Hewelsfield and Brockweir is a civil parish in Forest of Dean District, Gloucestershire. The parish was called Hewelsfield until 1994. It contains two distinct villages, Hewelsfield and Brockweir, with scattered settlement on Hewelsfield common.

Hewelsfield and Brockweir
View over Hewelsfield Common, along the valley of Brockweir Brook, looking west from The Triangle
Hewelsfield Common
Hewelsfield and Brockweir is located in Gloucestershire
Hewelsfield and Brockweir
Hewelsfield and Brockweir
Location within Gloucestershire
Area8.0302 km2 (3.1005 sq mi) [1]
Population484 [1] (2011 Census)
• Density60/km2 (160/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSO558020
Civil parish
  • Hewelsfield and Brockweir
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLydney
Postcode districtGL15
Post townChepstow
Postcode districtNP16
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
WebsiteHewelsfield and Brockweir Parish Council
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire
51°42′54″N 2°38′24″W / 51.715°N 2.640°W / 51.715; -2.640 (Hewelsfield and Brockweir CP)

History

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Until 1842 Hewelsfield parish was in three parts. The main part comprised farmland on high ground, having Hewelsfield village as its centre. Below and to the west, a detached part of only a few acres, Cutt's Orchard, lay on the north side of Brockweir brook. On the bank of the Wye another detached part included the part of Brockweir village lying north of Brockweir brook. The part of the village south of the brook (which included the Moravian Church) was in Woolaston parish.

In 1842 an adjoining tract of extraparochial land, which became known as Hewelsfield common, was added to Hewelsfield for civil parish purposes, uniting the detached parts of the parish. The parish was further enlarged in 1935 by the addition of an arm of Woolaston parish, extending down the south side of the valley of Brockweir brook to the Wye at the village of Brockweir.[2]

Parish council

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Hewelsfield and Brockweir Parish Council consists of 7 Councillors and a Clerk. It meets monthly, except in August, at the Brockweir and Hewelsfield Village Shop.[3]

Listed Buildings

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The parish contains 36 listed buildings: two churches (St Mary Magdalen, Hewelsfield and Brockweir Moravian Church), a churchyard wall, 17 chest tombs (in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalen, Hewelsfield), a pair of limekilns, a milepost, two bridges and 12 houses.[4]

Lists of the listed buildings can be found in the Wikipedia articles on the villages of Hewelsfield and Brockweir.

Scheduled Monuments

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The parish contains six scheduled monuments: five sections of Offa's Dyke, and Hewelsfield Motte.[4]

Scheduled Monuments in Hewelsfield and Brockweir civil parish
Monument name List Entry Number
Offa's Dyke: section 65m north of Brook House 1020596
Offa's Dyke: section in Cutt's Orchard, 230m south east of Brook House 1020597
Offa's Dyke: section on Madgett Hill, 290m south east of Brook House 1020598
Offa's Dyke: section on Madgett Hill, 380m south east of Brook House 1020599
Offa's Dyke: section on Madgett Hill, 580m west of The Old Mill 1020600
Motte Castle 57m south-west of Church of St Mary Magdalene 1407096

Community Shop

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The parish is served by the Brockweir and Hewelsfield Village Shop and Café, a non-profit making community enterprise, staffed by volunteers from the local community.

References

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  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Hewelsfield and Brockweir Parish (E04004307)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. ^ Baggs, A P; Jurica, A R J. "'Hewelsfield and Brockweir', in A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5, Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, the Forest of Dean, ed. C R J Currie and N M Herbert (London, 1996), pp. 150-159". British History Online. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Hewelsfield and Brockweir Parish Council". Hewelsfield and Brockweir Parish Council. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Historic England". Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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