a town of the county of Gloucester, in the hundred of St Breavell, 119 miles from London. It is on the western side of the Severn, in the forest of Dean, which abounds in mines of coal, and in iron-works, that have consumed much of the wood that formerly covered it. The town consists principally of one long street, and has a market which is held on Monday. The population amounted in 1801 to 563, in 1811 to 535, in 1821 to 556, and in 1831 to 601.