77-743: Dudbridge is a suburb on the southern edge of Stroud in Gloucestershire , England. Dudbridge gains its name from the first bridge in the location, which spanned the River Frome . This made it an important crossing point for traffic heading south from the Cotswolds to the Port of Bristol , which is reflected in that it is the meeting point of four parishes: Stroud in which lies, plus Rodborough to its east, and Stonehouse and Kings Stanley to its south. The fast-flowing river made Dudbridge
154-485: A diverse range of unsigned bands who lack a contract with a record label. With a number of outdoor stages, and the majority of the venues in town taking part, over 400 performers can be seen free of charge over the course of the weekend. The town also hosts an annual series of lectures and exhibitions on contemporary textiles and textile culture called SELECT, run by Stroud International Textiles, an event that exhibits international textiles. The Stroudwater Textile Trust
231-587: A dyehouse with eight drying racks. In 1794, John Apperley's family fused the site for wool and cloth making or the next 140 years. After the business collapsed in 1933, Redler's conveyors manufactured industrial handling equipment on the site until the mid-1990s, when it became an industrial estate. The original Lightpill site is one actually located in Rodborough, but in light of inter-war and 1960s developments, exists now further in Dudbridge. A cloth mill from
308-676: A few miles to the north (in Cheltenham and Gloucester ) and the Royal Agricultural University west of Cirencester is 12 miles (19 km) to the east. There are multiple bus routes around Stroud, and to nearby towns as well as Gloucester, many of which are operated by Stagecoach West . A46 road [REDACTED] M5 in Tewkesbury [REDACTED] M40 near Warwick [REDACTED] [REDACTED] M6 / M69 near Coventry The A46
385-567: A large and diverse number of creative artists and musicians. The town was one of the birthplaces of the organic food movement and was home to Britain's first fully organic café. The Biodynamic Agricultural Association is based in the town. For many years Stroud has hosted a fringe festival on the second weekend in September. A new committee took over in early 2015 and now holds the festival on August Bank Holiday each year. The festival has been expanded to cover art and literature, as well as
462-538: A legal challenge in the High Court. There is still a small textile industry (the green baize cloth used to cover snooker tables and the cloth covering championship tennis balls is made here), but today the town functions primarily as a centre for light engineering and small-scale manufacturing, and a provider of services for the surrounding villages. Stroud is a Fairtrade Town . The Stroud and Swindon Building Society had its headquarters here until it merged with
539-470: A natural location for early industry, with the earliest record of a mill dating from 1235. Later industries included dying , forging and metalwork . The Redler's industrial estate is the site of the original Dudbridge Mills, located directly beside the River Frome. From the mid-18th century onwards it housed the mills of Daniel Chance, in the mid-18th century, owned three mills: one corn; one gig and
616-584: A range of cuts to health services in and around Stroud, with thousands of people taking part in street demonstrations. Stroud Maternity Hospital was saved in September 2006. The Uplands Post Office branch in Stroud was one of 26 in the county to shut as part of a nationwide programme to cut losses. Following local opposition, the Post Office agreed to talks with civic chiefs to look at how it could reopen. The town council agreed to provide £10,000 of funding for
693-531: A rough and hurried way, and covered up again. A short account of it appeared in the public press at the time. The excavation at a site at Ebley Road in Stonehouse has revealed evidence of some of the earliest Roman activity known in the Stroud Valleys. A large rectangular enclosure dating back to the 1st century AD was found and more than a dozen human skeletons were unearthed at the end of 2010. At
770-572: A small local weaver, now home to a leisure centre with an indoor and an outdoor swimming pool , and the Museum in the Park. Housed in a Grade II listed 17th-century wool merchant's house, the museum collection tells the story of the Stroud District's history. It has over 4,000 objects on display, including dinosaur bones, historical paintings and one of the world’s first lawnmowers. In addition to
847-540: A three-way consortium with Archway Sixth Form and South Gloucestershire and Stroud College . Other secondary schools in the locality include Maidenhill School in Stonehouse, and Thomas Keble School in Eastcombe and the private Wycliffe College in Stonehouse Tertiary education in the town is provided by South Gloucestershire and Stroud College . The University of Gloucestershire has campuses
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#1732776898123924-589: Is 19 miles (31 km) to the west. Not part of the town itself, the civil parishes of Rodborough and Cainscross form part of Stroud's urban area. Stroud acts as a commercial centre for surrounding villages and market towns including Amberley , Bisley , Bussage , Chalford , Dursley , Eastcombe , Eastington , King's Stanley , Leonard Stanley , Minchinhampton , Nailsworth , Oakridge , Painswick , Randwick , Selsley , Sheepscombe , Slad , Stonehouse , Brimscombe & Thrupp , Whiteshill and Woodchester . In March 2021 The Sunday Times named Stroud
1001-577: Is a major A road in England . It starts east of Bath , Somerset and ends in Cleethorpes , Lincolnshire , but it does not form a continuous route. Large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway development. Between Leicester and Lincoln the road follows the course of the Roman Fosse Way , but between Bath and Leicester, two cities also linked by
1078-609: Is a mixed industrial and housing development, with the industry towards the foot of the valley on one side of the A419 road , while the housing rises higher up towards Rodborough. Redevelopments of the late 1990s brought about the building of a major Sainsbury's supermarket, serving southern Stroud and onwards to Stonehouse. Damien Hirst 's SCIENCE art production facility lies within the area. Along with most of Stroud, Dudbridge has low levels of burglary, theft of motor vehicles, with numbers of serious and fatal road traffic accidents lower than
1155-689: Is surrounded by the greenbelt of the Cotswolds to the north, south and east. Stroud has a significant artistic community that dates back to the early 20th century. Jasper Conran called Stroud "the Covent Garden of the Cotswolds"; the Daily Telegraph has referred to it as "the artistic equivalent of bookish Hay-on-Wye"; while the London Evening Standard likened the town to "Notting Hill with wellies". The town has
1232-417: The 2001 UK census , Stroud civil parish had a total population of 12,690. For every 100 females, there were 96.4 males. Ethnically, the population is predominantly white (98.2%). 20.6% of the population were under the age of 16 and 8.3% were aged 75 and over; the mean age of the people of the urban area was 39.5. 92.6% of residents described their health as "fair" or better, similar to the average of 92.8% for
1309-764: The A3400 and meeting the A422 . Between here and Alcester the A46 is coincident with the A422, with the A46 taking priority. Alcester is bypassed to the south of the town. At a roundabout the A435 leaves to the North for Redditch and Birmingham . The A46 takes a dual carriageway route to the south towards Evesham , meeting the B439 at a roundabout near Bidford on Avon . Almost immediately after
1386-557: The A36 and A350 roads. The 3-mile (4.8 km) £45 million dual-carriageway Batheaston / Swainswick Bypass, opened in summer 1996, contains 1-mile (1.6 km) of the A46. In February 1994, a camp was set up on Solsbury Hill , to protest the Batheaston bypass, however this was ultimately unsuccessful and construction was completed by November 1995. A small section of the A46 between Painswick and Stroud subsided during
1463-526: The Chiemgauer , in being backed on a one-for-one basis by the national currency, having a charge for redemption which is donated to local charities, and including a system of demurrage to encourage rapid circulation. A farmers' market , launched by Jasper Conran and Isabella Blow on 3 July 1999, takes place every Saturday at the Cornhill market. It was nominated for the national Farmers' Market of
1540-634: The Coventry Building Society on 1 September 2010. The building is now the headquarters of the renewable energy provider Ecotricity . Damien Hirst owns the 'Science' facility in Stroud which produces his art. In September 2009, the Stroud Pound Co-operative launched the Stroud Pound as an attempt to reinforce the local economy and encourage more local production. The currency's design follows that of
1617-585: The First World War , James Apperley founded the Dudbridge Patent Machine Works to manufacture textile machinery, but after his business failed H. G. Holbrow manufactured steam engines, and then J. D. Humpidge manufactured gas engines. In the late 1920s, Hampton cars were assembled there. After their failure, the site reverted to a foundry until the late early 1990s, home to the cupola iron furnaces of Lewis & Holes Ltd. To
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#17327768981231694-520: The Gloucester – Swindon Golden Valley Line ) was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel . Though there is much evidence of early historic settlement and transport, Stroud parish was originally part of Bisley , and only began to emerge as a distinct unit in the 13th century, taking its name from the marshy ground at the confluence of the Slad Brook and the River Frome called "La Strode", and
1771-549: The Midland Railway , opened a railway station . Opened as "Dudbridge for Stroud," the buildings included a two-storey station-master's house, and though there was originally only a single platform, the station was a passing place on the single-track branch line. In 1885, the Midland Railway built a very short branch line from Dudbridge to Stroud . The new line opened for goods traffic in 1885 and for passengers
1848-609: The Public Health Act 1848 , but he is mainly remembered as one of the chief architects of the Reform Act 1867 . This Act, also known as the Second Reform Act, gave the vote to every urban male householder, not just those of considerable means. This increased the electorate by 1.5 million voters. Lord John Russell is remembered in the town in the names of two streets, John Street and Russell Street, as well as
1925-600: The medieval buildings at Beverston 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 later became prime minister . Russell was an important politician: he was responsible for passing Acts of Parliament such as
2002-446: The 17th century, in 1910 it became home to a printing works. In 1910 Syrolit Ltd became one of the world's first plastic manufacturers, which in 1914 was reorganised into Erinoid in order to gain a UK license to manufacture a German process to manufacture a new plastic substance used for buttons and ornaments. By 1933, the business had expanded south on the site and employed 500 people. Taken over by O. & M. Kleeman Ltd in 1957, it
2079-630: The 19th century, and so needed transport links. It first had a canal network in the form of the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames & Severn Canal , both of which survived until the early 20th century. Restoration of these canals as a leisure facility by a partnership of Stroud District Council and the Cotswold Canals Trust is well under way with a multimillion-pound Lottery grant. Stroud railway station (on
2156-617: The A1103 from the right. The A631 leaves to the right at a T junction . The road bypasses Dunholme to the south then it passes close to the former RAF Dunholme Lodge . It passes the headquarters for Lincolnshire Police on the left. It meets the A158 (for Skegness ) and the B1182 (former route into Lincoln) at a roundabout. The A46 Lincoln Relief Road is coincident with the A15 . The A15 leaves to
2233-756: The A18. The road becomes the single carriageway road once again and runs alongside the north part of the Lincolnshire Wolds . It bypasses Irby upon Humber and enters the East Midlands . It bypasses Swallow to the North. It climbs a hill to meet the B1225, A1173, and A1084 just east of Caistor . The road crosses the Nottingham – Grimsby railway at a level crossing. The road becomes very straight and flat, passing through Middle Rasen Plantation and meets
2310-616: The A4184 and the A46 continues to head south. The villages of Sedgeberrow (bypassed) and Beckford are on the route. At the Teddington Hands roundabout, the A435 heads south to Cheltenham , while the A46 heads west. It passes Ashchurch close to Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station . This section of the A46 ends on the M5 roundabout at junction 9. After a gap filled in by the A435,
2387-506: The A46 meets a small roundabout, connecting with the B4463 and a link to Junction 15 for northbound A46 traffic to access the M40 and A429 respectively. The 3-mile (4.8 km) dual carriageway section south of the improved Longbridge island is the only part of the A46 on its original routing between Leicester and Cheltenham. Stratford is bypassed to the north as a single carriageway road, crossing
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2464-555: The A46 reappears on its original route in the centre of Cheltenham . It then heads through Brockworth, Stroud , through Nailsworth , to the M4 motorway , where since 2003 access to the roundabout has been controlled by traffic lights. From the M4, the A46 heads to Bath , ending at its junction with the A4 to the east of the city. From here a continuous route to Poole and Southampton is possible via
2541-650: The A6, A5630 and A50 . This section of the road ends at a junction with the B5380, with the forward route flowing on to the M1 . It originally continued towards Coventry until the opening of the M69 motorway in the 1970s, which replaced the A46 as the main route between Leicester and Coventry, with the former A46 being downgraded. The A46 reappears at Coventry at junction 2 of the M6 , it follows
2618-502: The Bath Road Trading Estate, while the former dye works and chemical storage area became a new housing estate. In 1770, dyer Richard Hawker built Dudbridge House close to the river and his works. In 2007 the house has been converted into flats, and faces a housing estate which was built in the 1980s on part of the old dyeworks. In 1849, Kimmins Mill was constructed to mill flour . After ceasing milling in 1935, it
2695-555: The Fosse Way, it follows a more westerly course. The original (1923) route of the A46 was from Bath to Laceby , passing through Cheltenham , Broadway , Stratford-on-Avon , Coventry , Leicester , Newark and Lincoln . Unusually for such a long road, no changes were made to its route until the 1970s. In recent years the central sections of the road have been rerouted and renumbered substantially, and there are now two sections where there are gaps of over 10 miles (16 km) where
2772-593: The Kent town of Strood , which has the same etymology. Stroud is known for its involvement in the Industrial Revolution . It was a cloth town: woollen mills were powered by the small rivers which flow through the five valleys, and supplied from Cotswold sheep which grazed on the hills above. Particularly noteworthy was the production of military uniforms in the colour Stroudwater Scarlet. Stroud became known for its production of broadcloth , which
2849-746: The King George V Stadium on the right. It meets the B1213 from the right, then crosses the A16 Peaks Parkway where it gains primary status. It heads into Grimsby , meeting the A1243 Bargate (former A16). It meets the B1444 where the road becomes a dual carriageway. It meets the A18 at a roundabout. This was the old terminus of the A46, and what is now the A46 heading east into Grimsby used to be
2926-584: The Lord John public house . In 1835 the local press referred to Lord John Russell's opportunism in choosing Stroud as his new constituency as 'trying his hand in the vales of Gotham', a reference to a 1798 poem mocking Stroud residents for opening a church organ "before it could speak". "Gotham" was a popular local town nickname and "house" name at Eastcombe Manor school in the 1940s and 1950s. The long barrow at Randwick measures about 56 by 26 metres (184 by 85 ft), and stands 4 metres (13 ft) high at
3003-724: The Victorian landmark Hill Paul building to be demolished. After thwarting demolition, local activists formed a company and sold enough shares at £500 each to take an option on the building, which they passed on to a local developer. The building has now been restored and converted into apartments (see photo on the right). The full records of the Hill Paul building campaign are with the Gloucestershire Archivist at D9242/Accession 11679/3. The Save Stroud Hospitals Taskforce has been campaigning since spring 2006 against
3080-704: The Year in 2001 and won it in 2007 and 2013. It also won the Cotswold Life magazine award for the best farmers' market in Gloucestershire in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2010. The market featured in an episode of BBC TV's The Hairy Bikers ' Food Tour of Britain in September 2009, and won the Best Food Market award at the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2010. It is certified by FARMA . In addition to
3157-415: The best place to live in the UK, citing the town's abundance of green spaces, independent spirit, and high quality of schools. Stroud was named La Strode in a document of 1221, though most early records use the spelling Stroud . The Old English name Strōd refers to a "marshy land overgrown with brushwood". Although the name is now pronounced to rhyme with "proud", its original pronunciation survives in
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3234-403: The boundary between the district of Rugby and the borough of Coventry, always staying inside Warwickshire. At Binley Woods the A428 is crossed at a roundabout. The next roundabout is the signal controlled Tollbar Roundabout, where there are exits for the A45 and Coventry Airport . There is a break in the road here, and it resumes again at Festival Island where it takes the southern exit on to
3311-442: The county average. The percentage of young offenders resident in the area and of children with low scores at key stages 1–3, are also below the Stroud and county averages. Being low in the Stroud Valleys, and an already formed crossing point, Dudbridge was a natural point of congregation for transport. The Stroudwater Canal opened a wharf in 1779 in Dudbridge, while in 1886 the Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway , later part of
3388-416: The electrical and building industries, and casein and polyester button blanks. To accommodate increased production, three large chemical containers were constructed on the west side of the railway line on the former dye works, supplied daily by Wincanton Transport trucks shipping raw chemical products from the docks at Southampton , Bristol and Sharpness . Closed in the late 1980s, the production site became
3465-425: The farmers' market there is a smaller market held (Fri & Sat) in The Shambles, an area adjacent to the steep High Street. John Wesley preached from a butcher's block in The Shambles on 26 June 1742. The Old Town Hall is one of the oldest existing buildings in Stroud: originally referred to as the market house, it was built in 1596 and is still in occasional use today. "There was a school at Stroud in 1576 but
3542-404: The following year, at which point Dudbridge became a junction station, and a second platform was built. Passenger services were suspended on the line as an economy measure to save fuel in June 1947, and were officially withdrawn from 8 June 1949. Dudbridge remained open for goods traffic until 1966, when the Beeching cuts closed the line. The station building remained until the early 1990s, when it
3619-404: The founding of Marling School in 1889 and Stroud High School which was founded in 1904 as the Girls' Endowed School. They continued to be grammar schools long after the comprehensive school became the norm in secondary education , and their future was the subject of long-running controversy. The two schools previously shared a mixed sixth form , called the Downfield Sixth Form, which worked in
3696-411: The grounds of the house at Brown's Hill, one mile north of Stroud, suggesting the existence of a Roman villa. Remains of another Roman villa have been found in the parish of Painswick, on a farm called Highfield, about 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 metres) northwest of the town. Walls were found, crossing one another at right angles; also many flue tiles, and some Roman coins. It was opened some years ago in
3773-418: The main displays there is a modern extension which includes a purpose-built art gallery showing a varied programme of exhibitions. Behind this is a contemporary walled garden. The Redlers industrial estate is the site of the original Dudbridge Mills, beside the River Frome. From the mid-18th century onwards it housed the three mills of Daniel Chance: one corn, one gig and a dyehouse with eight drying racks. It
3850-405: The massive Roman invasion on Minchinhampton Common . Survivors eventually fled to the north. Some earthworks, known as 'the Bulwarks', and the Longstone of Minchinhampton are evidence of these ancient fortifications. Woodchester Roman Villa is one of many Roman villas discovered in Gloucestershire and was occupied between the early 2nd and late 4th centuries AD. There is now nothing visible of
3927-422: The north-east end. Excavations in 1883 found a round barrow opening to the north-east, from which there was access to a simple square chamber of one cell containing disarticulated human remains. Traces of the chamber can still be seen, although it is not accessible. Additional burials were found adjacent to the barrow on the south-west side. The Iron Age tribesmen of Gloucestershire made their final stand against
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#17327768981234004-470: The right at a roundabout. The road becomes dual carriageway and traverses the Lincoln Cliff . It meets the A57 at the Carholme roundabout and crosses the Lincoln – Gainsborough railway . After bypassing Lincoln, it starts following the route of the old Fosse Way (bar bypasses). The A46 passes the former airfield of RAF Swinderby . The road becomes the boundary of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire for 1 mile (1.6 km). The road enters Nottinghamshire and
4081-409: The road bypasses Brough . The new section of road finishes at the roundabout with the A1133. The A17 joins from the left at a roundabout. The road crosses the A1 . Newark is bypassed to the North and West ending on a roundabout with the B6166. The road continues south-west, meeting the A6097 and A52 near Bingham . The single carriageway section between Newark and the Widmerpool A606 junction
4158-403: The road does not exist at all. The A46 has also been extended from Laceby to Grimsby and Cleethorpes – the road between Laceby and Grimsby was originally part of the A18 . The major realignments have been Bypasses were also built around Market Rasen , Lincoln and Newark. The A46 starts at Isaac's Hill roundabout with the A1098 and the A180 . It meets the A1031 at a roundabout and passes
4235-401: The roundabout, the road enters Worcestershire and Wychavon district, then goes back into Warwickshire, before going back into Worcestershire Near Harvington . At the northern end of the Evesham bypass, the A44 joins at a roundabout and becomes coincident with the A46. The next roundabout on the bypass is the B4035, followed by the A44 (for Oxford ), The final roundabout on the bypass is with
4312-709: The schoolmaster, who did not have a licence and failed to teach the catechism, was then dismissed..." There are six primary schools in the town: Schools in surrounding areas include Further schools include Amberley Parochial School, Nailsworth School and Woodchester School. There are three secondary schools in Stroud. Archway School is a County Council maintained comprehensive school offering an 11-to-18 education for children in Stroud, Rodborough and Cainscross. There are also two state-funded selective schools, Marling School and Stroud High School . These former grant-maintained and foundation schools became academies in 2011. Both schools can trace their history back to
4389-444: The service in 2008 and up to £25,000 for 2009. In November 2008 it was confirmed that Stroud has become only the second place in Britain to save one of its Post Offices. In September 2010 the BNP scrapped plans to move their national media centre to Stroud after protests by local residents. In February 2012 NHS managers agreed to halt plans for Stroud General Hospital to be run by a social enterprise after local residents mounted
4466-412: The site closed in the late 1980s, it was converted to an industrial estate, whose tenants included a Focus DIY store. The Hampton Engineering Company had been formed in Kings Norton , Birmingham in 1912, but after it went into receivership, in 1919 the company was re-established as a joint venture between William Paddon and Charles Apperley of the Stroud Metal and Plating Company, and production
4543-442: The three-lane Kenilworth bypass. Along the bypass there are exits for Stoneleigh and the University of Warwick , Kenilworth and Leamington Spa ( A452 ). At the Warwick ( A429 ) exit, the bypass drops down to two lanes, closely followed by an exit for the A4177 and Warwick Parkway railway station . The M40 is passed over west of Longbridge roundabout, as a new bypass now brings the mainline carriageway away from Junction 15,
4620-425: The top of Dudbridge Hill, and on the junction between Dudbridge and Rodborough on the A46 road to Bath , lies the Daniels industrial estate. In 1840, Thomas Daniels founded an engineering, millwrighting and foundry business which quickly grew. After the death of Lionel Daniels in 1956, the company became Daniels plc (listed on the London Stock Exchange), which was taken over by Unichrome International in 1968. After
4697-468: The town centre. Stroud High Street Action Group, with some rooftop protests and a high court judgement, demonstrated against this. The restored buildings are now a feature of the High Street. After a short occupation a compromise was reached in the demolition of buildings in Cornhill with many being saved, including one identified as a medieval house. This campaign led to the formation of the Stroud Preservation Trust which has been instrumental in saving many of
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#17327768981234774-456: The town of Stroud. The narrowest definition is the parish, which had a population of 13,259 in 2011 and only includes the town centre and inner suburban areas. The urban subdivision had a population of 32,670 and includes many suburbs often considered part of the town. The urban area, which includes Stonehouse that has a largely separate identity, and other surrounding villages had a population of 60,155. Despite its extensive urban area, Stroud
4851-414: The town's oldest buildings such as Withey's house, the Brunel Goods Shed and the Hill Paul building. In 1989 Stroud District Council tried to fell at midnight thirteen trees in Stratford Park near the road, which attracted national and international attention. Local Save The Trees campaigners had got in position first and prevented the felling, which was intended to allow road-widening. Campaigners occupied
4928-415: The town, and the Cotswold Way path passes by it to the west. It lies 10 miles (16 km) south of the city of Gloucester , 14 miles (23 km) south-southwest of Cheltenham , 13 miles (21 km) west-northwest of Cirencester and 26 miles (42 km) north-east of the city of Bristol . London is 91 miles (146 km) east-southeast of Stroud and the Welsh border at Whitebrook , Monmouthshire ,
5005-410: The trees for the next six weeks while, with the help of Friends of the Earth, introducing the County Surveyor to 'traffic calming' which he agreed to adopt instead of changing the road alignment. During the next five years County Surveyors' figures showed a fifty per cent decrease in accidents along this part of Stratford Road. The trees still survive. In 2000 Stroud District Council gave permission for
5082-647: The villa above ground and the site is occupied by a churchyard. The villa's most famous feature is the Orpheus mosaic, the second largest of its kind in Europe and one of the most intricate. It dates to c. 325 CE and was re-discovered by Gloucestershire-born antiquarian Samuel Lysons in 1793. It has been uncovered seven times since 1880, the last time in 1973, but there are no plans to reveal it again. It depicts Orpheus charming all forms of life with his lyre and has been praised for its accuracy and beauty. In 1979, several portions of Roman tessellated pavement, Roman tiles, coins, pottery, etc. were discovered in
5159-621: The wider district. The average household size was 2.4. Of those aged 16–74, 24.5% had no academic qualifications, lower than the national average of 28.9%. Of those aged 16–74, 2.6% were unemployed and 28.4% were economically inactive. At the 2011 census, 107,026 people were described as white British, plus 591 being from the Irish Republic. 2,752 were white other, 364 Caribbean, 129 African, 429 Asian and 300 other Asian, all from mixed multiple ethnic groups. Of these, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh accounted for 258 people. Chinese and Arab people accounted for 226 people. There are two definitions for
5236-485: Was acquired in 1794 by John Apperley, whose family used the site for wool- and cloth-making for the next 140 years. In 1801 an industrial accident killed a young worker. Stroud citizens have a history of protest going back to the Stroudwater Riots of 1825. In the late 1970s Stroud Campaign Against The Ringroad prevented Gloucestershire County Council's attempt to introduce new traffic plans. A few years later Stroud District Council tried to demolish 18th-century buildings in
5313-469: Was demolished to make way for the route of the Ebley Bypass. Stroud, Gloucestershire Stroud is a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire , England. It is the main town in Stroud District . The town's population was 13,500 in 2021. Sited below the western escarpment of the Cotswold Hills , at the meeting point of the Five Valleys , the town is noted for its steep streets. The Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty surrounds
5390-408: Was first recorded in 1221. The church was built by 1279, and it was assigned parochial rights by the rectors of Bisley in 1304, often cited as the date of Stroud's foundation. Historic buildings and places of interest in the area include the neolithic long barrows at Uley , Selsley Common and Nympsfield to the west; Roman era remains at Frocester , West Hill near Uley, and Woodchester ;
5467-411: Was founded in 1999 to link the past and present of textiles in the Five Valleys and to manage the opening of several mills in which historic textile machinery, including a working waterwheel, has been restored and is demonstrated. The Trust has produced a DVD, Rivers of Cloth , using archive film and interviews which was due to be released in early 2011 and a photographic survey of surviving woollen mills
5544-769: Was replaced by a new dual carriageway road which was completed in April 2012. Heading South from the A606 junction, the existing dual carriageway still following the route of the Fosse Way. The road crosses the A6006 North of Six Hills. Syston is bypassed to the West, and at a roundabout with the A607 the route continues in a Westerly direction onto the Leicester Western Bypass . There are grade separated junctions with
5621-419: Was than merged into Mobil in 1961. In 1965 the complex was acquired by BP , operating initially as BP Plastics and later as BP Chemicals International. After takeover the site expanded west up to the Stroud railway line spur, producing polyvinyl chloride products, latterly bin bags . In 1973, when 700 people were employed, the factory manufactured polystyrene, articles in thermo-plastic materials for use in
5698-650: Was transferred to Dudbridge. The first post-war car was the Hampton 11.9 with either a 1496 cc or 1795 cc Dorman four-cylinder engine but only a few were made before the money ran out and the company was bought by a major shareholder John Daniel and re-registered as Hampton Engineering Co (1920) Ltd. In 1925 a receiver was appointed yet again, but Hampton bounced back again as Hampton Cars (London) Ltd with finance from businessman John Hatton-Hall. The company moved to smaller premises on Selsley Hill , before ceasing production just before World War II . Dudbridge today
5775-474: Was undertaken for a book, Wool and Water , published in 2012. The Subscription Rooms at the centre of the town centre provide a venue for a variety of entertainment. There is also a small theatre, the Cotswold Playhouse, which is home to the amateur Cotswold Players; it occasionally hosts visiting professional companies. On the fringes of the town are Stratford Park , originally the park of
5852-479: Was used as a storage facility, including textile machinery. Now located next to a Sainsbury's carpark, it is now the Stroud Mills Heritage centre, with a national collection of books and information about the construction industry, and historic information about the Stroud area. Up until 1900, the site where Sainsbury's supermarket now sits was an orchard , with an attached small foundry. Before
5929-491: Was widely known as "Stroud cloth" and traded around the world. The area became home to a sizable Huguenot community in the 17th century, fleeing from persecution in Catholic France, followed by a significant Jewish presence in the 19th century, linked to the tailoring and cloth industries. There were two synagogues by 1889, but these became disused by around 1908. Stroud was an industrial and trading location in
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