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Lydney is a small town and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is located on the west bank of the River Severn, close to the Forest of Dean. The town lies on the A48, next to the Lydney Park gardens with its Roman temple in honour of Nodens. The population was about 8,960 in the 2001 census,〔=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=549268&c=Lydney&d=14&e=16&g=448000&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1373194900364&enc=1&dsFamilyId=75〕 reducing to 8,766 taken at the 2011 census. ==History== In the British Iron Age a promontory fort was established at Lydney Park and later used for iron ore mining. In the late Roman period, a Roman temple to Nodens was built on the site of the fort. In 1588 the Vice-Admiral of England Sir William Winter was granted the manor of Lydney in recognition of his services against the Spanish Armada.〔(http://www.fweb.org.uk )〕 In 1723 - the Winter family sold their Lydney estate to the Bathurst family〔 In 1810, docks were constructed to capitalise on the town's location, close to the River Severn. The River Lyd flows through the town and into the Severn. In 1935, the title of Viscount Bledisloe of Lydney was created and awarded to Charles Bathurst upon his retirement as Governor-General of New Zealand On 31 August 1962, the Beatles play Lydney Town Hall〔(http://www.macca-central.com )〕〔http://www.lydneytownhall.info/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lydney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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