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|shire_county =            [[Gloucestershire]]
|region=            South West England
|country=           England
|constituency_westminster=      [[Forest of Dean]]
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'''Milkwall''' is a village in the [[Forest of Dean]] in [[Gloucestershire]], England.  It lies between the village of [[Sling, Gloucestershire|Sling]] to the south, and the town of [[Coleford, Gloucestershire|Coleford]] to the north. Milkwall, strictly speaking, lies South of Station Rd in the parish of West Dean, whereas Tufthorn is North of Station Rd in the parish of Coleford.
Near Milkwall is [[Perrygrove Railway]] &ndash; a private heritage railway, and [[Puzzlewood]] &ndash; an ancient woodland site.
==History==
There was at least one dwelling at Milkwall, situated on the Forest boundary in 1628.<ref name="vch-co">[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23255 Coleford], Victoria County History</ref> The earliest houses at Milkwall were within the parish of Coleford with just a few houses on the extraparochial [[Crown land]].<ref name="vch-st">[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23266 Forest of Dean: Settlement], Victoria County History</ref>
There was some mining in the 17th century when a [[Drift mining|drift mine]] was being worked at Milkwall. Mining for [[iron ore]] was taking place in the 1820s when [[Edward Protheroe]] opened up ore mines near Milkwall. In the mid-1860s, Easter, a deep mine at Milkwall, employed around 50 men and boys.<ref name="vch-in">[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23267 Forest of Dean: Industry], Victoria County History</ref>
An early tramroad to serve the mines, was built by the [[Severn and Wye Railway|Severn & Wye]] tramroad company to connect to their junction at [[Parkend]]. In 1875, the Severn & Wye constructed a railway to Coleford. It left the main line at Parkend and in places shadowed the Milkwall branch tramroad. A station was provided at Milkwall for this branch line.<ref name="vch-in"/>
The production of [[Lime (material)|lime]], which during the 19th century was used as [[Flux (metallurgy)|flux]] in local ironworks as well as for farming and building, also took place in Milkwall. There were engineering works at Milkwall belonging in 1889 to Tom Morgan which continued casting metals after [[World War I]].<ref name="vch-in"/> A colour ([[pigment]]) factory was started at Milkwall in 1926 &ndash; it employed 7 people in 1965, when in addition to processing oxides mined elsewhere it ground coal for use in the paper and fibreboard industries and in drills.<ref name="vch-in"/>
A [[beerhouse]] (later to become the Tufthorn inn) opened at Milkwall by the late-1870s.<ref name="vch-sl">[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23270 Forest of Dean: Social life], Victoria County History</ref> A wooden village hall was built after World War I and a recreation ground was laid out in the mid-1930s.<ref name="vch-sl"/> An [[association football]] club had its own ground by the later 1950s.<ref name="vch-sl"/> A social club built at Milkwall by 1959 was later enlarged.<ref name="vch-sl"/>
==References==
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== External links ==
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* [https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3686935 photos of Milkwall and surrounding area on geograph]
* [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7085658 No 75] - [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7085568 No 74] - [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7085651 No 73] - [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7085657 No 72] Modern boundary stones, placed by a departing householder in 2010-2016
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[[Category:Forest of Dean]]
[[Category:Villages in Gloucestershire]]