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George Powell

The Forest of Dean freeminer granted the Hopewell gale around 1824, who then leased his interest to the Morrell brothers — a common pattern, in which the personal right to a gale stayed with the freeminer while the capital to work it came from outside the Forest.

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Hopewell Colliery Gloucestershire 1824–1830

Record created: 24 August 2026 · Last researched: 24 August 2026

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