England. The village of Yorkley is to the northwest, and the hamlet of Viney Hill is to the northeast.

Gloucestershire County of England

Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean.

Yorkley village in United Kingdom

Yorkley is a village in west Gloucestershire, England. The village includes the settlement of Yorkley Slade to the east. Yorkley is situated between the villages of Pillowell and Oldcroft.

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History

Oldcroft is situated near the "Dean road", a medieval route that ran between Lydney and Mitcheldean. [1] In the 17th century there were cabin dwellings in Oldcroft. [2] Much of the early settlement was by squatters, and in 1782 there were thirteen cottages recorded at Deadman's Cross in Oldcroft. [2] In 1834 Oldcroft contained around thirty-five scattered cottages. [2] In the later 20th century several cottages were enlarged and some large houses were built, especially on the south-east side of the hamlet. [2] There was once a pub in Oldcroft called the Loyal Forester – it closed before 1893. [2]

Lydney town in Gloucestershire, UK

Lydney is a small town and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is on the west bank of the River Severn, in the Forest of Dean and is 16 miles southwest of Gloucester as the crow flies. The town has been bypassed since 1995 by the A48 road. The population was about 8,960 in the 2001 census, reducing to 8,766 at the 2011 census.

Mitcheldean town

Mitcheldean is a small town in the east of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England.

The Primitive Methodists opened a chapel at Oldcroft in 1876. [3] It closed, following storm damage, in 1929. [3] It was later reopened as an independent church, but closed in the early 1960s, and from 1975 until 1991 the building was an electrical engineer's workshop. [3] In 1958 the Assemblies of God also had a chapel at Oldcroft, demolished by 1975. [3]

Assemblies of God autonomous but loosely associated national groupings of churches

The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination. With over 397,000 ministers and outstations in over 256 countries and territories serving approximately 69.1 million adherents worldwide, it is the fourth largest international Christian group of denominations and the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world.

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References

  1. ↑ Forest of Dean: Introduction, Victoria County History
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Forest of Dean: Settlement, Victoria County History
  3. 1 2 3 4 Forest of Dean: Protestant nonconformity, Victoria County History

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