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]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15352 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15352 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:34:27 +0000 GeneralItman Autobiographies from Gloucestershire/Forest of Dean (reply) Wishing you all best for reading the books.
HB

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15269 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15269 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:51:29 +0000 Generalrookancestrybest Good Book on the history of the Forest of Dean (reply) "Coleford, The History of a West Gloucestershire Forest Town by Cyril Hart
ISBN O 86299 091 2 Published by Alan Sutton 1983
Not sure if it is still in print or available on Ebay?"

Again, I got my copy from eBAY, but I can honestly say, I've only seen it listed, once. So don't hold your breath!

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15213 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15213 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:58:08 +0000 Generalllangrove Good Book on the history of the Forest of Dean (reply) check out new site I found on British local history
www.britishlocalhistory.com
got lots of historical books.

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15212 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15212 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:28:49 +0000 GeneralItman Good Book on the history of the Forest of Dean (reply) How about the best book of all:

Coleford, The History of a West Gloucestershire Forest Town by Cyril Hart

ISBN O 86299 091 2 Published by Alan Sutton 1983

Not sure if it is still in print or available on Ebay?

Or his many other books on forest history, especially concerning the free miners are very interesting.

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15206 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15206 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:05:45 +0000 Generalanthonyworgan Autobiographies from Gloucestershire/Forest of Dean (reply) Re: "Winifred Foley - A Child In The Forest
Laurie Lee - Cider With Rosie. "

I got both books from eBAY!

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15200 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15200 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:12:56 +0000 Generalllangrove Autobiographies from Gloucestershire/Forest of Dean (reply) Thank you very much. I will look for both books.
Ellie

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15198 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15198 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:17:23 +0000 Generalellieperry Autobiographies from Gloucestershire/Forest of Dean (reply) If you would like to read some autobigraphical novels about the area these, no doubt familiar to British people but perhaps not to someone in the USA, are well worth reading as they give a good picture of the people, the customs, culture and their dialect -
Winifred Foley - A Child In The Forest -1st published in 1974. Though written about a childhood after World War I, much of it is about the area and gives a good view of the people of the Forest of Dean, particularly the mining community. (She was born in 1914)
Laurie Lee - Cider With Rosie. Laurie Lee was brought up in Gloucestershire and attended Slad village school before leaving home and going to Spain (around the time of the Spanish Civil War). (His childhood would be around the same time as Winifred Foley's). This is a very well known book in Britain and is, or at least used to be for several years, a set text for 14-16 year olds in schools.

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15194 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15194 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:22:18 +0000 Generalrookancestrybest Forest of Dean History Books - Useful Links (reply) Thank you. I'll check it out.
Ellie

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15186 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15186 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:19:27 +0000 Generalellieperry Forest of Dean History Books - Useful Links (reply) Forest of Dean Family History - eBooks
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/?eBooks

Historical Articles
http://www.http://www.forest-of-dean.net/joomla/resources/historical-articles

A History of the County of Gloucester:
Volume 5 - Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=97

Forest of Dean Books
http://www.lightmoor.co.uk/forest_of_dean.htm

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15180 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15180 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:20:19 +0000 Generaladmin Good Book on the history of the Forest of Dean (reply) One good book I've recently read on the Forest of Dean - especially if you're interested in the surname KEAR - is BERMUDA DICK (written by Averil Kear). It's the story of six Forest men transported to Bermuda, after a particularly horrific rape in the Oldcroft, Viney Hill area of the Forest during 1851.

The book (ISBN 1 899889 08 6) is reviewed on this website under Forest of Dean Resources / Books.

I'm also researching the MADDOX families in the forest, and would be interested in your connection.

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15171 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15171 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:27:13 +0000 GeneralTony S Good Book on the history of the Forest of Dean Hi,
My name is Ellie Perry and I live in Seattle, Washington USA. I am tracing my ancestors back to the Forest of Dean. I was hoping someone could suggest a good
book on the history of the Forest of Dean I could pick-up in the states. So far, I am finding connections to the surnames : ASTON,AMBREY,THOMAS,FOX,JONES,BOURNE,KEAR,MADDOX and SMITH.
Thank you.

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15170 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15170 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:29:48 +0000 Generalellieperry