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Bream
Bream shown within Gloucestershire |
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| OS grid reference | SO5973505912 |
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| Unitary authority | Gloucester |
| Ceremonial county | Gloucestershire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LYDNEY |
| Postcode district | GL15 |
| Dialling code | 01594 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Gloucestershire | |
Bream (historically known as Breem) is a village in the Forest of Dean, west Gloucestershire, England.
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The actual age of Bream is not known, although there may have been a settlement before the Romans came to Britain. Iron ore was being mined here by Celts before the Romans came so the miners may have built shelters on the present site of the village.
The first dwellings in Bream were recorded in 1452.[1] In 1505, the St. James' church, Bream or St. James chapel as it was then known, was built. In 1712, the population of Bream was 300.
In 1822, the church was reconstructed.[1][2]
Today the population of the village has grown to over 3,000, with new houses that have been built in the last thirty years.[3]
The main employment in the village in the past was coal mining, farming, and forestry. Today with the mines closed, there is very little employment now in the village, although there are three garages and several shops. Bream is one of the largest villages in the Forest of Dean District with a population of 2,600 in January 2000. It is just one of a number of settlements which make up the Forest Ring of settlements on the fringes of the statutory Royal Forest. Positioned on the southern edge of the forest core between the towns of Lydney and Coleford, the village is set on a ridge of high ground, falling away on three sides.[3]
Bream is one of the largest villages within the Forest of Dean, having a population in 2008 of 3,000.[3]
Bream has shops and services.[4]
Bream has a rugby union team with rugby pitches and members bar, and a cricket club with pitches and members bar.