H. G. (Henry George) Nicholls

Henry George Nicholls (1825–1867) was an English clergyman and writer closely associated with the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. He served as perpetual curate of Holy Trinity, East Dean, and became known for recording the character and history of the district with unusual care and affection.

He wrote several books about the area, including The Forest of Dean: An Historical and Descriptive Account and Iron Making in the Olden Times. Those works helped preserve details about the Forest’s people, landmarks, mining, and iron industry, and they are still remembered as valuable early accounts of the region.

Nicholls had a short life, but his writing gave the Forest of Dean a durable literary record. For readers interested in place, memory, and local history, his books offer a window into a distinctive corner of nineteenth-century England.