Lydney was a rural district in Gloucestershire, England from 1894 to 1974. It covered an area on the Welsh border by the Severn estuary. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Chepstow rural sanitary district which was in Gloucestershire (and England), the rest forming Chepstow Rural District in Monmouthshire. The district consisted of the following parishes : Alvington Aylburton Hewelsfield Lancaut Lydney St. Briavels Tidenham Woolaston It survived until 1974, when it was merged with other districts to form the Forest of Dean district. References https://web.archive.org/web/20070930204425/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10153323 History of Gloucestershire Local government in Gloucestershire Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Rural districts of England Lydney