Lydbrook 1870
LYDBROOK is a village and ecclesiastical district, in the townships of East and West Dean, pleasantly situated on the river Wye, 7 miles from Mitcheldean Road station on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway, 8 from Monmouth, 4 from Coleford, and 8 from Newnham, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Saint Briavels, county court district of Newnham and Monmouth, rural deanery of The Forest, archdeaconry of Gloucester, and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church of the Holy Jesus is a stone building, having a tower containing 1 bell, nave, aisles, and chancel. The register dates from the year 1852. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £130, in the alternate gift of the Crown, and Queen's College, Oxford, and held by the Rev. Henry Thomas Hoitt, M. A., of Pembroke College, Oxford. There are places of worship for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, with schools attached; and the Baptists have recently built a commodious chapel at a cost of £700. Here are coal, iron, tin, and chemical works. The Crown is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are John Partridge, esq., J. P., Messrs. Russell Brothers and Co., Rev. Edward Machen, M. A., and Col. Vaughan. The soil is light sandy; subsoil, clay, sandstone and limestone. The chief crops are wheat, barley, roots, &c. The population in 1861 was 1,770.
FLETCHER Henry Studd, esq.
HOITT Rev. Henry Thomas, M. A. [vicar]
LOXLEY Mrs. Lucy
ALLAWAYS & PARTRIDGE, tin plate manufacturers, Lydbrook works
BENNETT John, butcher
BURDOCK Thomas, miller & shopkeeper, Waterloo mill
COWMEADOW William, stone merchant
DAMSALL George, grocer & corn merchant
FLETCHER Henry Studds, surgeon
GURNEY Mary Ann (Mrs.), grocer
HANCORN Thomas, beer retailer
HARRIS Henry, coal master
HARPER James, painter & glazier
HAY Mary Ann (Mrs.), Recruiting Sergeant
HOWE John, tailor
JONES Edward, Sawyer's Arms
JONES James, Crown & Sceptre
LERIGO James, beer retailer & shopkeeper
LEWIS Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper
LITTLE Edwin, miller
LITTLE William, miller
MAGNUS Richd., shopkeeper & beer retailer
MAYO Joseph, beer retailer
MEREDITH William, shoe maker
MORGAN John, beer retailer
PHELPS Jas., shopkeeper & beer retailer
REECE John, blacksmith
RUSSELL BROTHERS & CO., iron manufacturers, Lydbrook iron works
RUSSELL Robert, Anchor
RUSSELL Samuel, chemical works
WARD John, Bell
WEAVER Charles, stone merchant