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Parkend is a village, located at the foot of the Cannop Valley, in the Royal Forest of Dean, West Gloucestershire, England, and has a history dating back to the early 17th century. During the 19th cen
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Parkend Ironworks
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Parkend Ironworks, also known as Parkend Furnace, in the village of Parkend, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, was a coke-fired furnace built in 1799. Most of the works were demolished
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…site named Whitemead Forest Park; owned and operated by the Civil Service Motoring Association (C.S.M.A.). The Dean Field Studies Centre, once part of Parkend Ironworks, is owned by Bristol City Council and is used to accommodate schoolchildren from that city. The village and parish church are dedicated to St Paul and…
c. 1880. Awaiting Demolition; the three furnaces can be seen on the left. The building to the right is the engine house which has survived.
The chimney stack being felled in 1908.
The 'engine house', as it is today