Slad Brook is a small river in Gloucestershire , England. It rises in woodland to the north of Down Hill, and to the south of the village of Sheepscombe . It heads in a southerly and south-westerly direction through open countryside until it reaches the north-easterly edge of Stroud . It is then culverted beneath the town. Formerly it was a tributary of the River Frome , but was diverted into the Thames and Severn Canal as part of flood defence works shortly after the canal was abandoned in 1954.
10-475: Slad Brook rises in Longridge Wood, to the north of Down Hill. It flows through a pond and around the north-western side of Down Hill. Its flow is swelled by water from several springs. After it passes to the west of Steanbridge Farm, it is crossed by a minor road, and joined by Dillay Brook on its left bank. Dillay Brook rises at Famish Hill, and is also swelled by a number of springs along its route. Below
20-466: Is also a small traditional pub , The Woolpack . Slad is in the civil parish of Painswick , in Stroud District , in the county of Gloucestershire and the parliamentary constituency of Stroud . Laurie Lee 's novel Cider with Rosie (1959) is a description of growing up in the village from his arrival at the age of three in 1917. Having bought a cottage there with the proceeds from
30-530: The Slad Valley about 2 miles (3 km) from Stroud on the B4070 road from Stroud to Birdlip . Slad was the home of Laurie Lee , whose novel Cider with Rosie (1959) is a description of growing up in the village from his arrival at the age of three in 1917. The Slad Brook runs along the bottom of the valley. The small parish church , Holy Trinity Church, is a Grade II listed building and there
40-471: The book, he returned to live permanently in the village during the 1960s after being away for thirty years. Lee is buried in the village churchyard; the inscription on his headstone reads "He lies in the valley he loved". Between 1970 and 1980 the poets Frances and Michael Horovitz lived at "Mullions", the end cottage of the settlement of Piedmont in an offshoot of the valley only accessible by foot from Slad. Frances' poetry from that period often refers to
50-532: The channel. Like most rivers in the UK, the chemical status changed from good to fail in 2019, due to the presence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) and mercury compounds, none of which had previously been included in the assessment. [REDACTED] Media related to Slad Brook at Wikimedia Commons Slad Slad is a village in Gloucestershire , England, in
60-449: The junction, Slad Brook passes close to the hamlet of Steanbridge and to the east of the village of Slad . A small tributary from Elcombe joins on its left bank, and after being crossed by another minor road, a tributary which rises to the east of the hamlet of The Vatch joins, also on the left bank. As it approaches Stroud, there are several short culverts, and then a much longer culvert, which ends at Stroud Brewery Bridge, WallBridge, where
70-608: The most inspiring figures in the green movement". She left her career as a lawyer to focus on environmental advocacy, and unsuccessfully lobbied the United Nations Law Commission to recognise ecocide as an international crime. She died on 21 April 2019, at the age of 50 and is buried in Slad. This Gloucestershire location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Polly Higgins Too Many Requests If you report this error to
80-455: The quantity and varieties of invertebrates , angiosperms and fish. Chemical status compares the concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations and is rated good or fail. The water quality of Slad Brook was as follows in 2019. The channel is not designated as artificial or heavily modified, despite the fact that some of the main causes of the water quality being rated less than good are related to physical modification of
90-709: The river empties into the Thames and Severn Canal . The river has been used to provide power to water mills, particularly those associated with the woollen industry. Mills are known to have existed at eleven sites, with nine on the main channel and two more on a small tributary near The Vatch. The Environment Agency measure the water quality of the river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: high, good, moderate, poor or bad. There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at
100-488: The surroundings there, as does Michael's Midsummer Morning Jog Log (1986). Horovitz's continued occasional residence is testified not simply by that poem but by his use of the cottage as the editorial address of his magazine New Departures into the 1990s. Polly Higgins , FRSGS was a Scottish barrister , author, and environmental lobbyist, described by Jonathan Watts in her obituary in The Guardian as, "one of
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