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About Stroud
Stroud is a town and civil parish in the
county of Gloucestershire, England. It is the main town in Stroud
District.
Situated below the western escarpment of the Cotswold Hills at the
meeting point of the Five Valleys, the town is noted for its steep
streets and cafe culture. The Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty surrounds the town, and the Cotswold Way path passes by it to the
west.
Although not formally part of the town, the parishes of Rodborough and
Cainscross lie adjacent to Stroud and are often considered part of it.
Stroud acts as a centre for surrounding villages and small market towns
including Amberley, Bisley, Chalford, Dudbridge, Dursley, Minchinhampton,
Nailsworth, Oakridge, Painswick, Sheepscombe, Slad, Stonehouse, Thrupp
and Woodchester.
History:
Stroud is known for its involvement in the Industrial Revolution. It was
a cloth town; woollen mills were powered by the small rivers which surge
through the five valleys, and supplied by Cotswold sheep grazed on the
hills above. Particularly noteworthy was the production of military
uniforms in the colour Stroudwater Scarlet. The area was made home by a
sizable Huguenot community in the 17th century, fleeing persecution in
Catholic France,[7] followed by a significant Jewish presence in the
19th century, linked to the tailoring and cloth industries.
Stroud was an industrial and trading location in the nineteenth 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. It is now planned to
restore these canals as a leisure facility by a partnership of Stroud
District Council and the Cotswold Canals Trust[9] with a multi-million
pound Lottery grant. Stroud railway station (on the Gloucester–Swindon
the Golden Valley Line) was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
High Street, the main shopping streetThough 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 by 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 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(Uley Long Barrow) at Uley, Selsley Common and
Nympsfield to the west; Roman era remains at Frocester, West Hill near
Uley, and Woodchester; 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 was later to become Prime Minister. Russell was an important
politician, 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 as the
Second Reform Act, gave the vote to every urban male householder, not
just those of considerable means. This resulted in the electorate being
increased by 1.5 million voters. Lord Russell is remembered in the town
by two street names, John Street and Russell Street, as well as in the
name of the Lord John public house.
Character and amenities:
Stroud has a significant artistic community that dates back to the early
part of the twentieth century. Jasper Conran called Stroud 'the Covent
Garden of the Cotswolds', the Daily Telegraph 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 was one of the birthplaces of the Organic food movement and was
home to Britain's first fully-organic café, Woodruffs. The Biodynamic
Agricultural Association is based in the town.[14] For many years Stroud
has hosted a fringe festival on the second weekend in September. A new
committee took over in early 2009 and now runs the fringe on the first
weekend in September each year, to coincide with the Stroud Festival
Fortnight, including the walking and food festivals. The town also hosts
an annual Vintage Fashion, Textile and Accessories Festival, and the
fifth annual International Textile Festival was held in May 2010. This
is the U.K's only festival to celebrate the diverse culture of textiles.
Subscription Rooms Stroud has a strong community of independent shops
and cafés, which provide the mainstay of the retail experience in the
town. Alongside this, the town centre has witnessed two controversial
developments in the form of a new cinema (which replaced the bus
station) and a branch of McDonald's which, when plans were unveiled in
2004, came against opposition from locals. The success of small
businesses has, in recent years, caused a number of national retail
chains to open outlets in the town.
The Subscription Rooms in the heart of the town centre provide a venue
for entertainment and also house the local Tourist Information Centre.
On the fringes of the town are Stratford Park, originally the park of a
small local weaver, now home to a leisure centre with an indoor and
outdoor swimming pool, and the Museum in the Park, a museum of the
history and culture of the Stroud valleys.
Business:
There is still a small textile industry (the green baize cloth used to
cover snooker tables 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.
The Stroud and Swindon Building Society has its headquarters here.
Stroud is also home to the headquarters of the renewable energy provider
Eccentricity and is a Fair trade Town.
In September 2009, the Stroud Pound Co-operative launched the Stroud
Pound[23] as an attempt to reinforce the local economy and encourage
more local production. The currency's design follows that of 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.
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