A new collection of poems by nineteenth-century Forest of Dean poet Catherine Drew is set to be published, bringing together works that have been scattered across archives and private collections for generations. Born in 1784 and the mother of eight children, Catherine Drew became known as “The Forest Poetess.” Her writing offers a rare and vivid perspective on the dramatic changes that reshaped the Forest of Dean during the Industrial Revolution, as coal and iron industries

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