{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox UK place | type = Village | official_name = Littledean | coordinates = {{coord|51.81466|-2.47721|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | static_image_name = Littledean Church - geograph.org.uk - 132552.jpg | static_image_caption = St Ethelbert’s Church, Littledean | civil_parish = Littledean | shire_district = Forest of Dean | shire_county = Gloucestershire | region = South West England | country = England | constituency_westminster = Forest of Dean | population = 1,296 | population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125772&c=Littledean&d=16&e=62&g=6427276&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1427466552062&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate= 27 March 2015}}</ref> | post_town = CINDERFORD | postcode_area = GL | postcode_district = GL14 | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SO672130 }} '''Littledean''' is a village in the Forest of Dean, west Gloucestershire, England. The village has a long history and formerly had the status of a town. Littledean Hall was originally a Saxon hall, although it has been rebuilt and the current house dates back to 1612. The remains of a Roman temple are situated in the grounds. Neither the hall or Roman remains are open to the public.
Collectively, the villages and the surrounding wood (Forest of Dean) were mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Dene'', and appear as ''Dena'' in 1130.<ref>{{Ekwall|140}}</ref>
==Governance== The village falls in the Littledean and Ruspidge electoral ward. This ward has Littledean in the north plus Ruspidge and Soudley civil parish in the south. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 3,768.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/littledean-and-ruspidge-e05004350#sthash.fhECcEIL.dpbs|title=Littledean and Ruspidge ward 2011|accessdate= 27 March 2015}}</ref>
==Notable buildings== *Littledean Hall, a country house. *The former prison in Littledean, which is now a crime museum.<ref>[http://www.exploregloucestershire.co.uk/page316.asp Travel Guide]; [http://www.littledeanjail.com/ Littledean Jail]; [http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/county/gls/littledean/village.html Genealogy.com]; [http://www.royalforestofdean.info/villages.shtml Forest of Dean]</ref> *St Ethelbert's Church, whose clockface has IX in both the 9 and 11 positions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://churchdb.gukutils.org.uk/GLS333.php|title = St Ethelbert's Church, Littledean, Gloucestershire, Church History}}</ref> *Littledean Camp, the remains of a Norman Motte-and-bailey castle overlooking the village, previously thought to be a Roman Camp.
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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Littledean}} *[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=23258 British History Online – 'Littledean', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 159–73.] *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Littledean/index.html GENUKI – Littledean, Gloucestershire] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060424045621/http://beehive.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=13195 Beehive – Littledean Parish] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070210230714/http://www.fweb.org.uk/dean/towns/littledean.htm Forest Web – Littledean] *[https://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/webcams/littledean_hill_webcam.shtml The BBC webcan from Littledean hill] *[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3679772 photos of Littledean and surrounding area on geograph] *[https://www.littledeanparishcouncil.gov.uk/ Littledean Parish Council]
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Category:Forest of Dean Category:Villages in Gloucestershire
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