Steam Mills Explained
| Official Name: | Steam Mills |
| Coordinates: | 51.839°N -2.512°W |
| Static Image Name: | Phone box at Steam Mills - geograph.org.uk - 728192.jpg |
| Region: | South West England |
| Country: | England |
| Os Grid Reference: | SO647157 |
Steam Mills is a village in the Forest of Dean, west Gloucestershire, England.
During the 18th and 19th centuries there were local coal mines and a steam-powered mill, which lead to the name of the village.[1] An engineering works was established in the 1880s to support the mining.[2]
Today the village has an industrial park for businesses (including Freeminers Brewery, named after the Forest of Dean custom of free-mining[3]), a petrol filling station and a carpet shop.
The village is home to Steam Mills Primary School[4] designed by architect Alfred Smith.
The lake is used for angling with Carp, Bream and Brown Trout being caught.[5]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Hoyle, J. P. (1993). Land at Steam Mills, Cinderford, Gloucestershire: A Preliminary Archaeological Assessment. . Archaeology Data Service . 29 August 2020 . 29 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200829092729/https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/issue.xhtml?recordId=1049345&recordType=GreyLit . live .
- Web site: Forest of Dean: Industry Pages 326-354 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5, Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, the Forest of Dean. . British History Online . Victoria County History . 29 August 2020 . 27 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200827143834/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol5/pp326-354 . live .
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080914205126/http://website.lineone.net/~freeminer.brewery/ Freeminers Brewery (containing other local links)
- http://www.fweb.org.uk/Dean/education/stmills.htm Steam Mills Primary
- Web site: Steam Mills Lake . Royal Forest of Dean Angling Club . 29 August 2020 . 29 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200829092729/https://rfodac.com/steam-mills-lake/ . live .
