Mitcheldean

An old house at the foot of the Plump Hill, near Mitcheldean, called "the Judges 'Lodgings," because they made it their resting-place as they passed that way, seems confirmatory of the above suggestion.

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Of the deeper workings, one of the most extensive occurs on the Lining Wood Hill above Mitcheldean, and is well worth exploring.

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At the commencement of his career Mr. Berkin was repeatedly remonstrated with by respectable gentlemen who knew the locality better than himself, upon his venturing amongst the Foresters alone, assuring him that it was not safe, since, a very short time before he came to Mitcheldean, two

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Shortly afterwards, the serjeant of the military, called out on this occasion, was desperately bruised by a stone thrown at him by some desperadoes as he was riding near Mitcheldean, and, on a subsequent

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One high road, nearly identical with the present line between Monmouth and Mitcheldean, seems to have sufficed for the neighbourhood during at least 200 years.

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Mrs. Vergo was often sent to Ross and Mitcheldean to buy materials to make garments for the poor.

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Mitcheldean, which he had built mainly at his own expense, although he was afterwards assisted by his private friends, and in particular by a liberal donation from the Duke of Beaufort, and eventually by a grant of

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Mitcheldean, and proceeds quite across the Forest to Coleford, the other leads from Little Dean to Coleford.

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There are five very large beech-trees growing about two miles from Coleford on the road to Mitcheldean, and others likewise, almost as large, on the Blaize Bailey, besides several more near Danby Lodge; but the finest of all the beeches in the Forest is near the entrance to Whitemead Park, near York Lodge, measuring 17 feet at 6 feet from the ground.

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Closely resembling the above efforts were those made on the north-east side of the Forest by the Rev.H. Berkin, which he commenced about the year 1809, when curate of Mitcheldean.

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