Brierley, Gloucestershire

Brierley is a village in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. It has a petrol station & shop.

Brierley
Brierley
Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid referenceSO625151
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

Brierley was the birthplace of Winifred Foley (25 July 1914 – 21 March 2009), author of the autobiographical A Child in the Forest and other later works, including No Pipe Dreams for Father. The village was also the birthplace of her father, Charlie Mason, who led the hunger march to Westbury workhouse during the pit strikes of 1926.

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