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http://www.stroudbrewery.co.uk/ http://www.vinerhousestroud.co.uk/ Local History HISTORY Stroud Brewery produces real ales and a range of Viner House is a Grade 2 Listed house 5 mins walk from organic bottled beers using Cotswold grown barley. Stroud town centre. Garden, Parking. Large rooms, triple ensuite, double and single room available. Beer can be purchased directly for parties and their bar is open Friday and Saturday evenings 3-11pm serving Welcome to our family house in a lovely lively town. wood fired pizza. Our home is welcoming and friendly. The rooms do not have t.v. But have free wi-fi.
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west; Roman era remains at Frocester, West Hill near Uley, and Woodchester; SPONSORS the medieval buildings at Beverston Sponsors Castle; and the outstanding Tudor houses at Newark Park and Owlpen Manor. Woodchester Mansion is a masterpiece of the Gothic Revival by local architect Benjamin Bucknall.
From 1837 to 1841, Stroud’s MP was Lord John Russell of the Whig party who
was later to become Prime Minister. Local History
Russell was an important politician, HISTORY responsible for passing acts of parliament such as the Public Health Act of 1848, but he is mainly remembered as one of the chief architects of the Reform Act 1867. This act, also known community in the 17th century, fleeing Stroud is a market town and as the Second Reform Act, gave the persecution in Catholic France, followed civil parish in the county of vote to every urban male householder, by a significant Jewish presence in the not just those of considerable means. Gloucestershire, England. It 19th century, linked to the tailoring and This resulted in the electorate being cloth industries. is the main town in Stroud increased by 1.5 million voters. Lord A TO Z District. Russell is remembered in the town A to Z Stroud was an industrial and trading by two street names, John Street and location in the nineteenth century, Situated below the western escarpment Russell Street, as well as in the name of and so needed transport links. It first of the Cotswold Hills at the meeting the Lord John public house. point of the Five Valleys, the town is had a canal network in the form of the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames noted for its steep streets, independent Demography spirit and cafe culture. The Cotswold & Severn Canal, both of which survived until the early 20th century. Restoration Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty At the 2001 UK census, Stroud civil
of these canals as a leisure facility is Local Adverts surrounds the town, and the Cotswold parish had a total population of 12,690. LOCAL FIRMS well underway by a partnership of Way path passes by it to the west. For every 100 females, there were Stroud District Council and the Cotswold 96.4 males. Ethnically, the population Canals Trust with a multi-million pound Although not formally part of the is predominantly white (98.2%). 20.6% Lottery grant. Stroud railway station (on town, the parishes of Rodborough and of the population were under the age the Gloucester–Swindon the Golden Cainscross lie adjacent to Stroud and of 16 and 8.3% were aged 75 and over; Valley Line) was designed by Isambard are often considered part of it. the mean age of the people of the Kingdom Brunel. urban area was 39.5. 92.6% of residents Stroud acts as a centre for surrounding described their health as “fair” or Though there is much evidence of
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early historic settlement and transport, KEY NUMBERS including Amberley, Bisley, Chalford, for the wider district. The average Stroud parish was originally part of Dudbridge, Dursley, Minchinhampton, household size was 2.4. Of those Bisley, and only began to emerge as a Nailsworth, Oakridge, Painswick, aged 16–74, 24.5% had no academic distinct unit by the 13th century, taking Sheepscombe, Slad, Stonehouse, qualifications, lower than the national its name from the marshy ground at Thrupp and Woodchester. average of 28.9%. Of those aged 16–74, the confluence of the Slad Brook and 2.6% were unemployed and 28.4% were the River Frome called “La Strode” and Stroud is known for its involvement in economically inactive. the Industrial Revolution. It was a cloth was first recorded in 1221. The church was built by 1279, and it was assigned town; woollen mills were powered by For more information, visit: parochial rights by the rectors of Bisley the small rivers which surge through the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroud in 1304, often cited as the date of five valleys, and supplied by Cotswold Free Listing Stroud’s foundation. ADD ENTRY sheep which grazed on the hills above. (Photo: Air1jwilkins1212) Particularly noteworthy was the production of military uniforms in the Historic buildings and places of interest colour Stroudwater Scarlet. The area in the area include the neolithic long was made home by a sizable Huguenot barrows (Uley Long Barrow) at Uley, Selsley Common and Nympsfield to the
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