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Woolaston
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Woolaston is a village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire in South West England. It lies on the north side of the Severn Estuary approximately from the Welsh border at Chepstow and is surrounded by woodland and agricultural land.
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- Locality
- Forest of Dean
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 820
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Netherend Stores - geograph.org.uk - 1809721.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Woolaston village
- UK place.official_name
- Woolaston
- UK place.shire_county
- Gloucestershire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Forest of Dean
- UK place.population
- 1,206
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.post_town
- Lydney
- UK place.postcode_area
- GL
- UK place.postcode_district
- GL15
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO594003
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1206
- Image
- Netherend Stores - geograph.org.uk - 1809721.jpg
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- Commons category
- Woolaston
- OS grid reference
- SO594003
- P12749
- Q142704
Sources (2)
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- Name
- Development of the village
- Governance
- St. Andrew's Church
- Stroat Church and ruined Bible Christian chapel
- References
- External links
Woolaston is a village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire in South West England. It lies on the north side of the Severn Estuary approximately from the Welsh border at Chepstow and is surrounded by woodland and agricultural land.
== Name == Woolaston was named in Domesday as Odelaveston, meaning Wulflaf's village (tun).
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