Oldcroft
{{Short description|Hamlet in Gloucestershire, England}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
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|population = 785
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|shire_county= Gloucestershire
|region=South West England
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Oldcroft is a hamlet in Gloucestershire, England. The village of Yorkley is to the northwest, and the hamlet of Viney Hill is to the northeast.
History
Oldcroft is situated near the "Dean road", a medieval route that ran between Lydney and Mitcheldean.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23264 Forest of Dean: Introduction], Victoria County History In the 17th century there were cabin dwellings in Oldcroft.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23266 Forest of Dean: Settlement], Victoria County History Much of the early settlement was by squatters, and in 1782 there were thirteen cottages recorded at Deadman's Cross in Oldcroft. In 1834 Oldcroft contained around thirty-five scattered cottages. In the later 20th century several cottages were enlarged and some large houses were built, especially on the south-east side of the hamlet. There was once a pub in Oldcroft called the Loyal Forester – it closed before 1893.
The Primitive Methodists opened a chapel at Oldcroft in 1876.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23273 Forest of Dean: Protestant nonconformity], Victoria County History It closed, following storm damage, in 1929. It was later reopened as an independent church, but closed in the early 1960s, and from 1975 until 1991 the building was an electrical engineer's workshop. In 1958 the Assemblies of God also had a chapel at Oldcroft, demolished by 1975.
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Category:Hamlets in Gloucestershire
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