Place:Ruspidge, Gloucestershire, England

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NameRuspidge
TypeVillage, Civil parish
Coordinates51.8054°N 2.5052°W
Located inGloucestershire, England     (1953 - )
See alsoEast Dean and United Parishes Rural, Gloucestershire, Englandrural district in which it was situated 1894-1935
East Dean Rural, Gloucestershire, Englandrural district in which it was situated 1935-1953
East Dean, Gloucestershire, Englandparish of which it was part until 1953
Forest of Dean (district), Gloucestershire, Englandmunicipal district of which it has been a part since 1974
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Ruspidge is a village in the Forest of Dean District of west Gloucestershire, England. It is located about 2 miles south of the town of Cinderford and near the Forest of Dean.

Ruspidge was an extraparochial area within East Dean Rural District until 1953 when the parish of East Dean was broken up amongst neighbouring communities. With the abolition of East Dean parish Ruspidge became a civil parish of 3,779 acres and a population of just over 2,000.

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Online sources which may also be helpful:

  • Volume 5, Chapter 3 of the Victoria County History of Gloucestershire found in the website British History Online expands on the subjects of free-mining and foresters throughout the Hundred of St Briavels. The first section of this chapter, entitled "Settlement" deals with the communities of Cinderford and Ruspidge. A map of the immediate area can be found a considerable way into the article (no page numbers within a chapter online).
  • GENUKI gives pointers to other archive sources as well as providing some details on each parish in the county. The emphasis here is on ecclesiastical parishes (useful before 1837)
  • A listing of all the Registration Districts in England and Wales since their introduction in 1837 and tables of the parishes that were part of each district and the time period covered with detailed notes on changes of parish name, mergers, etc. Respect the copyright on this material.
  • The FamilySearch Wiki for Gloucestershire provides a similar but not identical series of webpages to that provided by GENUKI
  • A Vision of Britain through Time has a group of pages of statistical facts for almost every parish in the county
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