Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Junction Railway extraction industry in the Forest of Dean. The Monmouth and Hereford Railway was incorporated in 1845, but limited in scope by Parliament, and the powers were not exercised. However, in 1851 the "Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway" received its authorising Act of Parliament, and it opened a line on a similar alignment from Hereford to Grange Court on 1 June 1855. The GWR itself built the connecting section from Grange Court to Gloucester, and the South Wales Railway opened its line progressively from Grange Court to Chepstow. The South Wales Railway took over the "Forest of Dean Railway", successor to
1911 Forest of Dean by-election to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place. At the 1918 General Election, Webb received the coupon of endorsement from the Coalition government. 1911 Forest of Dean by-election The Forest of Dean by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. Liberal Party Henry Webb Conservative Party David Hope Kyd Webb was appointed as a Junior Whip in 1912, which required him to face the electorate again, when he was