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Steam Mills is a village in the Forest of Dean, west Gloucestershire, England.

During the 18th and 19th centuries there were local coal mines and a steam-powered mill, which lead to the name of the village.[1] An engineering works was established in the 1880s to support the mining.[2]

Today the village has an industrial park for businesses (including Freeminers Brewery, named after the Forest of Dean custom of free-mining[3]), a petrol filling station and a carpet shop.

The village is home to Steam Mills Primary School[4] designed by architect Alfred Smith.

The 5 acres (2.0 ha) lake is used for angling with Carp, Bream and Brown Trout being caught.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Hoyle, J. P. (1993). Land at Steam Mills, Cinderford, Gloucestershire: A Preliminary Archaeological Assessment". Archaeology Data Service. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Forest of Dean: Industry Pages 326-354 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5, Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, the Forest of Dean". British History Online. Victoria County History. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  3. ^ Freeminers Brewery (containing other local links)
  4. ^ Steam Mills Primary (archived)
  5. ^ "Steam Mills Lake". Royal Forest of Dean Angling Club. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

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