St Briavels, Chepstow Road c.1955
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In the days when the Forest of Dean was a Royal hunting ground, St Briavels was its administrative center; the legacy of this former importance continues to the present time. Any man born in the Hundred of St Briavels who has worked for a year and a day in a mine within the Hundred has the right to apply to the Deputy Gaveller for 'gale', or mine working. If permission is granted he becomes a Freeminer, and can extract the mineral from that mine in return for a royalty payment to the Crown. Iron, coal, ochre and rock are worked by Freeminers in the Forest to this day.
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